When is a cupboard, not a cupboard? - Tile Advice

[Old Mod]

.........When it’s a shower!!!

One of the smallest ex-large format projects I’ve undertaken, in more ways than one.

I was asked what the feasibility was of installing a 4 tile string of 2.4 x 1.2 x 6mm thin tile to a rather compact shower room.
I went along to the property, and quickly understood everyone’s point of view, general consensus was it wasn’t possible because of access.
But the client wants what the client wants.

My proposed solution was to dismantle a shower wall that backed in to the bedroom.
Bring the largest two pieces thro the wall in the upright position, and then reinstate and waterproof the shower.

The rest were going to be reduced in size sufficiently to be passed through the door.

One other issue that was to become a real thorn in my side was that one of the four pieces delivered, was incorrect, and not part of the string ordered.
And after being promised it would only take a week to replace, I’m still waiting, 10 days later.

Anyway after getting assurances from all concerned that if I was to begin the install and the missing piece turned out to be incompatible, I was not to be held responsible for proceeding without it. (Even that took almost a week to get in place)

1st image, just left of centre shows the missing shower wall.

Tiles are 2.4 x 1.2 x 6mm thin tile by Florim.

 

[Spare Tool]

Very nice...so if the stud wall had been a solid wall, the job wouldn't have been possible?

 

[J Sid]

very nice marc
a question if I may, do you ever lower / put a fulse ceiling in at 2.4m ?

 

[Flintstone]

Looks great and I like the tile too, matte finish ? What are you using on the floor ?

 

[Blunt Tool]

Interesting work totally different to the normal type work I do and always done to perfection, thanks for sharing Marc!

 

[Albert]

Nice work Marc, 1st class

 

[Nic_P74]

A good workaround and a fantastic job!!

 

[Old Mod]

Very nice...so if the stud wall had been a solid wall, the job wouldn't have been possible?

Thanks Andy.
Not as it is Andy no, the full piece to the right wouldn’t have gone thro the door, there’s not enough width in the room to bring it in and lift and twist at the same time to stand it upright.
The reason the images are at a strange angle is because I’m pressed hard against back wall and I couldn’t get a photo top to bottom.
The only alternative was going to be to rip the last two pieces down to 600’s from 1200’s.
As the other pieces were all around 6-700mm wide having the whole room in pieces of similar size wouldn’t have looked out of place.

 

[Old Mod]

very nice marc
a question if I may, do you ever lower / put a fulse ceiling in at 2.4m ?

Cheers Julian,
If you may? Of course you can ask as many questions as you like mate.
Here they’re actually having a lighting raft which will fall just below the top of the tile and be set off the wall 50mm
It was actually fortunate that the actual ceiling height was at 2.55m
Without that extra height I wouldn’t have been able to get the last piece in, when it actually arrives.
And that will only work because it’ll be reduced in width to 1050mm and has a checkout in its top right corner.
Without all those 3 things, I wouldn’t have been able to even start.

 

[Old Mod]

....... to answer the question tho,
Yes false ceilings are used quite often, also decorative coving is used to hide the short fall.
It doesn’t always look too good with a small piece at the top, but it is dependant on the type of slab.

 

[Old Mod]

Looks great and I like the tile too, matte finish ? What are you using on the floor ?

Thanks Andy,
Yes it’s a Matt finish, far nicer than the polished I think.
No, that’s me done mate, not doing the floor.
That’s down to the contractor.
I’ll quite often just go in and do the large formats and others will do the rest of the work if there’s any.
Up to now I haven’t really ever had time.
I won’t turn this type of work away just because I’ve got to do a regular bathroom.
It’s been thus far that I can turn the rest down and clients never turn around and say “all or nothing”
It makes a pleasant change to be able to tell them what I’m doing, and not the other way around, as it normally is.
I’m sure it won’t last tho. Haha

 

[J Sid]

know how the fad for lights is at the moment thought that may happen. Also a nice shower head recessed into a false ceiling may look good.
as always a testing and good looking job.

 

[Old Mod]

Interesting work totally different to the normal type work I do and always done to perfection, thanks for sharing Marc!

Thanks Ian.

 

[Old Mod]

know how the fad for lights is at the moment thought that may happen. Also a nice shower head recessed into a false ceiling may look good.
as always a testing and good looking job.

Cheers mate, but when do I ever get ‘straightforward?’ Haha nothing changes.
Something like this you mean?

 

[Old Mod]

Nice work Marc, 1st class

Why thank you Albert.