Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Jun 17, 2009 9:25 pm Hi everyone! We are considering 600x600 floor tiles for the bathroom floors. The bathrooms are not generous in size and i am concerned that this size tile will look ridiculous in a small area. Ensuite is about 2700x2150 and powder room is 2150x?. Does anyone know the optimum size of a bathroom to able to accommodate these huge tiles. thanks. Re: 600 x 600 floor tile 3Jun 18, 2009 9:27 pm Howdy, I'm also getting 600mm x 600mm floor tiles in the bathroom and ensuite. My rooms are quite small - bathroom is approx 2m x 1.5m and the ensuite is approx 2.8m x 1.5m. Looking at the myriad of display houses, I noticed that several homebuilders put in larger floor tiles when the bathrooms are smaller - I think it creates the illusion of space. Even though you'd initially think the opposite would be true! Re: 600 x 600 floor tile 4Jun 18, 2009 9:41 pm calbungalow - you need to be mindful of making it difficult for the tiler.. To create falls around the waste(s) will be ni on impossible Unless you have a walkthru shower Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: 600 x 600 floor tile 5Jun 18, 2009 11:56 pm Does anyone have pictures of the 600x600 tiles installed in a bathroom? We found some 600x600's that we LOVE, but thought that they'd be too big! Our house thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=18335 Re: 600 x 600 floor tile 6Jun 19, 2009 12:28 am Hi, We hope to go with 600x600 tiles too. We are also going with a shower drain grate so that we can accomodate the larger tiles. You can find a picture of what 600x600 tiles look in a bathroom at this thread. viewtopic.php?f=21&t=18471 Cheers Boris Re: 600 x 600 floor tile 7Jun 19, 2009 11:25 am DW and I were set on 600 x 600 (and 600 x 300 in the Bath/laundry), that is until we learned that it was going to be an additional $19.50 per Sq m, on top of the allocation, and just for the labour (excludes the increase in cost for the tiles selected). Something about it is harder to lay large tiles, requires extra effort to align...bollocks, I say, they are friggin 4 times the size (granted), but that gives you 4 times the amount of time it takes per tile. Sorry, Still bitter on this... just be aware what your labour component in the contract is based on. Re: 600 x 600 floor tile 8Jun 19, 2009 11:45 am Mapple - I might sound like rubbish, and what you say is true. The 600's do cover the area quickly, however, if you want to be able to dispute the job, should there be an issue. Better you not ruffle the feathers of the tiler bird The floor waste position is going to be the deciding factor. If it works with the 600's all is good. If not, the tiler will have a bugger of a time. Trust me I know Even 450's are a mongrel. We (our business) have a tiler that does all the difficults jobs, and he hates these. Think about the shape of the floor when the falls are in. Do you have 600 samples? If so, put them on you existing bath room floor and see how they fit together. Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: 600 x 600 floor tile 9Jun 19, 2009 11:51 am Our builder will not lay a floor tile in a wet area larger then 300x300. Originally I was a little cheesed off however when I thought about it I realised why they request this. We renovated a smaller bathroom 18mths ago - thinking back it would have been a nightmare to get the fall of the floor exactly right with a huge tile like a 600x600. Okay some states don't have central floor wastes in their wet areas but here in NSW we do - think it is legislation? - to try and get a floor fall towards a waste in the room with a large tile would be an extremely hard job. So on this one I agreed with the tiler / builder and went with a 250x250 tile for our floor. Some things are worth waiting for. Re: 600 x 600 floor tile 10Jun 19, 2009 11:54 am Good idea kyton Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: 600 x 600 floor tile 11Jun 19, 2009 11:59 am On the advice of my Dad (who is a tiler), we're going for a 300x300 on our bathroom floors as, although our bathrooms are large, the floor space is rather corridor-like. As someone mentioned, you'd have to make a lot of cuts in to 600x600 to get the fall into the floor drains which I don't think would look too nice unless you had a lot of open floor space. Building a Wisdom Homes Impression 33 MkII http://lilypadintheponds.blogspot.com/ We have the keys! Tiling in progress... Re: 600 x 600 floor tile 12Jun 19, 2009 12:07 pm There is another reason for 300mm being the max size for a wet area, is the grout lines, they can act as slip resistance Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: 600 x 600 floor tile 13Jun 19, 2009 12:07 pm onc_artisan Mapple - I might sound like rubbish, and what you say is true. The 600's do cover the area quickly, however, if you want to be able to dispute the job, should there be an issue. Better you not ruffle the feathers of the tiler bird The floor waste position is going to be the deciding factor. If it works with the 600's all is good. If not, the tiler will have a bugger of a time. Trust me I know Even 450's are a mongrel. We (our business) have a tiler that does all the difficults jobs, and he hates these. Think about the shape of the floor when the falls are in. Do you have 600 samples? If so, put them on you existing bath room floor and see how they fit together. Totally understand with the bathroom and any wet areas. It's more the fact that the Kitchen/hallway/living/family/meals area is all tile as well make up a huge sq meterage, and at near $20 per... The meals living family is a great open area and shouldn't be too difficult (i would have thought, but I'm certainly no tiler) Where there are complications/cuts&falls req'd, fair enough. Re: 600 x 600 floor tile 14Jun 19, 2009 12:09 pm I think that sometimes common sense has to prevail. Okay everyone wants their house to look beautiful. I am no different but with 4 bathrooms, 2 powder rooms and a laundry it seriously isn't worth my time or patience yelling over a large floor tile. Especially when the minor ensuites are only around 2m x 2m - the powder rooms are even slightly smaller again. To choose a floor tile 600 x 600 would not be common sense. The same tile I chose originally was available in a smaller format - and at the end of the day as long as the colour was the same that is all that mattered. I personally think that no-one tends to pay much attention to the floor anyway. Wall tiles are going to be more noticed. Some things are worth waiting for. Re: 600 x 600 floor tile 15Jun 19, 2009 12:19 pm So you are suppling adhesive and grout? $20/mtr is pretty cheap. Do the large areas flow into the bathrooms? A brass or chrome strip could deliniate the areas. That no one pays much attention to the floor is correct, and yes wall tiles are much more under scrutany Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Re: 600 x 600 floor tile 16Jun 19, 2009 12:28 pm Maple onc_artisan Mapple - I might sound like rubbish, and what you say is true. The 600's do cover the area quickly, however, if you want to be able to dispute the job, should there be an issue. Better you not ruffle the feathers of the tiler bird The floor waste position is going to be the deciding factor. If it works with the 600's all is good. If not, the tiler will have a bugger of a time. Trust me I know Even 450's are a mongrel. We (our business) have a tiler that does all the difficults jobs, and he hates these. Think about the shape of the floor when the falls are in. Do you have 600 samples? If so, put them on you existing bath room floor and see how they fit together. Totally understand with the bathroom and any wet areas. It's more the fact that the Kitchen/hallway/living/family/meals area is all tile as well make up a huge sq meterage, and at near $20 per... The meals living family is a great open area and shouldn't be too difficult (i would have thought, but I'm certainly no tiler) Where there are complications/cuts&falls req'd, fair enough. This might make you feel better... my upgrade cost is $65psm. And yes, were having tiles everywhere except bedrooms, lounge and rumpus in a 40sq house. I'd take your $20psm any day. I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: 600 x 600 floor tile 17Jun 19, 2009 12:44 pm kyton I think that sometimes common sense has to prevail. Okay everyone wants their house to look beautiful. I am no different but with 4 bathrooms, 2 powder rooms and a laundry it seriously isn't worth my time or patience yelling over a large floor tile. Especially when the minor ensuites are only around 2m x 2m - the powder rooms are even slightly smaller again. To choose a floor tile 600 x 600 would not be common sense. The same tile I chose originally was available in a smaller format - and at the end of the day as long as the colour was the same that is all that mattered. I personally think that no-one tends to pay much attention to the floor anyway. Wall tiles are going to be more noticed. I agree kyton, I also wanted the larger tile, didn't get it due the hassle for the tiler and am very very happy with the 300x300. I personally think having a big tile in a small area could look a bit dicky Re: 600 x 600 floor tile 18Jun 20, 2009 9:54 am Yes you would need to incorporate a slot drain to allow an adequate fall with a tiles larger than 330x330mm. Will a standard waste the tiles around the waste most be conical/slooping in all around tthe waste. With a slot drain across the room you only need to slope evenly on either side. Obviously you are looking at around $400-$500 a linear metre for a 100mm wide shallow stainless drain. The main reason we dont use large floors in our bathroom design in small areas is symetry. It looks silly (in my books) if all you see is 2 or so full large sqaure tiles and then retangular cuts around the perimiter. You will always get cuts but I believe it works best when seen with numerous full tiles. Re: 600 x 600 floor tile 20May 12, 2011 6:18 pm We laid the 600 floor tiles on the walls as well. We had to put a shower grate in as mentioned above else we couldn't have the 600 floor tiles in the shower recess. http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/danielt25/New%20House/IMG_9999a.jpg http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/danielt25/New%20House/IMG_0047.jpg http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i80/danielt25/New%20House/IMG_0032.jpg Our "Better Homes Queensland" Cairns Build viewtopic.php?f=31&t=40451 Current stage - 1st builder's clean done. Keys soon. Possibly both depending on the sizing. Idea of working from the centre is that you dont have a 20mm thin tile at one end and a 400mm at the other end. A quick search on… 3 8403 I have an investment property and tenants moved out recently. 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