ᐅ Bathroom tiles: full-height or half-height?

Tolentino schrieb:

I have 1.20m (4 feet) everywhere except in the shower, where it’s 2.40m (8 feet).
In the guest bathroom, it’s 1.30m (4 feet 3 inches) because the pre-wall construction is that high, and it would have looked odd to have only that area higher.

Nowadays, fully tiled walls to the ceiling are usually only done in commercial or office restrooms, or in wet rooms/sauna areas.

That’s not entirely true. There are actually many examples of fully tiled walls up to the ceiling. For instance, we did that (I shared the plans) 😎 Just search for bathrooms on Dr. Google, and you’ll see about 50% of the pictures feature floor-to-ceiling tiles.

According to our main contractor, this should be done with controlled ventilation. Without it, there could be issues. He mentioned something about the connection between the tiles and ceiling and moisture build-up.

@Pinkiponk
I mean like this

(that’s not 30-50cm (12-20 inches), which is how far the tiled area usually extends beyond the actual object, but more like 10cm (4 inches). Behind the toilet, I would rather go for about 30cm (12 inches) because of splash marks...

Good grief, don’t make it so complicated and take a mental step back: have the door frame in the bathroom installed by the builder, that way they handle the hassle.

You’ll manage the painting work around that one door frame yourself; you just need to work more carefully, especially when it comes to proper masking. Of course, take the door off the hinges first. You’ll be fine!

first house: newly built terraced mid-terrace house, bathroom 7 sqm (75 sq ft), no window: tiles floor to ceiling installed by the developer = never again
second house: existing semi-detached house, bathroom 8 sqm (86 sq ft) and guest toilet, both with large windows: tiles floor to ceiling (installed by previous owners) = never again
current house: newly built detached house: bathroom 13 sqm (140 sq ft), half-height tiling around the bathtub, floor to ceiling tiling in the shower, floor to ceiling textured tile on the wall with the washbasins, rest: no tiles at all
guest toilet: wall with toilet and washbasin half tiled, rest no tiles at all

Would do it the same way again 🙂

I would have preferred to leave most of it out rather than having half-height walls everywhere except in the shower. So only the walls directly adjacent to the fixtures halfway up, and the shower fully tiled as usual. Unfortunately, my wife saw it differently. We now have half-height walls everywhere.

Tolentino schrieb:

I would have preferred to leave most of it out instead of half-height walls everywhere except the shower. So just half-height walls directly next to the fixtures and a full-height shower as usual. Unfortunately, my wife saw it differently. We now have half-height walls all around.

Same here. I would have been fine with walls up to the door frame, but the boss insisted on full height. So we made a compromise: full height 😎