Tiling Bathroom - what wall first? Page: 2

[Quarkrad]

Apologies if this has come up before - about to tile bathroom, having just tilied floor. I have worked out where tiles will go including around window - jave primed walls and ready to go. Understand battens (horiz and vert) go up in lower corner and tiles laid in horizontal walls bottom to top. Question is: do I do one wall complete and go around the room or is it advisable to work on all 4 walls at the same time? What I mean is - one could go around all 4 walls on a horizonal base line so it all matches and then work up vertically. Not sure what professional tilers do. I'm guessing you complete one wall and then go around the room having drawn out a horizonal base line. One last question - assume you always tile bottom up. Read somewhere that you start 1m up from the floor but cannot see how you stop tiles slipping down. (I'm using quick setting, 3 hr, powder adhesive). Regards.

 

[ophlyne]

Always.

Just stops accidents happening if a tile slips and drops onto the newly laid flooring.

Really? Do you guys do the whole wall first and then floors? or leave out the bottom row on the wall and cut in to the floor after the floor is tiled? I'm pretty sure that Australian Standards say that floors have to be done first.

 

[grumpygrouter]

Hi quarkrad. Welcome.
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Really? Do you guys do the whole wall first and then floors? or leave out the bottom row on the wall and cut in to the floor after the floor is tiled? I'm pretty sure that Australian Standards say that floors have to be done first.

Yes that is pretty normal for contributors on here. Some leave out the bottom row and finish later when the floor is done. Personally I don't.

 

[Fekin]

Most bathrooms I do have skirting boards anyway, and the customers want to keep them.