When tiling a bathroom should you start at the top of the wall or the bottom?

NEVER START AT THE TOP ..YOU SHOULD START BY MAKING SURE YOU CAN TILE THE WALL USING MINIMUM AMOUNT OF CUTS AS POSSIBLE. AND TRY TO GET TILES THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO PUT LARGER CUTS IN WERE REQ .IF THERE IS A BATH IN TRY TO TILE FROM THE TOP OF THE BATH USING FULL TILES ENSURE THE BATH IS LEVEL FIRST ALSO PUT A VERTICAL PLUMB LINE IN THE CENTRE OF WALL YOU CAN THEN USE THIS TO WORK OUT HOW MANY TILES YOU WILL NEED FROM CENTRE TO CORNERS OF WALL AND THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW YOU TO WORK OUT THE SIZE OF THE CUTS REQUIRED AT EITHER END OF WALL YES YOU START AT MIDDLE OF WALL. IF YOU CAN START WITH TILE OVER CENTRE LINE IF YOU FIND THAT THIS WONT WORK START WITH A TILE EITHER SIDE OF CENTRE LINE .LEAVE CUTS UNTIL LAST YOU CAN PUT THEM IN WHEN ALL FULL TILES ARE ON WALL .ALWAYS START FROM A LEVEL SURFACE EVEN IF THAT MEANS FASTENING A LEVEL BATTEN TO THE WALL TO TILE OFF REMEMBER TO ALLOW FOR TILES TO FIT BELOW BATTEN PREFF THESE SHOULD BE CUTS EITHER TO FINISH TO SKIRTING OR TO FLOOR THESE CAN BE FITTED AFTER ADHESIVE HAS SET ON OTHER TILES .
By: STEVE PRO

Date of comment: Mon, Oct 13th 2008