Which would you do, threshold Question

Jaeger_S2k · Post by **Jaeger_S2k** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:02 pm

Hi,
Have a question and it's paining me.

I have a run of tiles which if I centre in the back door and the door to the kitchen will leave me a cut tile at the threshold to the garage. Doorway on right hand wall.

Drawing 1.

I can use a full tile through the garage threshold which will throw the doorway tiles off centre which layout would you run with.

Drawing 2.

Wood Magnet · Post by **Wood Magnet** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:38 pm

Personally i'd go with top one Allan.

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:24 pm

Do you have to stop the tiles where you have indicated on the left hand side?
Wondering what floor covering would be in each corner there and it if would look nice to take the tiles right to the walls in those recesses and that would take care of the smaller cuts on the right (or is it a wall that isn't shown)

I guess I am missing something

of the two options shown, 1st looks better to me as well

Only-Me · Post by **Only-Me** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 6:19 pm

1st option would look better on the eye from front and back.......worry about the garage after

Jaeger_S2k · Post by **Jaeger_S2k** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:24 pm

Ah,
I wasn't clear enough, I knew and asumed you woul. I only showed the 'problem' area, sorry.

Now 'The Boss' has come home and suggested I start at he wall (drawing 3)

You know I think she might be right

and I was just making it complicated for myself?

Drawing 3.

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:39 pm

Think Option 3 works better then 1 or 2 to be honest as far as the "problem area" goes - but .....

I think that the garage threshold will always bug you with that sliver on one side.

How about moving the tile line down a little to get an even slver each side of the threshold and that would make the top and bottm room extremes equal cuts maybe? Dunno (but I think that uneven threshold treatment will still bug !)

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:41 pm

Reckon with that area, A "washboy" would be a worthwhile buy as well as per you post about it

Only-Me · Post by **Only-Me** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:42 pm

I never start a full tile against a wall.

Always assume that the walls are out........they usually are

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:56 pm

Only-Me wrote:I never start a full tile against a wall.

Always assume that the walls are out........they usually are

What is the best way to determine the straight line for tiles - do you take an existing wall, a threshold, do diagonals from corner to corner and work it out from there? never known how the pros work that!

Jaeger_S2k · Post by **Jaeger_S2k** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:33 pm

Only-Me wrote:I never start a full tile against a wall.

Always assume that the walls are out........they usually are

Will be working below the plaster board so have around 25-30mm adjustment area.

The skirting will then sit on top of the tiles closing any cuts edges, well that's the plan.

Only-Me · Post by **Only-Me** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:36 pm

Jaeger_S2k wrote:
Only-Me wrote:I never start a full tile against a wall.

Always assume that the walls are out........they usually are
Will be working below the plaster board so have around 25-30mm adjustment area.

The skirting will then sit on top of the tiles closing any cuts edges, well that's the plan.

Well it should be easy then.

bathstyle · Post by **bathstyle** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:06 pm

Start by measuring the centre of the floor then start the tiles at the centre, either have the centre of a grout line as your centre or the centre of a tile as your centre, whichever leaves the best cut.

bathstyle · Post by **bathstyle** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:08 pm

Drwaing 3 looks OK but you need to move the grout line up by about a quarter of a tile to get the cuts on the bottom and top wall to the same size

Jaeger_S2k · Post by **Jaeger_S2k** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:23 pm

bathstyle wrote:Drwaing 3 looks OK but you need to move the grout line up by about a quarter of a tile to get the cuts on the bottom and top wall to the same size