Hi folks! Thanks for reading this and any constructive replies are
welcome...

I am tiling (15 inch sq tiles) a 4 level split home (my own) with grout in
between roughly 1/8 inch gaps . I am doing two stairwells and a landing ....
To make a long story short I have tiled one stairwell and landing. To start
my next stairwell off the landing I need to offset my tiles so the lines
match to the landing....however, if I go dead center down the stairs with
the tiles it will be less waste but the grout lines will be three inches off
the existing landing...should I say to hell with it or cut tiles according
to the "cards that I have been given to play" from where I started?
Thanks.... Jim

Jimi wrote:
Hi folks! Thanks for reading this and any constructive replies are
welcome...

I am tiling (15 inch sq tiles) a 4 level split home (my own) with
grout in between roughly 1/8 inch gaps . I am doing two stairwells
and a landing .... To make a long story short I have tiled one
stairwell and landing. To start my next stairwell off the landing I
need to offset my tiles so the lines match to the landing....however,
if I go dead center down the stairs with the tiles it will be less
waste but the grout lines will be three inches off the existing
landing...should I say to hell with it or cut tiles according to the
"cards that I have been given to play" from where I started?
Thanks.... Jim

The grout lines on the first stair and landing line up? Then line them up
on the second stair too.

That assumes that doing so won't result in wierd cuts on the second
stair...like 1" of tile on one side, nine inches on the other.

Too late now but an alternative would have been to treat each stair and the
landing as an individiual area; e.g., do stair one to minimize cuts, do
landing in diamond, do stair two to minimize cuts.

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Jimi wrote:
Hi folks! Thanks for reading this and any constructive replies are
welcome...

I am tiling (15 inch sq tiles) a 4 level split home (my own) with
grout in between roughly 1/8 inch gaps . I am doing two stairwells
and a landing .... To make a long story short I have tiled one
stairwell and landing. To start my next stairwell off the landing I
need to offset my tiles so the lines match to the landing....however,
if I go dead center down the stairs with the tiles it will be less
waste but the grout lines will be three inches off the existing
landing...should I say to hell with it or cut tiles according to the
"cards that I have been given to play" from where I started?
Thanks.... Jim

The grout lines on the first stair and landing line up? Then line them up
on the second stair too.

That assumes that doing so won't result in wierd cuts on the second
stair...like 1" of tile on one side, nine inches on the other.

Too late now but an alternative would have been to treat each stair and
the landing as an individiual area; e.g., do stair one to minimize cuts,
do landing in diamond, do stair two to minimize cuts.

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Hi dadioh... thanks for your reply... and yes if I follow the grout line of
the landing then my stairs will have a foot of tile on one side and 2"on
the other...that is why I am asking if I should do this or just snap a line
down the center of the stairs and lay the tile to fit center ignoring the
lines of the landing... Thanks...Jim

Jimi wrote:
"dadiOH" wrote in message
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Jimi wrote:
Hi folks! Thanks for reading this and any constructive replies are
welcome...

I am tiling (15 inch sq tiles) a 4 level split home (my own) with
grout in between roughly 1/8 inch gaps . I am doing two stairwells
and a landing .... To make a long story short I have tiled one
stairwell and landing. To start my next stairwell off the landing I
need to offset my tiles so the lines match to the
landing....however, if I go dead center down the stairs with the
tiles it will be less waste but the grout lines will be three
inches off the existing landing...should I say to hell with it or
cut tiles according to the "cards that I have been given to play"
from where I started? Thanks.... Jim

The grout lines on the first stair and landing line up? Then line
them up on the second stair too.

That assumes that doing so won't result in wierd cuts on the second
stair...like 1" of tile on one side, nine inches on the other.

Too late now but an alternative would have been to treat each stair
and the landing as an individiual area; e.g., do stair one to
minimize cuts, do landing in diamond, do stair two to minimize cuts.

--

dadiOH
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Hi dadioh... thanks for your reply... and yes if I follow the grout
line of the landing then my stairs will have a foot of tile on one
side and 2"on the other...that is why I am asking if I should do
this or just snap a line down the center of the stairs and lay the
tile to fit center ignoring the lines of the landing... Thanks...Jim

Bummer. The proverbial rock and hard place.

Hard to say what to do without seeing it but if it were me I'd probably rip
up the perimeter tiles on the landing, cut up new tiles into smaller ones
and lay them as a border on the landing. Then do stair #2 so you have even
cuts on the sides.

Actually, one wouldn't need to take up full tiles on the landing, just stick
a masonry blade on a circular saw, set the depth to cut thru and do it to
it. The idea is to wind up with a border that has enough grout lines so
that the mismatch in them between the two stairs isn't noticeable.

I have all 12 x 12 Saltillo tile in my house; each room was layed to
minimize cut tiles. In the area between rooms - whether there is a door or
not - I layed a series of tiles cut to wall thickness in length and about 2
1/2" wide. Worked great, I never notice the disparity in grout lines room
to room.

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el...
Hi folks! Thanks for reading this and any constructive replies are
welcome...

I am tiling (15 inch sq tiles) a 4 level split home (my own) with grout in
between roughly 1/8 inch gaps . I am doing two stairwells and a landing
.... To make a long story short I have tiled one stairwell and landing. To
start my next stairwell off the landing I need to offset my tiles so the
lines match to the landing....however, if I go dead center down the stairs
with the tiles it will be less waste but the grout lines will be three
inches off the existing landing...should I say to hell with it or cut
tiles according to the "cards that I have been given to play" from where I
started? Thanks.... Jim


Does the second set of stairs go in a different direction? If so then I
think it would be okay to start over and not worry about matching the grout
lines. If not then put some tiles down loose and see what they will look
like. From the very bottom you probably won't see the second steps until
part way up.

On Dec 16, 9:24*pm, "Jimi" wrote:
Hi folks! Thanks for reading this and any constructive replies are
welcome...

*I am tiling (15 inch sq tiles) a 4 level split home (my own) with grout in
between roughly 1/8 inch gaps . I am doing two stairwells and a landing .....
To make a long story short I have tiled one stairwell and landing. To start
my next stairwell off the landing I need to offset my tiles so the lines
match to the landing....however, if I go dead center down the stairs with
the tiles it will be less waste but the grout lines will be three inches off
the existing landing...should I say to hell with it or cut tiles according
to the "cards that I have been given to play" from where I started?
Thanks.... Jim


be very careful lining up the grout lines off a step. if you do a
really
good job, someone may not see that first step very well. i had a
landing
inside my front door that had a 4" drop to the rest of the living
room
floor. i not only lined up the grout lines, but beveled the edge of
the
step. i can't tell you how many people i had to warn that there was a
step
there. i finally ripped the edge out and put in a contrasting stripe
so people
wouldn't step off into midair.

regards,
charlie
cave creek, az

In article , Jimi
wrote:

Hi folks! Thanks for reading this and any constructive replies are
welcome...

I am tiling (15 inch sq tiles) a 4 level split home (my own) with grout in
between roughly 1/8 inch gaps . I am doing two stairwells and a landing ....
To make a long story short I have tiled one stairwell and landing. To start
my next stairwell off the landing I need to offset my tiles so the lines
match to the landing....however, if I go dead center down the stairs with
the tiles it will be less waste but the grout lines will be three inches off
the existing landing...should I say to hell with it or cut tiles according
to the "cards that I have been given to play" from where I started?
Thanks.... Jim



So, what do you have against atheistic tiling?

-chib

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Member of SMASH
Sarcastic Middle-Aged Atheists with a Sense of Humor

chibiabos wrote:
In article , Jimi
wrote:

Hi folks! Thanks for reading this and any constructive replies are
welcome...

I am tiling (15 inch sq tiles) a 4 level split home (my own) with
grout in between roughly 1/8 inch gaps . I am doing two stairwells
and a landing .... To make a long story short I have tiled one
stairwell and landing. To start my next stairwell off the landing I
need to offset my tiles so the lines match to the
landing....however, if I go dead center down the stairs with the
tiles it will be less waste but the grout lines will be three inches
off the existing landing...should I say to hell with it or cut tiles
according to the "cards that I have been given to play" from where I
started? Thanks.... Jim



So, what do you have against atheistic tiling?

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