When working in brick bond ?

[Gazzer]

Imagine this job. Bathroom to be tiled in 150 x 75 crackle glaze tiles. Its also 3 colours, Random pattern, white, dark white ? and light grey....the dado border is the dark white colour
Its to be tiled brick bond / half bond, so you get to about halfway up the wall and then you need to introduce a 20 x 150 pencil dado border.
So do you half bond the border with the tile below or keep it on joint ?...bearing in mind that above the dado you need to start tiling again as below.
Just came across this with a plumber and a client recently, both had different ideas but the client won.

 

[cam_low]

carry on brickin,

 

[swanman]

Whats your point

 

[Gazzer]

Whats your point

My point is in the question.

 

[Alan.P]

I would continue the bond.

 

[Sean Kelly]

I would carry on with brickbonding it all the way up. i.e. treat the border just like the other tiles.

 

[peteablard]

Personally i'd brick bond the dado too however I would ask the customer as I know they sometimes like to do things differently. I had it with a mosaic border once where they wanted the tiles above and below to mirror each other rather than staggered, looked cack IMO but I just stick them!

 

[Ian]

Problem is, if you brick bond the dado, the two courses either side will be the same bond and in my mind that would look wrong, especially as the dado is only 20mm.

 

[Gazzer]

Problem is, if you brick bond the dado, the two courses either side will be the same bond and in my mind that would look wrong, especially as the dado is only 20mm.

Bingo, that was the clients concern.

 

[The D]

i would put the border in line with the tile below

 

[Alan.P]

Bingo, that was the clients concern.

Horses for courses I suppose ?

 

[Gazzer]

i would put the border in line with the tile below

Thats what was decided

 

[SJPurdy]

you could have put the border so that it was 1/4 bond, so that the tiles above and below are like brick work but the border jonts lie halfway between the two. When faced with a problem like this i lay the tiles out on a flat surface and see which way looks best.

 

[charlie1]

The field tiles are the brick bond, the dado border is secondary and should not interrupt the main feature so i would not brick the dado. I would have the discussion with client though to talk sense in to them if need be

 

[prceramics]

brick the tiles not the border unless the border is as big as the tiles

 

[Alan.P]

The field tiles are the brick bond, the dado border is secondary and should not interrupt the main feature so i would not brick the dado. I would have the discussion with client though to talk sense in to them if need be

That's the thing though, personal choice, what might be 'right' for you might not for them, they why I said horses for courses.

 

[judge]

show customer the options and let them decide.cant get it wrong then.....................i think :rolleyes5:

 

[charlie1]

brick the tiles not the border unless the border is as big as the tiles

agree, this is one of the reasons i like to get involved with a job at the design stages. Customers can sometimes come up with the silliest ideas, eg, horizontal border in kitchen with mesh mosaics on dodgy walls right at the same height as 5 sockets

 

[Jeff the tiler]

No body has asked the question of what size are the dado tiles i am pretty sure they will not be 150 wide????

 

[Ian]

No body has asked the question of what size are the dado tiles i am pretty sure they will not be 150 wide????

20x150mm, says in opening post.

 

[Protilers]

hhhahhahhaaa......I would do what the client wanted!!!!!!.....................CAN I "BRICK IT".....YES YOU CAN!!!!!!....heheheheheheheheeee.......here is my most recent effort!!!!

 

[Jeff the tiler]

Apologies did not read initial post correctly. For me, match the broken joint of the tiles above and below and 1/2 bond the dado.

 

[charlie1]

hhhahhahhaaa......I would do what the client wanted!!!!!!.....................CAN I "BRICK IT".....YES YOU CAN!!!!!!....heheheheheheheheeee.......here is my most recent effort!!!!

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nice work mate. I must admit though,in guilty of persuading customers to my way of thinking,they do often have silly ideas up my way

 

[Jeff the tiler]

Pro tilers and mitred corners as well.

 

[Protilers]

yeeepppp!!!!

 

[Protilers]

nice work mate. I must admit though,in guilty of persuading customers to my way of thinking,they do often have silly ideas up my way

they have the same ideas down here too............sometimes it is easier to do what they want and just get on with it!!!!.......hehheeheheheeee

 

[charlie1]

they have the same ideas down here too............sometimes it is easier to do what they want and just get on with it!!!!.......hehheeheheheeee

its always easier lee but that don't make it right but i know what your saying!

 

[Peter]

Would definitely line the dado with tile below then continue the above tile in broken bond. Just doesn't look right at all when the tile above and below the border are in line.

 

[beanz]

1/4 bond for me, so it's totally separate from the main tiles.