12.5 tiles high, how to cut.

[SJRSJR]

Hi

Need some advice please. The wall height in the shower area, taking account of the floor tile, is 253cm. It's a level shower and the plan is to drop the tiling to approx 5 tiles high in the non wet area.

The tile height is 20cm so taking account of the grout (2-3mm?) it'd be approx 12.5 tiles high. Do you tile so that the top and bottom tiles are cut to the same height? If so that would they'd be approx 5cm each and I'm thinking that would be too narrow.

I was hoping to start with a full size tile at the bottom and stop at the fifth tile up which would mean 10cm at the top. What would look best? The shower area is to your left as you walk in so it's not going to immediately draw the eye. Thanks

 

[Notch7]

bottom and top tile 165mm high

11 full tiles in between

 

[SJRSJR]

Thank you. Duh, I feel a bit stupid now.

 

[stevie888]

You need to think about the tiles coming down to the bath too..

 

[simplesteve]

Whilst I agree with Stevie888 re ' be aware of what's happening with the bath tile' , I would go with your original idea and keep to a full tile off the floor. It's always better to keep the biggest tiles on the bottom. This also means that if you change your size for the top row when you get there, that you're not going to have 3 different heights of tiles on the one wall.

 

[aveatry]

I tiled my bathroom completely and the factor for me was not wanting a thin slip at the base of the shower cubicle so I ended up with almost a full tile at the tray and top and bottom were equal at about 100mm. But I also kept the bath inmind as I wanted to make sure the grout line was not right on the bath edge. I tiled past the bath and butted the bath up to the tiles with silicone.

 

[SJRSJR]

Thanks for the replies, it's all food for thought because there are a few factors in play .

The shower is on the long wall, but the bath is lengthways across the short wall, and is what you see when you walk in. The shower will be on your left.

The side of the bath is against a half-height frame (to give access to the wall mounted taps).

As well as factoring in the bath height, the frame also has 2 niches so I'll need to make sure the tiles/tile trim work with those (as well as the wall mounted taps!).

Is there a 'priority' - how far above the bath edge is okay for a grout line? And what about wall mounted taps - should they come out of the centre of the tile? Should the tile edge meet the tile trim of the niche?

I'll obviously have to sketch this all out first. The funny thing is, now I'm aware of it, I'm looking at other people's tile layouts and every one is different!

 

[aveatry]

Thanks for the replies, it's all food for thought because there are a few factors in play .

The shower is on the long wall, but the bath is lengthways across the short wall, and is what you see when you walk in. The shower will be on your left.

The side of the bath is against a half-height frame (to give access to the wall mounted taps).

As well as factoring in the bath height, the frame also has 2 niches so I'll need to make sure the tiles/tile trim work with those (as well as the wall mounted taps!).

Is there a 'priority' - how far above the bath edge is okay for a grout line? And what about wall mounted taps - should they come out of the centre of the tile? Should the tile edge meet the tile trim of the niche?

I'll obviously have to sketch this all out first. The funny thing is, now I'm aware of it, I'm looking at other people's tile layouts and every one is different!

You have to remember that grout is not actually fully waterproof. But for the bath so long as its above the silicone or what ever method of sealing you choose should be ok. But some people tile to the bath, I tiled past the bath.
But as the shower water runs down the wall as well as bouncing up I did not want the grout near the shower base. I have debated leads with myself how the tiles may look but once its done a after a few days you dont notice the odd thing.
Your wall taps - its easier to deal holes with if the holes are not near the edge of tiles.

 

[simplesteve]

If you can’t get all your ‘horizontals’ to line up in the right place, then I would go for a grout line through the taps ( sorry aveatry ) as you DO want the wall taps on the edge of a tile, especially if they are porcelain. That way you are ‘notching out’ the ‘holes’ for your taps with either your wet cutter or grinder, which is much easier that cutting a round hole the right dia.

 

[SJRSJR]

Thanks everyone, I'm so glad I asked, your replies have great advice