Planning A Bathroom Tile Design
If you are planning to do your own project by yourself, this article will help you plan your bathroom tiling project in the best and most cost effective way to get your bathroom tile design underway.
Please note, to get good results, it pays to plan out your ideas on paper. Then once yours ideas are clear and well thought out, a smooth problem free job should be the result.
- A good DIY plan saves money, time and effort.
- Take care choosing the materials and tools needed.
- How do you want it to look.
Getting ideas about how you want it to look, can be a stumbling block. For ideas, take notice of washrooms and similar areas that you like when you travel about. Checkout Google images, magazines and shop displays. A good idea is to choose contrasting colors for the floor and wall. Then have a skirting line the same color as the floor . Another idea is changing color at chest level, which will enhance the look of the job when finished. Try to choose accessories that compliment the color of the walls. If it looks right it usually is right.
Tile Choice.
Here you need to think about
color, size and is it good
choice for the job. They come in
two sorts. Porous, they absorb
water and non-porous, they are
water resistant. For areas were
it will get wet or moist, chose
the non-porous ceramic kind. For
this kind of job, water
resistant are best, Does a
manufacture make it in the size,
color and design you require?
Please remember tiles are made
in batches and you will always
need a few more than require for
the job. To help you, there are
a large variety of standard
designs on sale at reasonable
cost. So now you have an idea
how you want it look. Next
materials.
Size.
If the area you wish to cover is
small, a large tile could well
look out place. A Smaller design
will usually be a better choice.
With a plain color, the size it
is not so important.
How much will you need?
To calculate the quantity of
materials that you need, you
must take precise measurements
of the total area that you wish
to cover. Once you have chosen
the size of the tile you are
going to use, simply calculate
the number needed. If in doubt,
just ask at the shop when you
get your stock. You must also
remember to take into account
the gaps between each one when
calculating the number needed,
so make sure you include
spacers, appropriate to the size
chosen.
When calculating, consider more
than half as a full one and less
than a half as a half. If you
have chosen a multicolored
finish, calculate each color
separately and note down the
separate requirements.
By Malcolm Ross. I have this
article squidoo, with some
additional features
http://www.squidoo.com/Planning_Bathroom_Tile_Design/
