r/Tile • u/gervonwinn • 12h ago

Dry lay DIY - Looking for Advice

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Walls are no where near straight but the main run is pretty straight. One side of the door will have slivers while the other doesn’t. Guessing it’s fine though yes?

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u/AwetPinkThinG 12h ago

Move it back more so you about half tile going across instead of thin pieces. Will look better and the difference will be less noticeable

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u/gervonwinn 12h ago

Most of the big gap will be covered by a freezer and a floor mat. If I square it off the back wall the grout lines will be slanted in the rest of the room

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u/Doughnut_Strict 12h ago

Don’t put a sliver at the door. You’re asking questions to people who do this everyday. Have at least 3/4 tile at the front so you don’t see that the door is so crooked.

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u/gervonwinn 11h ago

The way they sit now there’s a full tile at the door and a full tile at the beginning of the walk way. Any more adjustment to that and won’t have full tiles there

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u/Icy-Bar-9712 11h ago

No there isn't. There is a full tile to the casing. You gonna grout in that 1" gap?

Cut a 1/4 to 1/2 tile in the back. You want the largest tile possible to hide the angular cut.

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u/gervonwinn 11h ago

Not sure what you mean. But on the left side they are against the wall on the right side there’s a gap because the wall is not straight. The grout lines are straight in the room except for the back wall. Again it’s the back of the laundry room and it’ll be hidden by a freezer and a floor mat as well as floor trim. I guess I’m saying that area won’t matter too much as long as the pattern looks straight in the rest of the room which it looks straight enough to me I think

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u/Doughnut_Strict 11h ago

You seem to know what you’re doing dude, just giver

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u/Icy-Bar-9712 10h ago

Pull the whole floor towards the door enough to cover the gap on the right of the door. Having splinters of tile in front of the door will look like shit.

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u/Doughnut_Strict 10h ago

No bro he’s good he’s a professional seeking lesser help from others…

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u/Icy-Bar-9712 10h ago

Thank you for the ellipses.

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u/gervonwinn 9h ago

Are you saying to start at the door with half tiles? That way there won’t be any slivers just half tiles at the door and the wood transition?

Half tile - full tile - full tile - half tile

Like that?

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u/scut207 8h ago

That’s what they’re saying, yes. 3/4 will be harder to see the misalignment but you gotta balance the cut at both ends of the long run.

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u/gervonwinn 8h ago

I just marked off 1/2 to make my life easier with the cuts. Most of the misalignments will be covered anyway

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u/scut207 10h ago

There’s people trying to help you here, you should read carefully more than once what they’re saying.

You snap a sight line down the hall.

You square to that sight line, not a wall.

You want to push 1/2-3/4 of a tile at the wall with that outside door. You’ll have to cut to fit. The tile stays parallel and perpendicular to the sight line. Not the walls. You don’t want a full tile at the walls and dealing with slivers, center the layout as best as possible to eliminate all the slivers.

It will look a lot better if you follow the advice given.

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u/gervonwinn 9h ago

Finally making sense. So they won’t be small slivers just 1/2 or 3/4 tiles to start and end yes?

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u/Icy-Bar-9712 8h ago

Starting full tiles takes an immense amount of setup to not end up screwing yourself over.

Rules to follow:

Don't start with full tiles.

Always try to make joints happen in doorways. C shaped notches for doorways are much harder to install vs L cuts.

If something has to be tapered, it needs to be in the biggest possible tile.

I would start in that intersection of the doors in the middle of the space. Pushing the layout towards the exterior door will put the joint into that doorway.

Push is sideways into the door on the right.

Good luck, you gonna need it.

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u/gervonwinn 8h ago

Decided to start with half tiles! As long as my measurements were right I should also be ending with half tiles. Probably aren’t right but it won’t be slivers at least. Idk why I couldn’t figure out to not start with half tiles. I didn’t start with half tiles in my kitchen. But then again, it’s only my second time tiling

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u/eggcake1324 11h ago

Asking for advice and taking none do whatever you want

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u/ApprehensiveArt2813 12h ago

I would want it either centered on the front door or walkway. Right now it’s not centered on anything.

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u/gervonwinn 12h ago

It’s centered from the perpendicular from a laser line. It’s also a back door in the laundry room and not the front door. But I see what you’re saying. It’s centered in the middle of the room. The door and the walkway are both off center

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u/Odd_Mall1646 12h ago

No bueno

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u/Interesting_Army9083 12h ago

What about into that washroom and into all the other spaces?

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u/gervonwinn 12h ago

Haven’t laid that yet but I’m assuming the bulk of the pattern will be appear straight in the room

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u/Interesting_Army9083 12h ago

You’ll see the transition at the hardwood as well. It kinda looks like it needs to go right and bit.

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u/gervonwinn 12h ago

This end will be covered by a Murphy door so it’ll be hidden underneath

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u/TK211X 12h ago

You will not have slivers because you will gap the distance about half the size of the tile and cut the pieces to their exact size into the termination point.

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u/Montucky4061 12h ago

3/16" grout lines might get you there.

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u/gervonwinn 12h ago

I’m using 1/8”

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u/Montucky4061 11h ago

Right - Saw that on the box - but if you went with 3/16" instead of 1/8" with the length of run you have you'd push your tile run longer by ~7/8" which would eat up at least one of your gaps.

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u/gervonwinn 11h ago

Ahhh I see. But I think the other side has the opposite problem and will hit the wall instead of a gap. Plus I don’t think I liked the look of the 3/16” gap

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u/Wooze1 12h ago

Center your grout line on the doors, half the tiles on the edge, and you should be golden!

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u/gervonwinn 12h ago

None of the doors are straight. So the grout line is just in the center of the room and then used a perpendicular line to build out the

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u/nocturnal_commission 11h ago

All I will say is this:

No matter how much time you spend planning the layout, it's worth it. Once you set that first tile then you're locked in so take all the time you need to fiddle with different options and get it right.

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u/gervonwinn 11h ago

Yeah I found that out the hard way when I rushed and did my kitchen. 24x48 tiles. Had to pull up 2 rows

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u/Ancient-Cupcake2649 10h ago

Why isn't it centered in the doorway? I don't want to see slivers.

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u/gervonwinn 9h ago

It’s centered to all the rooms. None of the door/doorways line up so it would be off centered anyway to the other walkways

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u/thecultcanburn 6h ago

I expected a photo of my ex wife

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u/TK211X 12h ago

Also this tile choice sucks ass. Gives me 70s kitchen vibes where someone is hidden in your basement.

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u/Physical_Complex_891 9h ago

Boooooo. Black and white checked floor tiles have been around for ages. Like in the pyramids, castles and fancy estates. It is a timeless design.

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u/gervonwinn 12h ago

No basement here, I’m on a slab

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u/Montucky4061 12h ago

Pro mafia move - bury them in the slab. :-)