pipewoe
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Hey all,
Getting ready to tile. I'm putting in a 6x8 tile oriented vertically in the tub surround which is 73.5 inches from tub edge to ceiling. I plan on adding a 4-5 inch penny-round tile border amid the field tile. Question is: is there a "standard height" at which a border should be laid? Like does it go 2/3 up, 1/2 up or 3/4 up the wall (and is that 2/3 from tub edge or floor?) My tile guy wants to use whole tiles vertically, so that would mean I could start the border @ 32 inches ( 4 tiles), 40 inches(5 tiles), 48 (six tiles) inches, etc off the top of the tub flange. To me, in my bath (and I'm short) an eye level border looks like it would hit about 44 to 48 inches--the 40-44 looks too low, the 48-52 too high. Will it look funny to have one row of tile cut in half (an 8" tile cut to 4" to get to the 44 inches) in the middle of a field of 6x8 inch (high) tiles? Is there a standard, and is it undesirable to cut a field tile row in half? And if I resign myself to whole tiles, should I err on too low or too high?
Thanks!
Getting ready to tile. I'm putting in a 6x8 tile oriented vertically in the tub surround which is 73.5 inches from tub edge to ceiling. I plan on adding a 4-5 inch penny-round tile border amid the field tile. Question is: is there a "standard height" at which a border should be laid? Like does it go 2/3 up, 1/2 up or 3/4 up the wall (and is that 2/3 from tub edge or floor?) My tile guy wants to use whole tiles vertically, so that would mean I could start the border @ 32 inches ( 4 tiles), 40 inches(5 tiles), 48 (six tiles) inches, etc off the top of the tub flange. To me, in my bath (and I'm short) an eye level border looks like it would hit about 44 to 48 inches--the 40-44 looks too low, the 48-52 too high. Will it look funny to have one row of tile cut in half (an 8" tile cut to 4" to get to the 44 inches) in the middle of a field of 6x8 inch (high) tiles? Is there a standard, and is it undesirable to cut a field tile row in half? And if I resign myself to whole tiles, should I err on too low or too high?
Thanks!