Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Sep 23, 2009 9:05 pm My partner & I are having issues agreeing to the way our tiles are laid at the moment. He wants tiles laid on a 45 degree angle in the living area & normal in the bedrooms.. Due to $$$$$ Which I think will look odd. I am not too fussed on the 45 degree angle tiles BUT have told him that it will be laid the same way throughout the house, no matter what we decide. It costs heaps extra to do it this way & I just cant picture it. I have decided to go for a bigger tile to lessen the grout lines regardless as our living area is quite large. Does anyone have their tiles laid on the angle rather than straight. Does it work?? Re: Tiling Dilemma 2Sep 24, 2009 10:49 am 45 degree angle will cost more since each tile will have to be cut on site and a rim, edge or frame of straight tiles has to be prepared to lay the angle tiles in a perfect square pattern. The larger the tiles the riskier the job is to break more and level them and square them properly so the tiler may ask for a greater number of tiles normally they ask for 5% + of the total tiles to be laid but a diamond pattern will require 10%+. Ask yourself these questions: Can I/we afford and absorb the cost of buying extra tiles? Can I/we afford the extra time a tiler will take to lay a diamond pattern floor? How much extra $ will you have to pay a tiler to lay a floor this or that way? The last and most important question rest with the tiler experience has the tiler has done a similar jobs before? Must remember that not every tiler has laid diamond pattern floors before not easy job especially if two colours are involved. Just make a time and cost comparison before committing yourself to the project. Looking to tile the facade pillars rather than rendering. Builder is quoting 2500$ laying cost for upto 10msq. The 2 pillars come to be 16msq. So laying costs are 5000$… 0 7552 Hi, I'm clearing the tiles from our horrid 50 year old bathroom and preparing to lay new ones. Bugger of a job getting the old… 0 8091 4 14466 |