How best to Tile a room? - TilersForums.com

[widler]

Next bit of advice , if you run out of tiles, take a few full ones up in the middle, replace with broken bits and grout, it won't matter the wifeis putting a rug over it

 

[Old Mod]

What the hell is wrong with you Craig.
What are you the setting out police?
Show me where it's written in stone that you have to centre every area.
That's complete bull and sometimes aesthetically wrong.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

 

[Old Mod]

Haha it's not a fight John, he's wrong

 

[Andy Allen]

 

[Time's Ran Out]

At the end of the day it is a personal opinion as to which way looks the best.
Sometimes we are instructed to set out against our advice and other times we make the decision. A lot can be dependant on the design of the tile and the need to follow a pattern around ( such as book match) and the colour of a travertine piece.
All I'am saying is putting a bit of furniture over the tiling is not one of the factors that would decide my setting out!

 

[Old Mod]

If anyone on here says that no matter what, in every circumstance without exception, they've centred every area throughout their entire professional career they're being less than honest.

 

[Andy Allen]

But it could be one of the clients factors !

 

[Andy Allen]

I've often shown clients different set out options and had the ....we will go with the slither against that wall because the furniture will hide it option.
This is mainly when tiling multiple rooms....hallway into kitchen ect

 

[Old Mod]

At the end of the day it is a personal opinion as to which way looks the best.
Sometimes we are instructed to set out against our advice and other times we make the decision. A lot can be dependant on the design of the tile and the need to follow a pattern around ( such as book match) and the colour of a travertine piece.
All I'am saying is putting a bit of furniture over the tiling is not one of the factors that would decide my setting out!

I think you're taking things to an extreme there John in the way you're deciding to translate previous posts.
If the guy is in, what he considers to be his home for life, and he wants to see 3 full tiles throw the main entrance to his kitchen, but it leave a smaller cut to one side, which will be hidden amongst fixtures and fittings, why the hell not?
How far have you got to stand back to see a room
4-5m wide and be able to take it in within your peripheral vision?
Saying a space has to be centred without exception is just short sighted and not what we're paid to do.
We're there to give the client what he wants and the best possible finish.
When have you walked off a job because you weren't allowed to centre a room? Haha