Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?
It's been done deliberately like that by professionals.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ur5fyv.jpg

"Matty F" wrote in message
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Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?
It's been done deliberately like that by professionals.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ur5fyv.jpg

Like it!

Mary

Matty F coughed up some electrons that declared:

Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?
It's been done deliberately like that by professionals.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ur5fyv.jpg

"Abstract" comes to mind. Looks neatly executed though. Not my taste, but
someone obviously had a plan.

Tim S wrote:
Matty F coughed up some electrons that declared:

Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?
It's been done deliberately like that by professionals.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ur5fyv.jpg

"Abstract" comes to mind. Looks neatly executed though. Not my taste, but
someone obviously had a plan.


...or some old tiles to use up.

Matty F wrote:
Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?
It's been done deliberately like that by professionals.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ur5fyv.jpg

Blimey - each to his own! Is that a completely flat wall, then? Hard to
tell.

David

Matty F wrote:
Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?

Not so keen on the tiles themselves but I like the idea and the
pattern - what are the other walls like?

Anymore pics?

--
Nige Danton

On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:00:06 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Tim S wrote:
Matty F coughed up some electrons that declared:

Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?
It's been done deliberately like that by professionals.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ur5fyv.jpg

"Abstract" comes to mind. Looks neatly executed though. Not my taste, but
someone obviously had a plan.

..or some old tiles to use up.

It looks like the aftermath of another DIY SOS show!

Don.

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Matty F
saying something like:

Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?
It's been done deliberately like that by professionals.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ur5fyv.jpg

That's in interesting way of using up odds and ends of tile batches.
With the bonus it can be bull****ted about as something different.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

Lobster wrote:

Matty F wrote:
Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?
It's been done deliberately like that by professionals.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ur5fyv.jpg

Blimey - each to his own! Is that a completely flat wall, then? Hard to
tell.


Also difficult to tell if the window frame/architrave is vertical.

On Sep 28, 1:28 am, Bruce wrote:
Lobster wrote:
Matty F wrote:
Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?
It's been done deliberately like that by professionals.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ur5fyv.jpg

Blimey - each to his own! Is that a completely flat wall, then? Hard to
tell.

Yes it's a flat wall.

Also difficult to tell if the window frame/architrave is vertical.

Yes it's vertical.

On Sep 27, 11:06 pm, Nige Danton wrote:
Matty F wrote:
Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?

Not so keen on the tiles themselves but I like the idea and the
pattern - what are the other walls like?

Anymore pics?

Here is the shower before all the tiles were finished:
http://i35.tinypic.com/10n9pwx.jpg

On Sep 27, 10:00 pm, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Tim S wrote:
Matty F coughed up some electrons that declared:

Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?
It's been done deliberately like that by professionals.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ur5fyv.jpg

"Abstract" comes to mind. Looks neatly executed though. Not my taste, but
someone obviously had a plan.

..or some old tiles to use up.

Actually they had 3000 boxes of tiles to choose from, so no, they
apparently had a plan. It's not my taste either, but I'd just put
boring rows of tiles in horizontal rows.

On Sep 27, 11:06 pm, Nige Danton wrote:
Matty F wrote:
Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?

Not so keen on the tiles themselves but I like the idea and the
pattern - what are the other walls like?

Anymore pics?

Here's one end of the kitchen, which is 13 metres long and 5 metres
wide:

http://i36.tinypic.com/10r4dp5.jpg

The master bedroom is 5 metres by 9 metres.

Matty F wrote:

On Sep 28, 1:28 am, Bruce wrote:
Lobster wrote:
Matty F wrote:
Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?
It's been done deliberately like that by professionals.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ur5fyv.jpg

Blimey - each to his own! Is that a completely flat wall, then? Hard to
tell.

Yes it's a flat wall.

Also difficult to tell if the window frame/architrave is vertical.

Yes it's vertical.


Thanks, and thanks also for the links to the photos in your other
replies. It's certainly different ...

Tim S wrote:
Matty F coughed up some electrons that declared:

Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?
It's been done deliberately like that by professionals.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ur5fyv.jpg

"Abstract" comes to mind. Looks neatly executed though. Not my taste,
but someone obviously had a plan.

More like "Absinthe". I reckon thats what the designer was drinking.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

"Matty F" wrote in message
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On Sep 27, 11:06 pm, Nige Danton wrote:
Matty F wrote:
Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?

Not so keen on the tiles themselves but I like the idea and the
pattern - what are the other walls like?

Anymore pics?

Here's one end of the kitchen, which is 13 metres long and 5 metres
wide:

http://i36.tinypic.com/10r4dp5.jpg

The master bedroom is 5 metres by 9 metres.


It's nice to see a decent bit of properly sanded taping & jointing :-)

On Sep 28, 7:40 am, "Franko" wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message

Here's one end of the kitchen, which is 13 metres long and 5 metres
wide:

http://i36.tinypic.com/10r4dp5.jpg

The master bedroom is 5 metres by 9 metres.

It's nice to see a decent bit of properly sanded taping & jointing :-)

I thought you'd be impressed by a 43x16 foot kitchen and a 30x16 foot
bedroom. But clearly you all have big houses in the UK
Did I mention the house has a lift and a four car garage?

Matty F wrote:

On Sep 28, 7:40 am, "Franko" wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message

Here's one end of the kitchen, which is 13 metres long and 5 metres
wide:

http://i36.tinypic.com/10r4dp5.jpg

The master bedroom is 5 metres by 9 metres.

It's nice to see a decent bit of properly sanded taping & jointing :-)

I thought you'd be impressed by a 43x16 foot kitchen and a 30x16 foot
bedroom. But clearly you all have big houses in the UK
Did I mention the house has a lift and a four car garage?


And it's yours, is it?

On Sep 28, 12:01 pm, Bruce wrote:
Matty F wrote:
On Sep 28, 7:40 am, "Franko" wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message

Here's one end of the kitchen, which is 13 metres long and 5 metres
wide:

http://i36.tinypic.com/10r4dp5.jpg

The master bedroom is 5 metres by 9 metres.

It's nice to see a decent bit of properly sanded taping & jointing :-)

I thought you'd be impressed by a 43x16 foot kitchen and a 30x16 foot
bedroom. But clearly you all have big houses in the UK
Did I mention the house has a lift and a four car garage?

And it's yours, is it?

Oh no! Some developers are building a "show home" that they hope to
sell for NZ$5 million (=$1.8 million pounds).

Matty F wrote:

On Sep 28, 12:01 pm, Bruce wrote:
Matty F wrote:
On Sep 28, 7:40 am, "Franko" wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message

Here's one end of the kitchen, which is 13 metres long and 5 metres
wide:

http://i36.tinypic.com/10r4dp5.jpg

The master bedroom is 5 metres by 9 metres.

It's nice to see a decent bit of properly sanded taping & jointing :-)

I thought you'd be impressed by a 43x16 foot kitchen and a 30x16 foot
bedroom. But clearly you all have big houses in the UK
Did I mention the house has a lift and a four car garage?

And it's yours, is it?

Oh no! Some developers are building a "show home" that they hope to
sell for NZ$5 million (=$1.8 million pounds).


There are whole areas of London, many square miles, where very single
property is above that value. That's probably why no-one is as
impressed as you hoped they would be.

On Sep 28, 1:32 pm, Bruce wrote:
Matty F wrote:
On Sep 28, 12:01 pm, Bruce wrote:
Matty F wrote:
On Sep 28, 7:40 am, "Franko" wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message

Here's one end of the kitchen, which is 13 metres long and 5 metres
wide:

http://i36.tinypic.com/10r4dp5.jpg

The master bedroom is 5 metres by 9 metres.

It's nice to see a decent bit of properly sanded taping & jointing :-)

I thought you'd be impressed by a 43x16 foot kitchen and a 30x16 foot
bedroom. But clearly you all have big houses in the UK
Did I mention the house has a lift and a four car garage?

And it's yours, is it?

Oh no! Some developers are building a "show home" that they hope to
sell for NZ$5 million (=$1.8 million pounds).

There are whole areas of London, many square miles, where very single
property is above that value. That's probably why no-one is as
impressed as you hoped they would be.

Out here in the colonies, building a three bedroom home for NZ$5
million amongst mere $1 million houses is foolhardy I think.

On Sep 27, 10:11*am, Grimly Curmudgeon
wrote:
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Matty F
saying something like:

Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?
It's been done deliberately like that by professionals.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ur5fyv.jpg

That's in interesting way of using up odds and ends of tile batches.
With the bonus it can be bull****ted about as something different.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
*How much more suspenseful can you get?"
*- House

Sorry to post so late ........................... but I was so dizzy
after getting out of the shower I had to sit down ..................
the weird angle of those tiles on the wall did me in and I missed the
seat of the loo (the intended place to sit down) and cracked me
noggin!
They had a heck of a job getting the bathroom door open to get to me.
However doctor says I'll be out of hospital shortly and told me "In
future go straight".

Matty F wrote:
Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?
It's been done deliberately like that by professionals.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ur5fyv.jpg

I like it. I once considered going into the tiling business to do exactly
that kind of thing - abstract stuff.

Si

On Sep 28, 7:46 pm, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote:
Matty F wrote:
Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?
It's been done deliberately like that by professionals.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ur5fyv.jpg

I like it. I once considered going into the tiling business to do exactly
that kind of thing - abstract stuff.

I should save the tiles they throw in the jumbo bin. They've thrown
away a couple of bin loads so far, and cleaned out a whole marble
quarry in Italy.

"Matty F" wrote in message
...
On Sep 28, 7:40 am, "Franko" wrote:
"Matty F" wrote in message

Here's one end of the kitchen, which is 13 metres long and 5 metres
wide:

http://i36.tinypic.com/10r4dp5.jpg

The master bedroom is 5 metres by 9 metres.

It's nice to see a decent bit of properly sanded taping & jointing :-)

I thought you'd be impressed by a 43x16 foot kitchen and a 30x16 foot
bedroom. But clearly you all have big houses in the UK

I wasn't impressed. I was lost for words!

Did I mention the house has a lift and a four car garage?

Very green :-)

Mary

Matty F wrote:

Out here in the colonies, building a three bedroom home for NZ$5
million amongst mere $1 million houses is foolhardy I think.


I doubt anyone in the UK cares.

"Owain" wrote in message
et...
Mary Fisher wrote:
Did I mention the house has a lift and a four car garage?
Very green :-)

It's probably got a little windmill on the roof, specially to power the
lift down to the 4 car garage.

Owain

Do you need to power a lift to go down? Surely gravity would do that.

Oh - it's in upside-down land. OK.

Mary

On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:46:58 +0100, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote:

Matty F wrote:
Is this the craziest tiling for a shower that you've ever seen?
It's been done deliberately like that by professionals.
http://i36.tinypic.com/2ur5fyv.jpg

I like it. I once considered going into the tiling business to do exactly
that kind of thing - abstract stuff.

I did our bathroom in a similar but not quite so wacky way some 18
years ago.

We had a ground floor rear extension for a bathroom put on this
Victorian cottage and the builder suggested we put the (only) toilet
in there as well. I didn't think that was a good idea so split the
toilet space out of the bathroom. To make space around the corner bath
/ shower the dividing wall starts off 'square' then angles back to
about the width of the cistern.

The builder didn't 'get it' so I stacked the blocks up to show him how
it would work. ;-)

So, once I'd got the corner bath I set the basin at a symmetrical /
complementary angle and the tiling sort of followed this 'angles'
theme. The internal wall that splits the bathroom from the toilet runs
in parallel to the general angle of the bath with the tiles starting
off vertically (level with the end of the bath and basin, tiles round
3 sides of the room) then taper inwards at 45 degrees. This also
carefully avoided tiling around the window. ;-)

We rarely use the bath as a bath but it makes for a very big shower
'cubicle'.

We still think it works very well and makes the best of a pretty small
space in the same way as the bed built halfway up the wall in our
daughters box room did (does). ;-)

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember terry
saying something like:

Sorry to post so late ........................... but I was so dizzy
after getting out of the shower I had to sit down ..................
the weird angle of those tiles on the wall did me in and I missed the
seat of the loo (the intended place to sit down) and cracked me
noggin!

You had me worried there.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

On Sep 28, 10:33 pm, Owain wrote:

It's probably got a little windmill on the roof, specially to power the
lift down to the 4 car garage.

Actually the lift just goes between the three floors. There are two
stairways between the floors as well.
The only access to the house from the road or garage is up about 20
steps. So somebody in a wheelchair will have to be carried into the
house. They could easily have continued the lift down to the garage
level, but they didn't.

I've never seen such a waste of space in a house before.
I'm not saying that I like this house or approve of it. I'm just
watching it with fascination. Italian marble with foam plastic
architraves!)

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Matty F
saying something like:

I'm not saying that I like this house or approve of it. I'm just
watching it with fascination. Italian marble with foam plastic
architraves!)

marvin
Sounds ghastly.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

T i m wrote:

I did our bathroom in a similar but not quite so wacky way some 18
years ago.


Picture?

Si