Tiling: where to centre
 

My query was about the position I should treat as the centre of the wall
rather than how to arrange the tiles on the wall once I have determined
the centre (I've done any amount of tiling over the years but have not
run into this scenario previously).

As described previously, the wall is not the same length throughout its
height along the length of the bath. It's shorter just above the bath
and just below the ceiling, but longer over the height of the window
where it runs into the reveal.

A spot of ASCII art might help.

----------------------------------------------****
| | *
| | *
| | * Window
| | *
| | *
| Plan | *
| | *
| |****
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
----------------------------------------------

The room at the ceiling and floor is a rectangle as shown by the | and -.

At one end is a window which is not centred across the wall and which
means that a plan drawn at the window's height off the floor will be
extended as shown by the *.

So, on the wall at the top of the diagram, where is the centre to work
off for tiling? Is it half way along the
---------------------------------------------- section only (ie half the
length of the room at floor and ceiling height), or is it half the
length of the wall at window height (ie half of the total length of
---------------------------------------------- and ****)?

TIA

--
Frank
(Beware of spam trap - remove the negative)

Tiling: where to centre
 

F wrote:

My query was about the position I should treat as the centre of the wall
rather than how to arrange the tiles on the wall once I have determined
the centre (I've done any amount of tiling over the years but have not
run into this scenario previously).

As described previously, the wall is not the same length throughout its
height along the length of the bath. It's shorter just above the bath
and just below the ceiling, but longer over the height of the window
where it runs into the reveal.

A spot of ASCII art might help.

----------------------------------------------****
| | *
| | *
| | * Window
| | *
| | *
| Plan | *
| | *
| |****
| |
| |
| |
| |
| |
----------------------------------------------

The room at the ceiling and floor is a rectangle as shown by the | and -.

At one end is a window which is not centred across the wall and which
means that a plan drawn at the window's height off the floor will be
extended as shown by the *.

So, on the wall at the top of the diagram, where is the centre to work
off for tiling? Is it half way along the
---------------------------------------------- section only (ie half the
length of the room at floor and ceiling height), or is it half the
length of the wall at window height (ie half of the total length of
---------------------------------------------- and ****)?

TIA

--
Frank
(Beware of spam trap - remove the negative)

For a long wall with window at one end, I don't think it really matters
- there is no obvious feature at which to judge symmetry. I would
probably centre it ignoring the window, since there is still the wall
above and below it I presume.
But you may have to jiggle it to get good cuts. The bathroom I jave
just done, I drew out the room on paper and the tiling grid on tracing
paper (not 1:1 scale !) and slid it around - its always a compromise
after all.
Cheers,
Simon.

Tiling: where to centre
 

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:27:56 +0000, F wrote:

My query was about the position I should treat as the centre of the
wall rather than how to arrange the tiles on the wall once I have
determined the centre

What is the obsession with a center line? The tiles need to be vertical
and horizontal such that any joints are in sensible places. You have a
horizontal set by the top of the bath and a vertical set by the reveals.
IMHO on the long wall a joint anywhere other than joing the two short
bits of long wall will look stupid.

As walls never meet at precisely 90 deg you'll have to ease the absolute
position of the tiles anyway. To work into that corner mark vertical say
4 tiles width plus grout width away from it. Is that your "center line"?

--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

Tiling: where to centre
 

Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 10:27:56 +0000, F wrote:

My query was about the position I should treat as the centre of the
wall rather than how to arrange the tiles on the wall once I have
determined the centre

What is the obsession with a center line? The tiles need to be vertical
and horizontal such that any joints are in sensible places. You have a
horizontal set by the top of the bath and a vertical set by the reveals.
IMHO on the long wall a joint anywhere other than joing the two short
bits of long wall will look stupid.

As walls never meet at precisely 90 deg you'll have to ease the absolute
position of the tiles anyway. To work into that corner mark vertical say
4 tiles width plus grout width away from it. Is that your "center line"?

--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

I think the only centre line that is particularly noticeable is say
when you walk into a bathroom and there is a window opposite. If the
tiles are not equally positioned around the window and reveal,
especially if there is a basin under the window as is common, then it
stands out a mile.
Simon.