Lining up tiles with sink

[White Room]

Overall are you just tiling to the window cill

 

[Minnie]

Overall are you just tiling to the window cill

Yes, I thought it would look nicer than how it was, but if that's going to be too difficult, I might just say sod it and fall short but not as short as the previous lot

 

[White Room]

You will have to do a gauging stick with the new tiles and measure down from your window cill to find if the tiles will sit right and follow thru above your sink. Try to keep the grout lines level to the sink but include the border. Do a picture of what you trying acheive then it willl be easier to understand, you have so many elements to this job it seems more complicated than it probably is

 

[Minnie]

You will have to do a gauging stick with the new tiles and measure down from your window cill to find if the tiles will sit right and follow thru above your sink. Try to keep the grout lines level to the sink but include the border. Do a picture of what you trying acheive then it willl be easier to understand, you have so many elements to this job it seems more complicated than it probably is

What I'm trying to figure out is not if the grout line will be wonky, but how to cut the tiles (25x20cm) so that they line up with the grout lines on the sink. Everyone says you can cut bottom tiles, but not top tiles to fit.

I get a feeling I've not explained myself very well.

 

[White Room]

If you have cut the top tiles to the window cill and follow round you can buy plastic trim to hide the cut on the tile around the bathroom, no problem.

 

[Minnie]

If you have cut the top tiles to the window cill and follow round you can buy plastic trim to hide the cut on the tile around the bathroom, no problem.

But I was going to put a border at the top of the tiles (a mosaic border). Would it not look a bit funny with a trim?

 

[White Room]

Now I'm with you:lol:

mark the border on the wall then make a mark for the the larger tiles, going down the wall to find out how the tiles will fit or do a gauging stick which will help in your setting out from the border

 

[Minnie]

Are you sure? :lol:

OK, how about I put it another way?

Ignore what's below the sink!

If I have 40cm from the top of the sink to underneath the window and I want to put a 5cm border at the top, and my tiles are 25cm high, then the first tile above the sink would be 25cm, and I would be left with a 10cm gap between the tile and the border. I can't have a 10cm tile there can I?

ie. 25cm tile, then 10cm tile, then 5cm mosaic

 

[kameleon]

What's wrong with tiling above the window sill, by doing this and then tiling the sill and a small upstand on the reveals would make a much better job and would probably eliminate the problem above the sink.

 

[Minnie]

What's wrong with tiling above the window sill, by doing this and then tiling the sill and a small upstand on the reveals would make a much better job and would probably eliminate the problem above the sink.

Never thought of that. Where would I put my border though?

Here's a picture of how it was originally (done by the council). As you can see, the grout lines on the main wall don't match up with the sink. I'm trying to figure out how to do that and go to window height without having to cut a tile at the top but I don't see how I can considering I've got 25x20 tiles and want to put a border in. The alternative is to fall short of the window, but at least have the same height above the sink and bath, unlike how the council did it with tiles higher on the sink area. Can't figure out why they did that.

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