11th hour tile height opinions!

[bristolbaron]

I have a tiler coming tomorrow and have had a last minute doubt as to how high my tiles should go!

Tiles are plain white, 30cm x 60cm. Brick pattern, grey grout.

Above tile painted in mid/navy blue tbc.

Originally I was thinking top line, due to splashes from shower. Now I’m thinking bottom line might look better around window?

Edited by bristolbaron on Thursday 9th November 21:19

[Cabrony]

Would look silly tiled to either height and then the remainder painted.
Tile floor to ceiling I say

[matt666]

Tiling below the window line will look odd in the recess at the top - you might as well tile the whole wall, that would look the best

[paulrockliffe]

Cabrony said:

Would look silly tiled to either height and then the remainder painted.
Tile floor to ceiling I say

Full wall looks a bit prison/mental hospital. Leaving space for paint allows some more contrast in too. Mine are to roughly the lower of the two lines, looks great.

[Rosscow]

I’d go for half way up the window.

[Ilovejapcrap]

Rosscow said:

I’d go for half way up the window.

yep or fully tile

[shirt]

Rosscow said:

I’d go for half way up the window.

i'd go with this, ensuring a suitable gap between top of the tiles and the mirror, or tiling to the top of the first pane and moving the mirror so it's 50:50 on paint and tile. former would be preferable.

both lines the OP has seem awkward.

[bristolbaron]

Thanks all,

It might not be clear on the above photo, but the wall has a curve down towards the window. If I were to go to full ceiling height all round, I’d have to have a curved end tile on bath & mirror walls.. I can’t see this ever looking right.
Thoughts are to drop a tile below that height, leaving one solid area to paint.

All units and tiles are white so I reckon I can get away with a dark ceiling?

If I drop down too far (mid window) id have less tile at the end of the bath the shower will hit, plus a lot more dark paint.

I’ve added a photo showing curve and next two tile lines down.. typically, neither are mid window!

Area above sink etc will be at height of lowest line.

[bristolbaron]

[ruaricoles]

Full height or very high in the shower area then drop down and run the rest just higher than the other unit? Make sure you would have some painted wall to the right of the window so it doesn’t look like the window is dividing tiled area from painted area

Ruari

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Presumably you can’t tile to the top of the window as it’d be a half tile?

[FRMATT]

ruaricoles said:

Full height or very high in the shower area then drop down and run the rest just higher than the other unit? Make sure you would have some painted wall to the right of the window so it doesn’t look like the window is dividing tiled area from painted area

Ruari

I'd agree with this, but then I suppose that's no surprise having done a similar thing in my bathroom

[Simpo Two]

The lowest line is best. Fully tiled looks like a public toilet IMHO.

[Badda]

anonymous said:

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I prefer yours.