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PeterVincent
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Location: Ireland
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 Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:31 am Post subject: Where should I fit cut tiles |
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Hi,
I plan to tile a bathroom floor with 300mm X 300mm tiles but there will have to be some cut down to 300 X 100 along a row parallel to the wall that the door is on.
My question concerns the placing of the cut tiles. should I place them along the wall opposite the door where there will be almost zero traffic or along the door wall.
The base is 18mm marine ply and is very rigid, so I do not have to worry about bounce in this floor.
However the floor base is raised about 75mm above the floor in the adjoining room and I anticipate that the first step by the person will be heavier than normally encountered as it is required to raise the persons body up the 75mm as opposed to the more gentle foot fall in a completely uniform level setup.
My thoughts are:
Along the opposite wall: When a person enters then the footsteps into the bathroom will initially fall on a full tile with more surface area in contact with the adhesive so the tile should remain stuck to the marine ply floor.
Along the door wall: When a person enters then the footsteps into the bathroom will initially fall on a smaller tile and there will be less force on the edges of the tile due to the law of the lever so the tile should remain stuck to the marine ply floor rather than a tendency to lift off at the edge.
Thank you,
Peter |
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bathstyle
BATHROOM DESIGN AND INSTALLATION
Joined: 17 Jan 2006
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Why not centre up the room and have even cuts both sides.
You may need to use an Elastomeric adhesive if you've only used 18mm ply on your floor joists |
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PeterVincent
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| Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:56 pm Post subject: |
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I had thought about putting the cut tiles down the centre, this will a more attractive finish.
I also made an error the full tiles are 400mm X 400mm
I really want to know which is best in a high traffic area: cut tiles or full tiles.
What is the elastomeric adhesive you mentioned?
Regards,
Peter |
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bathstyle
BATHROOM DESIGN AND INSTALLATION
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It's a two part adhesive that uses an admix instead of water to mix with the powdered adhesive, much more flexible but personally not good practise to use.
Never have a cut in the centre of the floor. Find the centre of the room by measuring from each way and then either start at the centre of the room with either a grout joint or tile centre (whichever gives you the nicest cuts against the wall) |
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EJJ150847
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Location: Fareham, Hampshire
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Have you thought about placing the tiles on the diagonal, that way hopefully you won't have this problem, and sometimes looks better.
John
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Telmay
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:00 am Post subject: |
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With Bathstyle all the way, centralise the floor, equal cuts all round. Plus your room will not be square, so dont think you can place your first tile in the corner and all will work out rosey, at least with the above methos you cam loose the odd mm and angle on the edge.
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