I plan on tiling above the bath this weekend but last weekend while I was laying out for the tiles I discovered that the long edge of the bath might not be perfectly level. It's pretty close, no more than 5mm out over the 1800mm length, but we're using 100x200mm tiles with a bevelled edge and I'm concerned even this small error will be obvious.
The way I see it I have three choices...
1) Just tile up from the side of the bath accepting that the tiles will be very slightly out of level. I don't think there's any chance you'd be able to see it's not perfectly level.
2) Tile bag on level and cut the tiles at the bath. I think this will stick out like a sore thumb as the bevel on the tile will shrink.
3) Tile bang on level and just use a thick bead of silicone to fill the 5mm gap at one end. Might have the same visual problem as No 2 though.
The bath is already as level as I could get it so I don't think trying to alter that now is going to improve the situation. I suspect that at least some of the inaccuracy I'm seeing is just down to the difficultly of measuring from the slightly curved edge of the bath.
The way I see it I have three choices...
1) Just tile up from the side of the bath accepting that the tiles will be very slightly out of level. I don't think there's any chance you'd be able to see it's not perfectly level.
2) Tile bag on level and cut the tiles at the bath. I think this will stick out like a sore thumb as the bevel on the tile will shrink.
3) Tile bang on level and just use a thick bead of silicone to fill the 5mm gap at one end. Might have the same visual problem as No 2 though.
The bath is already as level as I could get it so I don't think trying to alter that now is going to improve the situation. I suspect that at least some of the inaccuracy I'm seeing is just down to the difficultly of measuring from the slightly curved edge of the bath.