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Leopold8427 Oct 2019 12:03Hello everyone,
Our tiles are 1000 x 1000 mm (39 x 39 inches) with 2 mm (0.08 inches) grout lines. We plan to install them in a straight joint pattern. Normally, as I understand it, you start from the center of the room and work outwards, with cut pieces at the edges (Option 1). However, a friend advised us to start from one wall instead, so that the cuts only appear along the opposite wall (preferably the wall where shelves, sofas, or tables will be placed), which would be Option 2. His reasoning was that this would make the cuts less noticeable.
I roughly sketched both options, not to scale, with the gray areas representing the cut pieces. The room measures 11 m x 5.6 m (36 x 18 feet).
What are your thoughts? How would you install such large tiles?
Our tiles are 1000 x 1000 mm (39 x 39 inches) with 2 mm (0.08 inches) grout lines. We plan to install them in a straight joint pattern. Normally, as I understand it, you start from the center of the room and work outwards, with cut pieces at the edges (Option 1). However, a friend advised us to start from one wall instead, so that the cuts only appear along the opposite wall (preferably the wall where shelves, sofas, or tables will be placed), which would be Option 2. His reasoning was that this would make the cuts less noticeable.
I roughly sketched both options, not to scale, with the gray areas representing the cut pieces. The room measures 11 m x 5.6 m (36 x 18 feet).
What are your thoughts? How would you install such large tiles?
Leopold84 schrieb:
How would you install such large tiles?So that they align with the screed expansion joints, which are therefore planned in advance to match the tile layout...
Leopold84 schrieb:
For such large tiles, a friend advised us to start tiling on one wall so that only cut-offs would appear on the adjacent wall. The friend only has to live with the result as a visitor.
I wouldn’t do it that way; it looks “off” in the sense that it creates practically two classes of walls: those that appear to follow the tile grid and those that seem subordinate to it. I’ll boldly suggest considering a 45° rotation.
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I wouldn't overestimate the whole issue. The important point is Otus's advice, so that there is no need to cut in the middle. That would really be poor planning.
The rest will be hidden by furniture anyway.
The friend's suggestion is cost-efficient. Less waste, less work.
The rest will be hidden by furniture anyway.
The friend's suggestion is cost-efficient. Less waste, less work.
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Leopold8427 Oct 2019 19:15Aren’t expansion joints only used at doorways? Or do you mean the left side where the room narrows would also need an expansion joint? If so, we would probably use mosaic tiles to create a dividing line there...
The dimensions will almost certainly require an expansion joint somewhere. But why make it so complicated and noticeable? Simply start the tiles just to the left or right of the joint, fill the joint itself with silicone (?) in a matching color, and it will hardly be noticeable afterward.
By the way, I would recommend calculating everything rather than just placing the tiles by feel. If you don't have a screed yet, it might still be possible to adjust the location of the expansion joint so that it fits well with the tile pattern.
By the way, I would recommend calculating everything rather than just placing the tiles by feel. If you don't have a screed yet, it might still be possible to adjust the location of the expansion joint so that it fits well with the tile pattern.
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