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Bathroom Tiles

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  • 27-07-2006 1:38pm
    #1
    smbumblebee
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    Hiya,

    Some people like to tile their bathroom from top to toe while others just tile around the sink/bath area.

    What do you all think? Obviously the latter option is much cheaper ..... but does it look cheap too? :confused:


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    #2
    delly
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    I think all round tiling is the better option for both appearance and moisture protection.


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    chuckles30
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    I just bought a new house and for cost reasons, I didn't do the all round tiling. So I did them as follows:

    In the ensuite, I just tiled the 3 walls of the shower & then the shower door closes off that section. I got a colour of paint that matches with the pattern on the tiles and I used the special bathroom paint.

    In the main bathroom I just did the two walls over the bath and again got a matching paint.

    In the downstairs loo, I just painted it as there is never going to be any huge amount of moisture.

    I had spare tiles left over, so I got my tiler to do splash backs over the hand basins. All rooms have lino on the floors.

    I am very happy with the finished result and I don't think it looks cheap - but I might be biased ;) Initially though I was a bit worried like you, as all my friends had done the complete tiling, but my budget didn't stretch to that.

    Attached is a pic of the bathroom - which was still work in progress at the time :D Unforunately the position of the window meant I had to go with the shower curtain, though I would have preferred a glass panel, it just wasn't an option.


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    delly
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    chuckles30 wrote:
    I just bought a new house and for cost reasons, I didn't do the all round tiling. So I did them as follows:

    In the ensuite, I just tiled the 3 walls of the shower & then the shower door closes off that section. I got a colour of paint that matches with the pattern on the tiles and I used the special bathroom paint.

    In the main bathroom I just did the two walls over the bath and again got a matching paint.

    In the downstairs loo, I just painted it as there is never going to be any huge amount of moisture.

    I had spare tiles left over, so I got my tiler to do splash backs over the hand basins. All rooms have lino on the floors.

    I am very happy with the finished result and I don't think it looks cheap - but I might be biased ;) Initially though I was a bit worried like you, as all my friends had done the complete tiling, but my budget didn't stretch to that.

    Attached is a pic of the bathroom - which was still work in progress at the time :D Unforunately the position of the window meant I had to go with the shower curtain, though I would have preferred a glass panel, it just wasn't an option.
    Looks like a nice tidy job, and its good having the window partially into the bath as it will help with the steam extraction.


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