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Title: Floor Tiling
Post by g4dxy on Mar 25^th, 2006, 1:09pm

I have a room to floor tile which is way out of square any advice of how to do it appreciated , :-/

Title: Re: Floor Tiling
Post by sailfishoney on Mar 25^th, 2006, 5:10pm

do you know what the 345 method is?
if u don't then here goes any way

take your tapemeasure and you can you 6 7 8 inchs. just pick a number. find the largest exterior wall, go to both ends and measure what ever number you chose, usually enough for a trowell to be used, after doing this to opposite ends of the wall, then pop a chaulk line.
now repeat this on a connecting wall, prefrably another exterior wall. if not a large interior wall. pop a nother line
now you have 2 lines, one horrizontal and one vertical and they croos each other. Where the lines cross take your tape measure and on one line measure 36 inchs and mark ir on the other line measure 48 inchs and mark that. now tale you tape measure again and the last 2 marks you have made the 36 and 48 mark run your tape as if you were forming a triangle and that should measure 60 inchs. hope this isnt cong=fusing.. If it is no 6o inchs then you need to adjust.

or
you can find your center of the room, measure vertical and horzinal. and start and the center point of the room.
if you are going to have small cuts on both sides of the room the make sure only one side of the room takes all the cuts. and put the cuts in the area that is less visual to the eye.behind a couch area or something. but not in the front entrance way.

Title: Re: Floor Tiling
Post by jasonB on Mar 25^th, 2006, 6:35pm

If you a worried about the joint lines in the tiles not running parallel to the walls you can always lay the tiles diagonally which usually makes it a bit less obvious.

If you want the tiles straight then line them up to the wall that will catch your eye the most as you enter the room. and try not to have narrow strips of tile around the edges.

Jason