ᐅ Joint alignment between wall and floor is not symmetrical—what should I do?

kbt09 schrieb:

What I notice, but can’t clearly see, is that the WC flush button is centered on two cut tiles—correct? I would find that, for example, quite good.

Actually, I can see that on the photo towards the window.

kbt09 schrieb:

What’s also good is that the "prominent" end of the shower finishes at the wall with a full tile,

I can also imagine that they based it on the 140 cm (55 inches) shower screen: two full tiles make 1.20 m (4 feet), plus 20 cm (8 inches) in the corner. That’s exactly how you would plan a 140 cm (55 inches) shower.
And for the floor, they might have aligned it with the toilet. There is a full tile centered there. Or is it not exactly centered?

wirsanieren202 schrieb:

You think so? This is our first renovation, and we’re really overwhelmed. We had imagined it differently and don’t understand why he tiled it that way. Unfortunately, this wasn’t discussed with us beforehand; he could have just called to clarify. We don’t have an architect. I’m surprised that none of you find it that bad... Maybe we’re overreacting?

Actually, I don’t like it either, and it would annoy me. But the only way to avoid this is to discuss such details with the tiler before the work starts. You have to count this as a learning experience. But if it bothers you, have it redone; otherwise, you’ll be upset every day about it.

I don’t care about that at all, and I’ve seen bathrooms designed strictly around the principle of using a grid joint, which resulted in very awkward patchwork tiling.

If that’s what you want, you need to plan the bathroom accordingly and commission a layout plan from the tile installer. That’s the only way to ensure it turns out the way you want. We could debate the classic chicken-or-egg problem here... but ultimately, it wasn’t part of the contract and was therefore correctly not executed with a grid joint. You’ll be wiser for the next bathroom.

If I’m interpreting the pictures correctly, the expert started with half tiles in the corner. This saves quite a bit of tile cutting and tiles themselves. Then the wall probably ended up longer than 1.4 meters (4.6 feet), more likely around 1.5 meters (5 feet). Whether shifting the joints by 10 cm (4 inches) would have made it work can’t unfortunately be determined from the photos.

In my opinion, the best approach is to start with the slightly narrower strip in the corner and then install three full tiles.

Large tiles require careful planning. Unfortunately, that was not provided in your case.

I understand the opinion shared by several here, but if it bothers you, it’s better to fix it sooner rather than later. After some time, tile adhesive bonds so strongly that you won’t be able to remove the large tiles without damaging them.

hanghaus2023 schrieb:

Then the wall is probably longer than 1.4 m (4.6 feet), more likely 1.5 m (4.9 feet). Unfortunately, from the pictures, it's not clear whether the 10 cm (4 inches) joint would have shifted enough for it to work.

Yes, exactly, the wall is 1.50 m (4.9 feet) long. What I don’t quite understand is that the glass partition will only be 1.40 m (4.6 feet).

hanghaus2023 schrieb:

In my opinion, it’s best to start with the slightly narrower strip in the corner and then install 3 tiles.

What do you mean by that? With three tiles plus the narrow strip, wouldn’t that be over 1.80 m (5.9 feet)?

Thank you all very much for your opinions and tips. They are extremely helpful. Another thing we noticed about the shower that puzzles us is that the wall tiles do not overlap the floor tiles. He installed some kind of metal strip (?) at the transition between the wall and the floor. What is that, and why would he do it that way? We are only familiar with tiling that continues all the way down to the floor. Attached is a photo