I am installing a new shower; the tray is the standard "four inch" deep.
I'm going to tile almost the entire room, as well as the shower enclosure.
There is no skirting, so the tiles will go straight down to the floor.
The tiles are white ceramic, 200 x 250high (plus grout space between).
1. Should I position the first tile actually on the floor, and cut the first row inside the shower, or should I start the first full tile on the shower tray edge, and cut the first row in the rest of the room ?
2. The ceiling is 1965mm high, and there's to be a "dado rail" of 45mm wide coloured tiles at about chest height, so I shall have to cut the top row anyway. Or should I cut a different row say the one below the dado ?
3. So, vertically, should I start with the dado and work up and down from that ? Or start at the bottom and work up ?
And horizontally:-
As you enter the room, on your left the wall in which the door is runs away from you 745mm, and then turns right for 568mm before it reaches the window, which is 445mm wide, with a 198mm reveal, and then continues 1370mm to the corner, of which distance about 840mm is taken up by the shower.
There's a vanity unit by the door, then a WC, then space for the washing machine.
4. So where should I place the first tile on the left hand wall ?
5. Should I tile the window reveals ?
6. Should I tile the 100mm over the window ?
7. The room is about 1640 wide at the far end in the shower - the tray is 1600mm, which is good, for I don't know how square the room is ! I guess "for symmetry", I should cut the tiles in each corner - or will the grout spaces absorb that extra 40mm ?
8. What do I do about the 40mm (i.e. 20mm to left and to right, and at 40mm at the back, to accommodate two pipes) gap between wall surface and tray ?
9. Coming round the corner onto the right hand wall, the tiles are only to extend as far as the shower door. But this is 840mm from the far wall, i.e. four tiles = 800 +grout spaces will probably leave a gap, and to use five tiles, with about 150mm sticking out would look funny. What do you suggest ?
Nine questions ! Sorry. But your advice on all nine would be very welcome.
I'm going to tile almost the entire room, as well as the shower enclosure.
There is no skirting, so the tiles will go straight down to the floor.
The tiles are white ceramic, 200 x 250high (plus grout space between).
1. Should I position the first tile actually on the floor, and cut the first row inside the shower, or should I start the first full tile on the shower tray edge, and cut the first row in the rest of the room ?
2. The ceiling is 1965mm high, and there's to be a "dado rail" of 45mm wide coloured tiles at about chest height, so I shall have to cut the top row anyway. Or should I cut a different row say the one below the dado ?
3. So, vertically, should I start with the dado and work up and down from that ? Or start at the bottom and work up ?
And horizontally:-
As you enter the room, on your left the wall in which the door is runs away from you 745mm, and then turns right for 568mm before it reaches the window, which is 445mm wide, with a 198mm reveal, and then continues 1370mm to the corner, of which distance about 840mm is taken up by the shower.
There's a vanity unit by the door, then a WC, then space for the washing machine.
4. So where should I place the first tile on the left hand wall ?
5. Should I tile the window reveals ?
6. Should I tile the 100mm over the window ?
7. The room is about 1640 wide at the far end in the shower - the tray is 1600mm, which is good, for I don't know how square the room is ! I guess "for symmetry", I should cut the tiles in each corner - or will the grout spaces absorb that extra 40mm ?
8. What do I do about the 40mm (i.e. 20mm to left and to right, and at 40mm at the back, to accommodate two pipes) gap between wall surface and tray ?
9. Coming round the corner onto the right hand wall, the tiles are only to extend as far as the shower door. But this is 840mm from the far wall, i.e. four tiles = 800 +grout spaces will probably leave a gap, and to use five tiles, with about 150mm sticking out would look funny. What do you suggest ?
Nine questions ! Sorry. But your advice on all nine would be very welcome.