Tiling hallway through to bathroom but needs to be done in two parts

[Dh1500]

Hi,

I am planning on getting my hallway tiled and continuing the tiles into the small bathroom off to the left of the hallway (with no door bar or anything so the tiles will just continue into bathroom). I will be getting a tiler to do the work but just wanting to get an idea of how this would best be done as I need to have the bathroom done first and then the hallway later as a result of some other works I’ve got going on.

So visually presumably the best way to do the tiling is such that it is symmetrical in the hallway (tiles are 200x200 and hall way width between skirting is about 950) and that you’d carry on off the side to the left through into the bathroom. Therefore the tiler would effectively have to work out how to do the bathroom by planning it as if was doing hall and bathroom in one go and then cut the bathroom end column tiles accordingly…..I guess by using the hall midpoint and working off that including allowance for grout lines between tiles?

Anyone got any advice on how the above would best be done so that it looks visually correct? Have also attached sketch of layout.

Thks v much

 

[Dave]

As you say , centre hallway symmetrical then start in the bathroom from the last full tile. So you can then just continue into the hallway when ready.

 

[bsc ceramics]

Any decent Tiler would be able to work this out. Just make sure your happy with what he plans to do

 

[Dan]

Moved thread to the new bathroom Tiling Advice forum.

 

[Dan]

You tell him where the focal points are and then let him set out and you compare both the setting out options then.

As above any good tiler-only tiler will know what to do there. Then compare and suggest.

Don't say "I've done the setting out for you mate" type thing that might not go down well before he's had his coffee.

 

[Dh1500]

Thank you all for your replies. Can I also ask when you are doing a hallway is it usually done such that length ways you also start from middle so that there will be cut tile at either end or is there a rule where it looks visually better to have the first tile row at hall entrance being full tile or end tile row at stairs being full tile and then work from there?

At the moment I’m probably just going to do patterned 200x200 tiles or something similar. If I decided to have tiles layed diagonally and also to have a border that ran along hall and into bathroom is that also something any tiler should be able to do? What if I went for the option of one of those Victorian mosaic tiled hallways with border and all the v small individual tiles to make up the pattern…is that something where I’d need a more specialist tiler? Guessing would be a significant jump in labour cost for that option! Thks

 

[Dan]

Getting lines to go diagonally with a 20cm square tile should make the doorway less of a problem but the tiler needed know at the point of booking him whether diamond should be going on because it can take 1.5 - 2.0 times the amount of time because of the setting out and also all cuts are now awkward and all around all obstacles are cuts.

So I'd respect the square option and let him set out and crack on or re quote for double the workload (about double the price sometimes)!