Anyone with tiling know how?

newbiejim · 9 Sep 2012 at 12:57

Ok so I'm nearing my stove install completion :-)

, the wallpaper I didnt pick btw, anyways I`m going to tile the recess in brick style using the type of tile sitting on stove in pic, panasonic remote for scale :-)

, question is how do I do this?, are there any caveat?, I was going to begin on the rear centre and work from there?

second pic just for the heck of it

Azza · 9 Sep 2012 at 13:08

Is this your living room or some kind of interrogation room?

newbiejim · 9 Sep 2012 at 13:19

What would suggest its an interogation room lol?

malfunkshun · 9 Sep 2012 at 13:37

Proper 'brick style' would be to start from the ends (start with a full one on row 1 and a half on row 2) and work in, cutting the middle piece to fit.
However those are quite long and are not bricks so the correct way with tiles would be to work outwards from a centre line.

Oh and don't use standard tile cement and do score the **** out of that paint first to get a better bond.

newbiejim · 9 Sep 2012 at 13:40

malfunkshun said:
Proper 'brick style' would be to start from the ends (start with a full one on row 1 and a half on row 2) and work in, cutting the middle piece to fit.
However those are quite long and are not bricks so the correct way with tiles would be to work outwards from a centre line.

Oh and don't use standard tile cement and do score the **** out of that paint first to get a better bond.

ah, so pencil a centre line and start with one full tile centred on it?

malfunkshun · 9 Sep 2012 at 13:47

pretty much, for the brick bond look draw the centre line, first row butt the left and right tiles to the line (allowing for the grout joint). Next row find the centre of a tile and align that with the line on the wall, and so on.

ps3ud0 · 9 Sep 2012 at 13:58

Ignore, I misread the OP

ps3ud0 :cool:

newbiejim · 9 Sep 2012 at 14:01

malfunkshun said:
pretty much, for the brick bond look draw the centre line, first row butt the left and right tiles to the line (allowing for the grout joint). Next row find the centre of a tile and align that with the line on the wall, and so on.

superb m8, got it now, thanks

churchhawk · 9 Sep 2012 at 14:32

How much was the stove in total to fit it and buy it?

Going to be doing my living room in the next few months and i really want a stove but the missus is dead against it lol.

newbiejim · 9 Sep 2012 at 15:41

bout £1600 all in, I didnt flue the chimney though as my chimney is ok, that adds a lot of cost and imho some outfits will sell you flue install when they you dont really need it.