Some Advice Required Before The Adhesive Sets......

[mosaix]

I have a shower in a U shaped cubicle and I'm tiling along the back wall.

The back wall is 900mm wide and the tiles are 400mm wide.

I decided to have two tiles either side of the centre line and make up the 50mm each side with scrap bits of tiles I have left over.

The alternative is a single tile straddling the centre line and cut whole tiles to make up the 250mm gap each side. I wont be able to use the 150mm waste so this means three tiles per row as opposed to the two tiles per row method that I have chosen.

I've got the first row in now but I have a sneaking feeling that it somehow doesn't look right.

Is there a hard-and-fast rule with this that I should be following?

 

[lancenotalot]

The alternative is a single tile straddling the centre line and cut whole tiles to make up the 250mm gap each side.

Best to do it as above,gives a more balanced look.

I wont be able to use the 150mm waste so this means three tiles per row as opposed to the two tiles per row method that I have chosen.

This sometimes happens but can't be helped in a situation such as this,always allow at least 10% above the measured amount to allow for cuts etc.

 

[Diyisfun]

It needs to look right, or you will hate it.
I dont understand what you mean about the waste.
I would be putting a tile on the centre line, then cut as you say 2 x 250

 

[mosaix]

Thanks both. I'm sure you're right and have started again.

What I meant about the waste is that with method 1 there is no waste as I am bits from left over cuts for the 50mm. But with method 2 I have 150mm leftover from each cut tile (2 per row) that will end up in the bin.

 

[IJWS15]

What is more important - having the tiling look right, or using fewer tiles and thinking about it every time you look at them.

I always approach tiling with the view that it must look right and if I use a few more tiles - then that's life.