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

We have installed the wood-look floor tiles on all horizontal surfaces and the white wall tiles on all vertical surfaces.

We need to consider which solution we prefer.

I think the most likely option is that we either do not tile the two walls at all or possibly live with the gap at the door frame (which is only on the inside).

Pacc666 schrieb:

"ugly" tile edges

Tile edges can be beautifully finished with trim strips, which look great.
How do you usually handle the transition between the wall and tiles when using half-height tiles? Without trim strips, just silicone? To me, that always creates a dirty corner that’s hard to clean.
If you want to avoid that, tile only behind the toilet and not on the side. We have a similar gap to the side wall, didn’t tile it, and nothing has ever happened (we’ve lived like this for 12 years).

We also tiled the bathroom halfway up the wall.
Here was the solution:
Tile the room up to the last tiles next to the door. Then install the door frame. After that, the tiler stuck and grouted the remaining tiles up to the door frame. Of course, you can also do this yourself and ask the tiler for the grout they used.

We have already decided

to tile halfway up the wall and to have the door frame tiled as well.

This will create a gap above the tiles about the thickness of the tiles.

We will either leave this gap as is or (as recommended by the developer) fill it with acrylic sealant to make it watertight.

Acrylic alone will not be enough. The gap is about 1 cm (0.4 inches) wide. I think something will need to be placed in there first, like a backer rod or something similar.

Tolentino schrieb:

I have 1.20 meters (4 feet) everywhere except in the shower, where it’s 2.40 meters (8 feet).
In the guest bathroom, it’s 1.30 meters (4 feet 3 inches) because the stud wall is that high, and it would look odd if only that area were higher.

Full floor-to-ceiling tiling is nowadays mostly done only in commercial or office restrooms, or in wet rooms/sauna areas.

I would prefer 1.20 meters (4 feet) in both of our bathrooms as well, but unfortunately, like you in one of your bathrooms, we have the issue that the stud wall is 1.30 meters (4 feet 3 inches) high. Our tiler suggested tiling halfway up at 1.30 meters (4 feet 3 inches). After spending several hours thinking it over, searching for alternatives, and using my imagination, we will probably tile up to 1.30 meters (4 feet 3 inches). Unless someone here has a good idea.

It would be possible to tile only the stud wall where the toilet is mounted up to 1.30 meters (4 feet 3 inches), and the rest of the walls up to 1.20 meters (4 feet) or 1.10 meters (3 feet 7 inches). But then, due to the colored tiles, the stud wall with the toilet would likely look quite dominant, and I tend to hide functional necessities rather than highlight them.

My recommendation to @Pacc666: Tile as few walls as possible, keep the rest as low as possible depending on the sink height, except in the shower, where tiling should go all the way up to the ceiling.

And a warm welcome to the forum. 🙂

Osnabruecker schrieb:

It’s a matter of taste... Even in single-family homes, there are floor-to-ceiling tiles.

In very large and, in my opinion, exquisite, expensive bathrooms, that can really look good. In small standard bathrooms, it reminds me of a butcher shop. :-(

Tolentino schrieb:

Regarding the toilet on the same wall. Some people only tile the back wall around the toilet and sink, about 30 to 50 centimeters (12 to 20 inches). The rest of the wall remains untiled (except for the skirting board).

Please, do you have any advice for me? I didn’t understand this sentence, but it sounds good. Where exactly are the 30 to 50 centimeters (12 to 20 inches) of tiling?