Tiling Large Area

[IanA2]

Long story, but I'm having a flat tiled, the biggest room in 19ft x 19ft. Others (3), are what I would call "normal" sizes. I fancy the rooms being tiled with 800 x 800 tiles, and probably the other rooms too. What I'm not sure about is is the hallway. Should that be tiled with 600 x 600? I seemed to remember that there was some convention on this, but I'm not sure.

Thanks.

 

[Flintstone]

Same size tile throughout all areas if it is all getting tiled. There is gonna be some small cuts somewhere

 

[IanA2]

Yes, it's 1460 sq ft minus two bathrooms which already have travertine flooring. So, 800 x 800 all round then, thanks.

 

[Flintstone]

Should look great all running through nice. I'm not sure on expansion joints on an area that size, some one else May have the answer to that

 

[IanA2]

It's a pro tiler doing the job so I hope he knows ! It occurs to me that whilst I really would like 800 x 800's in the big room, it might look better elsewhere with 600 x 600's. Decisions decisions!

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Don't forget to check the lease to see if you can have hard floors!

 

[IanA2]

Ordinarily that might be an issue. In fact the flat is ground floor and is a pro conversion to an enormous Georgian Bldg. It's actually the developer that's doing the tiling (well subbing it) as part of the deal, so all should be ok.

 

[IanA2]

I've been mulling over the advice to keep tiles all same size, and I'm wondering, as much as I think the big tiles would look really good in the big room, I'm thinking they might not be quite so good in the other rooms and the hallways.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

 

[J Sid]

Same size all the way through will definitely look best

 

[IanA2]

Same size all the way through will definitely look best

Agreed, but 6x6 or 8x8 ? That is the conundrum....

 

[Perry]

The bigger the better in a small room IMO.

 

[IanA2]

Maybe, but I'm not sure how 8 x 8's would look in the hallway. Given that I should stick to one size, I think I'll go with 6 x 6's.

 

[Unused Account 1]

600x300 random bond to get all the cuts easier and looks better than brickbond ,if going into several rooms

 

[muddyfunkster29]

Totally agree with the above post. I recently tiled a lounge in 600x400 porcelain with a random bond. It looked superb. Client was very happy.