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which direction for 12x24 tile on master bath floor and shower

3 years ago

In the middle of a master bath remodel.

Trying to decide which way to run the 12x24 tile on the floor (wall to wall) and on 2 walls in the shower with the other 2 walls being glass. The shower tile will run to ceiling on the 2 walls.

The bath is 13.8 x 12.

I've attached a simple drawing to scale on graph paper of the layout and an actual photo of the room. (Actual room photo isn't great because the floor was wet after tile guy leveled it and I couldn't go all the way in). From the photo the room looks very rectangular because you can't see either left or right inside the door. Hardwoods in master run perpendicular to the door to bathroom.

Are there design 'rules' for tile direction on the floor as to how it will make the room look? What about the shower?

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AJCN

3 years ago

Do you have a box of the tiles?

You could lay some on the floor and just see what is visually appealing to you.

We did this, and decided to lay them left to right (not door to wall) because it is was just more comfortable to look at. If you lay out a couple of rows of tile one way, and then the other way, you will have your answer. When you do it, cup your hands around you eyes (like race horse blinders), so that you are not distracted by the rest of the blank room. Look at it one way, then switch it and look at it the other way. Whichever way looks better to you is the way to go.

And just for the record, I like having a toilet room too. People have strong opinions on that subject.

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Comments (6)

Design Girl
3 years ago
I always run the long section of the tile (24 inches) from left to right as you walk through the doorway.
csmalls58
3 years ago
We’re doing a bathroom remodel now also and using 12” x 24” tile. I was planning to run the tile so that the 24” length runs from the door to the back wall. It seems that would elongate the look of the room.
juliejensen thanked csmalls58
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
3 years ago
What is the scale for your drawing, that tub has me worried as to space around it and pleas eliminate that toilet room it is not big enough to have a door that is the right size and honestly serves no purpose . Your tub needs a min. of 12” all the way around and larger spaces are better for looks and for sure for cleaning. As for the tile I would do the same as any other flooring and run from the door to the back wall and the same in the shower one the left wall I also would do a stacked pattern for both. I also really do not like having to go through the bathroom to get to the closet but too late to correct that I guess.
juliejensen
Original Author
3 years ago
Thank you to csmalls58 and Design Girl for the comments.
Patricia Colwell - really was not looking for a critique to my plan. The toilet room is fine. It’s big enough to do your business and has a standard size door. So it actually serves a purpose.
The footprint is exactly the same as before our leak. The drawing is not exactly to scale but I thought would give a decent enough example to get feedback on tile direction.
We are just replacing all materials not doing anything structurally different.
I think we decided to run the tile with the 24” length side going front to back (door to wall) to elongate the room and a 1/3 pattern . And run the shower tile vertically stacked. Thank you.
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I would also go front to back...but I would think about a staggered horizontal pattern in the shower.
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