ᐅ Tile size – Please share photos/images, I need help deciding!

Do you have a model home exhibition nearby?

During the construction phase, we visited to get a feel for different tiles, bathrooms, and design options.

It’s a completely different experience walking through the houses when your focus is no longer on the house and floor plan.

Joints tend to get darker in areas with foot traffic anyway, so I prefer darker grout to avoid having heavily used areas stand out too much compared to less used ones later on.

nordanney schrieb:
How do you lay square tiles crosswise?

The 60cm x 60cm (24in x 24in) tiles do not necessarily have to be laid in a straight grid (stack bond). They can be installed diagonally or in a staggered pattern (running bond).

Climbee schrieb:
Grout lines always get darker where people walk

They should become slightly darker but not completely dark, I specifically asked the tiler about this. You should also pay attention to the cleaning products used, according to their statement.

Here is a picture

With a staggered brick pattern, you need to carefully inspect the tiles beforehand. Most tiles have a slight curve in the middle, which makes the staggered and quarter brick patterns look terrible.

This applies to all tiles; it is generally better to lay them in a quarter offset pattern, especially for 30x60 cm (12x24 inches) and 120x60 cm (48x24 inches) tiles.

kbt09 schrieb:
And once again, it’s really important to create a tile layout plan when installing continuous tiles in the hallway, open kitchen, and living area.

The main challenge is always the hallway, especially with large tiles. It helps to accurately draw the tile grid to scale on a transparent sheet and then move this sheet around over the floor plan—also to scale. This way, you can see how to avoid many unnecessarily narrow cuts and also find nice continuous lines extending into the rooms.

Often, you will come to the conclusion that you basically split the hallway lengthwise and lay tiles from that line outward to the right and left.

We actually had the architect create a tile layout with different patterns.

In the end, our tiler decided against all of those plans. And what can I say—the result is amazing. But that probably also comes down to the quality of the tiler…

By the way, we used 120 x 120 cm (47 x 47 inch) tiles, ranging from the large living/dining room with 52 sqm (560 sq ft) to the guest bathroom with just under 7 sqm (75 sq ft). In the bathrooms, however, we chose a different color than in the living/dining room and hallway.
On the walls, we installed 45 x 90 cm (18 x 35 inch) tiles, and on the shower walls at the back, we used the 120 x 120 cm (47 x 47 inch) tiles.