Setting out for bathroom tiling, what's the general consensus to avoid small tiles top or bottom? Split the difference between the 2, so in my case I'd have a 15cm depth tile top and bottom when the full tile is 25cm? That would be as the laser appears in the attached image

I could centre it at the flush to get a 19cm at the top but it's getting slim down at the bottom.

If I went full tile at the top I'd be left with like a slither at the floor.

Edited 23 hours ago23 hr by Super_Paulie

Turn the tiles thro 90 deg and see what they work out when vertical?

That's what I did

With hindsight I'd have dropped the ceiling a tad more and ended up with full tiles top to bottom.

SWMBO not into the tiles going vertically I'm afraid.

Setting it out central to the flush gives me 17cm tile at the top, 13cm at the FFL. The units will cover the majority of this wall but it will be on display elsewhere.

HOWEVER, further along at the window this works out pretty much perfectly to the head and reveal.

Is this the lesser of 3 (or 4) evils? Carling for scale.

Edited 22 hours ago22 hr by Super_Paulie

Would adding some skirting at the bottom help ?

Are you tiling the shelf tops too or could you put a trim or counter top in there ?

Sometimes a row of a different sized tile giving a horizontal feature can help.

It is that dawning realisation that when you position the first tile you are fixing the position of every tile in the room ! uh-oh !

I had to work it out for our bathroom tiled in 1 inch square mosaic tiles once.

You are going to need a lot more beer, and a few hours on instagram, pinterest and Houzz.

5 hours ago, Super_Paulie said:

what's the general consensus to avoid small tiles top or bottom?

It can often be best to choose a centre line around a prominent feature - such as the recess or, indeed, the flush plate, then see what the consequences of that would be - you don't really want a sliver around them either.

On my current project, the horizontal setting out line in the shower room passes through the centre of the shower controller, shower hose connector, wall-mounted taps and door handle, with the shelf of a recessed niche on the same line & the basin siting a tile lower. Though I'm making a compromise with the WC flush becase the centre of the mirror / basin is more prominent.

Edited 18 hours ago18 hr by Mike

My only advice would be to lay out where everything physically goes. I did the "right" thing with my tile layout, but I ended up with a grout line millimetres above the silicone around the bath, which isn't ideal and becomes a pain in the arse to keep clean! At some point I'm going to take it all out and lift the bath slightly so that it is below the silicone, but laying everything out accurately would have highlighted this in the beginning. It looks like you are doing this, but just in case anything is missing from the images or is an estimate rather than the actual fitting/furniture.

5 hours ago, garrymartin said:

My only advice would be to lay out where everything physically goes. I did the "right" thing with my tile layout, but I ended up with a grout line millimetres above the silicone around the bath, which isn't ideal and becomes a pain in the arse to keep clean! At some point I'm going to take it all out and lift the bath slightly so that it is below the silicone, but laying everything out accurately would have highlighted this in the beginning. It looks like you are doing this, but just in case anything is missing from the images or is an estimate rather than the actual fitting/furniture.

I thought I'd worked it all out and then I got to the window

What I should have done then was knock the plaster and concrete internal and just tile straight to block work

However I'd already tiled the window reveal :D so Fine cuts it was to be ;)

it all adds character no?

I think having the tiles centered to the bog flush offers more pros compared to other options.

Pros

• Central horizontal and vertical alignment to flush plate.

• Wall mounted taps are both within a single tile

• Lined up perfectly to fit my window head

• Almost a full tile at actual ceiling height

Cons

• Pissy 13cm tile at floor level

Splitting the difference option

Pros

• Aesthetically pleasing, tile equally sized top and bottom

• Wall mounted taps within a single tile

Cons

• Slither at window head

• Slither at actual ceiling

• Off center at flush, just enough to make it look like a cock up

Probably just answered my own question really, think the 13cm bottom tile might be what to go for.