opus ramano.

[dick turpin]

Hi all, I have a bathroom floor to lay in opus ramano, 9 mtrs. Whats the best way to set out and where in the room would you start laying??? cheers

 

[nybor62]

how square are the walls. i would tend to lay it out dry not the full room , just keep checking how it looks how it drops in door way , just take your time . some tilers start in a corner if its square .are the walls all ready tiled

 

[Daz]

Okay, I'm not sure whether I can explain this well, but I'll have a crack so try and bear with me :lol:.

I would find the centre point of the room and use the x and y axis as my starting datums. Depending on the number of tile sizes you are using, I usually identify the smallest tile as this tends to be the grout line repeat value and helps avoid nasty cuts. You can then take your measurements with a tape or staff, whichever you prefer, to check that the pattern will work from your datums with no bad cuts. If you get bad cuts, then adjust your datums accordingly. Basically, it's no more difficult than setting out with a straight set or diamond pattern.

A lot of modular tile patterns are designed for a certain grout width so check that the pattern will work with your chosen joint width before getting yourself into difficulty.

I hope this makes sense and helps
Good luck.

 

[dick turpin]

Yeah that helps cheers, surprisingly its all very square and nicely boarded out, customer has 3 sizes of tile, should be fun. will be my first job in a while will def get the setting out right,

 

[DHTiling]

Opus ramano( french pattern) is 4 sizes.. so you have 3 sizes.. you can random set or work to a pattern if they are supplied that way.. tends to be a repeat set of diagonal stagger....

This is an Opus ramano 4 size i did..

 

[Spud]

Opus ramano( french pattern) is 4 sizes.. so you have 3 sizes.. you can random set or work to a pattern if they are supplied that way.. tends to be a repeat set of diagonal stagger....

This is an Opus ramano 4 size i did..

Nice floor

 

[tommyzooom]

Opus ramano( french pattern) is 4 sizes.. so you have 3 sizes.. you can random set or work to a pattern if they are supplied that way.. tends to be a repeat set of diagonal stagger....

This is an Opus ramano 4 size i did..

You can see from this floor that there is a grout joint somewhere in the floor every 6 inches (I think this is the size of the smallest tile).So I set out the room using a 12" tile,marked in the centre.

 

[DHTiling]

Some more from the same floor..












It is a lovely pattern and i have loads in this same tile to do in the next few months..


I do have some pics somewhere of the 3 sizes, i will go look now..

 

[diamondtiling]

That reminds me, I have some pics of a job just like Daves from 3 weeks ago.
Will post in an album

 

[dick turpin]

Nice work Dave looks realy nice, if you do have some 3 tile pattern pics would be nice to look at those, of to look @ the job now will report later cheers all