Bathroom tile layout

[rutlandsi]

HI, I'd appreciate any advice on the tile layout below.
I"ve planned the left wall from the centre, then the right wall.

On the right wall I've centred to the bath then tried to equal the cut of the tiles in the corner, which is dictated by the top/bottom right of the window (avoiding slithers)

The left wall cuts are smaller as the right wall will be in front if tiled second. I was going to tile the left wall first but if I do the right wall first then the left wall in front, it'll probably balance these cuts more.

Can anyone see anything wrong with my layout or have any feedback? I'd much appreciate!
Cheers
Simon

 

[Flintstone]

Hi, what size joint spacing have you allowed for with your plans ?

 

[rutlandsi]

2mm at the mo.

Also the inside of the window isn't boarded yet so I have some adjustment leeway on no board vs 6mm marmox vs 12.5 plasterboard.

 

[Tony_C]

Can you not lose that 74mm cut on the left and then the brick bond will continue down the right hand side of the window? It's currently sitting stacked and although it sometimes happens it just stands right out when it's done. Potential issue would be the left of the window, but if you can wangle that near full tile to be a full tile that would maybe work.

 

[rutlandsi]

@Tony_C soon as you pointed that out it started to bug me, I totally agree! Thanks, your feedback gave me an idea. The tiles flowing round the corner were not full tiles in order to even the cuts.

On the image below I adjusted the left wall area to the board thicknesses so the 74mm became 69mm.

Then I shifted the window wall over by a similar amount, making the flow around the corner almost a full tile - 15mm less to keep the cuts even each side of the window.

This gives us that bond on the right of the window too. The only thing I need to be careful of is the grout line where the shower screen will be, I'll check the screw positions.

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with shower screen on the grout line

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Your concentrating on the set up around the room yet you’ve got a 15-20mm cut all around the ceiling.
Get a stick, mark the tiles with joints on it and staff it out!

 

[James De]

What app/program are you using to do that? It looks like a blessing and a curse.

 

[Spare Tool]

Missed that small cut to the ceiling, all wants shifting up half a tile to put a full tile on window cill and head and half a tile on bath.. Its hard to tell without every measurement but looks like left and right centering the window would work?

 

[rutlandsi]

Hi guys, I used adobe illustrator to draw out actual size.
Yeah the cut at the top is based on a 10mm floor which is to be confirmed so the bath height may shift slightly.
Thanks for the advice on shifting it up so we split the cut between the top of the bath and ceiling.
Tiles are 498x148, 2mm spacers

 

[Middlesex Tiles]

498x148 sounds like it could be a BCT tile. If so, I think that most tilers would recommend a larger spacer in case the tiles are a bit "sizey".

 

[rutlandsi]

Good point. Would you go for 3mm or 4mm?
Tiles are light colour, white grout so that helps

 

[Time's Ran Out]

If it’s BCT I’d check you have more than enough before you start or better still bin them!

 

[rutlandsi]

3-4 boxes more than we need for this bathroom
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If it’s BCT I’d check you have more than enough before you start or better still bin them!

These were previously purchased.
If we can use another, what alternative would you recommend for light/white wood effect plank?
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Missed that small cut to the ceiling, all wants shifting up half a tile to put a full tile on window cill and head and half a tile on bath.. Its hard to tell without every measurement but looks like left and right centering the window would work?

Which of these do you guys agree with?

1 - left wall centred, cuts to left/right of window equal
Negs - More small cuts

View attachment bathroom-tiles6.jpg

2 - left wall shifted over, less small cuts, equal cuts from tiles flowing in the corner and the far right.
Negs - small cuts on the window and equal corner cuts look strange.
View attachment bathroom-tiles7.jpg

3 - Neatest
Negs - (previously spotted), right of window looks odd without a bond.
View attachment bathroom-tiles8.jpg
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[Tony_C]

The bottom of your window is looking very slithery now, you are now faced with either raising the tile below a little more which could result in a possible dodgy cut at the top of the window or do you have space to raise the height of the sill at the bottom? or even lower the top & raise the bottom?

 

[rutlandsi]

The bottom of your window is looking very slithery now, you are now faced with either raising the tile below a little more which could result in a possible dodgy cut at the top of the window or do you have space to raise the height of the sill at the bottom? or even lower the top & raise the bottom?

Forgot to mention that, the inner of the window isn't boarded yet and there is an old wooden window sill which was previously tiled over.
I'm visiting the property tomorrow and will check if we can remove this and lower the bottom of the window enough to get rid of the slither.

Also the floor is based on approx 18mm over the floorboards (9-10mm tiles, 6mm backer+ add), there's other options.
+ the bath panel is to be solid so can be trimmed and the bath height adjusted if required.

Doing the planning while I can stil make adjustments elsewhere 🙂

 

[Spare Tool]

The tile spacing seems to be the key on this one, if you can't remove the cill id go back to 2mm...would look better with no L-cuts if possible. Still thinking that window can be centred and if you've got boards to go on the reveals can it not be made to the exact width of a tile?

 

[rutlandsi]

Apparently removing the cill might expose the bottom of the
window, will check tomorrow.
There's a new upvc window, prob at inch leeway on each side, bit more top/bottom. Agree, 2mm might be needed again.

The first plan is centred in the cut tiles whilst keeping the bond on the right.
The window is 4" wider than a tile, centring it always loses the bond on the right so it looks stacked, like Tony_C thought, also we get a small cut in the corner.

These are light whitewash tiles, white grout, so the bond line isn't so visible if we really had to lose it.

 

[Spare Tool]

Ah didn't realise it was so much wider and left that sliver up Lh corner, scrap that then think back to Tony's idea at the top of your last images
...be nice if you can make full tile head and cill of the window work

 

[rutlandsi]

Guys, a quick update to this. Based on the views of many of you on here it has been decided to ditch the BCT tiles once I tested how absorbant the backs were. I just don't trust them in the bathroom esp as BCT are no longer around to cover future issues. Even the edges right at the top of the grout line take in water much more than other ceramics.
Now on the look out for a similar wood effect, similar size. So many these days are 600x300 or metro!
Thanks again for your help!