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I am choosing for the tiles for my bathroom installation and I would like to use 120cm X 30cm porcelain on the walls.

The wall is 2.33 m wide, so it is 7cm short of two full tiles. If the tiles are to be symmetrical on the wall, that's a 3.5cm cut off every tile.

I am using a professional bathroom company and I don't mind paying to get it done properly. My concern is, will cutting every tile have an overall effect on the finished look?

I am particularly concerned about cuts on the left hand side as this is adjacent to a feature mosaic wall where your eye would be naturally drawn when walking in the room.

Or would it be better to use one full tile on the left and a cut tile on the right, with the centre line off centre by 7cm? (There will be a sink in between the bath and the boxed in area for the toilet frame. )


Any thoughts on what's best to do would be appreciated. Thanks.



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Penguin

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Hi, I personally would centre line it (taking into account the thickness of the mosaic tile), tile that wall first then mosaic the adjacent wall. it will look odd if you don't centre the wall IMHO and there should be a nice neat silicone bead in the corner anyway so you shouldn't see any cutting.

I am probably worrying myself unnecessarily about cut tiles. Whichever tiles I use or how I use them, there will always end up being some cuts in the corners.

The tile supplier recommends grouting the internal corners and sealing with clear silicone. I'm not a fan of silicone but I am not sure how I would like clear silicone on top of grout. I've never seen it. Would this not look a mess if the grout cracked from movement of the walls? Is this a technique which is normally used or a bad idea.


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I am probably worrying myself unnecessarily about cut tiles. Whichever tiles I use or how I use them, there will always end up being some cuts in the corners.

The tile supplier recommends grouting the internal corners and sealing with clear silicone. I'm not a fan of silicone but I am not sure how I would like clear silicone on top of grout. I've never seen it. Would this not look a mess if the grout cracked from movement of the walls? Is this a technique which is normally used or a bad idea.


Thanks
Bad idea imo. I leave corners free of grout and fill with colour coded silicone.
 
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