Hello, I have a question regarding the installation direction of a tile. We have chosen a tile measuring 90x45 cm (35x18 inches), and there is a small arrow on the back indicating the laying direction. The tile has a natural stone look with a slight textured pattern running lengthwise. Now the question came up whether the tile can be cut in half so that the row can start with a half tile. The leftover piece would then be installed at the end of the tile row rotated by 180°. We cannot see any pattern or surface texture on the tile that would argue against this approach. Is this arrow always present on a tile, even if it is not absolutely necessary?
Thanks in advance for your response.
Thanks in advance for your response.
Dalle schrieb:
The leftover piece would then be installed rotated by 180° at the end of the tile row. That only seems logical to me if the rows are an exact whole number of tiles long.
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Schwimmbutze25 Dec 2018 18:54Exactly, and you don’t want to see the cut edge either.
Thank you for your responses. You are, of course, correct that in a row of tiles, I don’t need to rotate the cut pieces. However, in the hallway, we have the situation where every second row starts with a half tile. In that case, one half must be rotated to ensure the cut edge is not visible.
Dalle schrieb:
But in the hallway, we also have the situation where every second row starts with a half tile. Just read my post #2 again. I still maintain: if the rows are not exactly n.0 or n.5 tiles long or "wide," you have made a conceptual error.
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