On 2007-11-18 12:38:58 +0000, "rocky" said:

I am about to completely replace my bathroom bath, toilet and wash basin
and re-tile the walls.Is there any reason why I should not tile the complete
wall where the wash basin and cistern will fit and fix these after tiling
is completed.
thanks for any advice

It's actually the best way to do it - tiling around things always looks bad.

A good approach is to fit the sanitary appliances initially through
spacers (e.g. piece of timber) equivalent to the tile depth and to get
the mechanics right as well as the hook up. Then you can remove
them, complete the tiling and refit easily.