Tiling my bathroom? Where do i start?

Question

I am re-tiling my bathroom for the first time. I have picked off all the old tiles(lovely pink flowery ones!!) and quite a lot of the plaster behind cam off as well. There is also the old Old tiles up halfway border style that are on some kind of cement base that sticks out by 10-12mm. These tiles are not easily removed so i am plasterboarding the top half of the wall to eliminate the gap and cover bad plaster. Once that is done, Is there a particular spot you should start? Does it depend where is first in your eyeline as you walk in, or is there a spot thats best to avoid cutting too many tiles? Any advice will be much apreciated!!

Thanks to all for advice. It came in very useful!!!

Answer 1

first thing to do is to get a level line all round the room ..if you can borrow a laser level .if not the level must be at least four feet long .ignore the floor levels..place a tile on the ll ..touching the floor ..mark the wall at the top of the tile ..remove tile ..and using this mark as the level point...go round the room ..you should have a line all round ..and they should meet .with the level check the walls are upright and mark a line in one corner ..start in that corner ..start on TOP of your level line......best to fix a baton on this line before you start apply the adhesive to an area no bigger than half a metre ..make sure you use a notched trowel ..work you cuts into the same corner

Answer 2

What ever sticks out or goes in, get a flat wall as possible (knock it off or fill it in).

Next, water down some PVA and PVA the walls.

Heights. Tiles will hit skirting board, ceiling, top & bottom of window, top of door, top of bath etc. Best height to start is to leave full tiles as possible and not little slithers at one of these heights (hope you know what I mean).

I take the sink and toilet out, fit a wooden baton all the way round even above the bath. Always start in the middle of windows to balance the tiles at either end of the window. When you get to a corner from the window, try to use the off cut to set the next wall off (so it looks like a full tile going around the corner. On other walls, try roughly from the middle.

If you have big tiles, they don't go over bumps quiet so well where small tiles will but will show you where bumps and dips are by showing a slight wave across the tiles.

If you think the adhesive has set, remove the batons and tile below. Masking tape the tile to the one above holds it up.

Answer 3

I'd start in the centre of the wall and work my way out this way you will end up with equal cuts at both ends of the wall and also top and the bottom of the wall complete one wall and do the same to the other three .This is the method used to tile floors.Good luck.

Answer 4

Start tiling on the centre of the bath and tile outwards on both sides.

Answer 5

in the middle of one wall