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Layout for 10 x 13 bathroom wall tile

last year

What layoit for 10x13 wall tile for tub surround wall? never had 10 x 13 size before , seems like an uncommon size , but thr tile is pretty and doesnt come in orher size options

its the tile leaning against the tub

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gtdj519
Original Author

last year

thanks debbie

sounds like brick is the way to go

is that the same a staggered?

i was just holding the tile up to show the difference in color to what i currently have since someone asked what was wrong with current tile ; current tiles arent a true white. i wasnt paying attention to rhe direcrion i was holding it

id have them laud horizontally , as the veining is more horizontal. its not the tile you mentioned though.( michaelangelo) its a different company .

It looks like a white dolomite ; true white with very light grey wisps through it its very understated and elegant in my opinion . its oretty, i like it

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
IMO use the same one as on the floor that looks like a 12 x24 IMO the fewer sizes of tile the better in a bathroom.
gtdj519
Original Author
last year
I dont like the isea of 12x24for the wall, becasue you can only fit 1, at best 2 full tiles, for tub surround wall, and then the rest have to be cut to fit the reaming spce. it end ip looking choppy. id rather smaller size, for a less chooped up look
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kandrewspa
last year
I agree with you. I would bricklay the 10 X 13s. What is wrong with what is there now?
gtdj519
Original Author
last year
Thanks ues…. 12x24 too choppy for a small or standanrd size wall and i hate the look of how it turns out.

we are redoing the bathroom. the subway toles that are there now arent a true white; theyre like an off white and dont match the new floor and accent wall tiles color

alos, with teo teen/ pre teen daughters, their prodicts are growing and we need a shower niche in the wall to hold their products . doing one horizontal long niche the length if the tub
gtdj519
Original Author
last year

see… current tiles are off white if uou compare to the white trim and new tile i am considering . one reason we are chanhing rhem the other is the storage niche
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Debbi Washburn
last year
I would install those in the direction of the vein - That looks like Michaelangelo from Merola . Do you want the veining to go vertical like the way you are holding it in the picture above? The vein does go on an angle at some points but it seems to be very directional.

I also agree that I would do a brick pattern as well.

Good luck!

Post some pictures when you are done!

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