Tile orientation - 600 x 400 - which way to lay them ? (kitchen and bathroom)

[edwardk]

Hi - I have a kitchen and a bathroom to tile.

I ended up with 600 x 400 tiles for the floors.

Is there a rule for orientation ?

In the kitchen I'll be coming in to it with units on the left hand side and a table/chairs on the right. There are french doors at the end but probably only open in summer.


Here is a rough plan of the bathroom. From the door, shower on the left, bath straight ahead.

Just trying to work out which orientation will look good.
From standing in the door do you run the length of the tile away from you or across you?

Thanks
Ed

 

[edwardk]

Don't think I like the diagonal ones - isn't that more usual for square tiles ? Not that I know anything !

Here are some pics :


And the other way:

 

[Gazzer]

Herringbone ?

 

[edwardk]

Nice ! THanks - will try herring bone - like the look of that but will see what it actually looks like - will it work in the corridor too ?

How do you work out where to start ?
So that you don't get funny slithers at the side / end?

What's the best way of working out a layout once you have the orientation/pattern?

Thanks
Ed

 

[Gazzer]

Well i am doing all this with some tile layout software I am trying. So its pretty easy. If I had exact dimensions then it would be easy to set out the whole area for you and probably give you the best set out.

 

[Gazzer]

Nice ! THanks - will try herring bone - like the look of that but will see what it actually looks like - will it work in the corridor too ?

How do you work out where to start ?
So that you don't get funny slithers at the side / end?

What's the best way of working out a layout once you have the orientation/pattern?

Thanks
Ed

Start in your main room and make that look the best. then follow through and hope that it works but you always have to concede that there will be some small cuts somewhere. The main area is the most important IMO.

 

[edwardk]

I think the herring bone is nice but with the grain/pattern of the stone it makes it a little crazy for me.

Thanks - I think you've shown me that there are plenty of options and I needed to see them for myself to make my mind up - good teaching 🙂

So I'll probably go with the normal course and oriented north/south. So length running from the side door so that the corridor as you come in they run away from you and as you go into the kitchen (turn right) they run across you.

Hopefully that's a good choice.

Man they chip easily... just moving them around I've taken off half a dozen very small chips - not enough to be bothered by but enough to realise that I should be treating them like glass...

 

[Ian]

Well i am doing all this with some tile layout software I am trying. So its pretty easy. If I had exact dimensions then it would be easy to set out the whole area for you and probably give you the best set out.

Do you use the software for quotes Neale? Or is it quite a new thing?

 

[Gazzer]

Do you use the software for quotes Neale? Or is it quite a new thing?

Its all fairly new but it could be useful as this thread is showing. The client can get more idea of how different set outs will look and once the drawing is on the PC its quite easy to adjust things such as setting out points or orientation. You can actually load a photo of the tile being used for a better idea. Also it can count the tiles for you !

 

[Ian]

That sounds really impressive, can I assume you will have a thread coming in the near future???!!!

 

[Gazzer]

That sounds really impressive, can I assume you will have a thread coming in the near future???!!!

All in hand, when i can use it on a few more projects and sort a few issues out.