Hi folks I was looking for some advice please in regards to some tiling I am planning to do.
I am getting a wood burning stove installed in my kitchen and I plan to tile the fireplace insert to the sides and behind the stove and need some advice.
The measurements of the insert side (return) walls are 370mm deep x 1040mm tall. The back wall is 985mm wide x 1040mm tall.
Originally I was looking to use a flat metro style tile but I am concerned about how to handle the return walls with this type of effect. I am basically looking at 3 different sizes of tiles:
100 x 100
100 x 200
65 x 130
My concern around using the 100x200 is that (assuming a 3mm grout width) I will need to trim 18mm off each tile for the return walls (2 tiles of 182mm) and then on the row below and above I will have 3 tiles so do I trim one to 182mm and two at 90mm or do I just trim all 3 tiles to 120mm - which creates a lot of wastage.
If using the 130mm wide tiles I will need to trim 10mm off all the tiles for the return and then in the row below I will have a 59mm tile/120mm tile/120mm tile/59mm tile.
If I use the 100mmx100mm tiles I guess I dont have to do a brick effect look and the tiles can be more uniform so that I have 3x100mm tiles and then in the corner a 58mm tile.
My main concern is that on the back wall I assume that I will pretty much use the full width of the tile I chose and then have a smaller tile in the corners. This means that if I use the 200mm & 130mm wide tiles which for the side walls I will have had to cut all of the tiles in this location then the sizes on the back wall and on the two return walls will be different - is this an issue or will it not really be obvious??
As you can see I am not a tiler and could do with some advice - basically if you were doing the job what size of tile and layout configuration would you go for?
As a slight aside given the heat this area will generate is 3mm spacing ok and has anyone any advice on flexible adhesive and grout that will do the job. I have previously used Mapei stuff.
Many thanks in advance.
I am getting a wood burning stove installed in my kitchen and I plan to tile the fireplace insert to the sides and behind the stove and need some advice.
The measurements of the insert side (return) walls are 370mm deep x 1040mm tall. The back wall is 985mm wide x 1040mm tall.
Originally I was looking to use a flat metro style tile but I am concerned about how to handle the return walls with this type of effect. I am basically looking at 3 different sizes of tiles:
100 x 100
100 x 200
65 x 130
My concern around using the 100x200 is that (assuming a 3mm grout width) I will need to trim 18mm off each tile for the return walls (2 tiles of 182mm) and then on the row below and above I will have 3 tiles so do I trim one to 182mm and two at 90mm or do I just trim all 3 tiles to 120mm - which creates a lot of wastage.
If using the 130mm wide tiles I will need to trim 10mm off all the tiles for the return and then in the row below I will have a 59mm tile/120mm tile/120mm tile/59mm tile.
If I use the 100mmx100mm tiles I guess I dont have to do a brick effect look and the tiles can be more uniform so that I have 3x100mm tiles and then in the corner a 58mm tile.
My main concern is that on the back wall I assume that I will pretty much use the full width of the tile I chose and then have a smaller tile in the corners. This means that if I use the 200mm & 130mm wide tiles which for the side walls I will have had to cut all of the tiles in this location then the sizes on the back wall and on the two return walls will be different - is this an issue or will it not really be obvious??
As you can see I am not a tiler and could do with some advice - basically if you were doing the job what size of tile and layout configuration would you go for?
As a slight aside given the heat this area will generate is 3mm spacing ok and has anyone any advice on flexible adhesive and grout that will do the job. I have previously used Mapei stuff.
Many thanks in advance.