I had loaned my wet tile saw to a friend of mine that had just purchased a home. He was low on cash and decided to do his own tile work. There were two rooms divided by a wall with an opening in the middle.
He tiled the first room, and then laid out the second room so the tiles would "flow" from the first into the second. The second room was wider than the first room and he laid out the doorway tiles to match up to the first room and over to one wall. He said he did that because the first row had to be cut to make the tiles line up at the door opening.
I went over to see how he was doing a few days later, and he was completed about 75% of the way across the door opening. He noticed that the tiles in the second room were on an angle to the first room. He did a few rows a day because that was all the time he could put in, but by the time he finally noticed the goof up most all the thinset was dried.
I didn't say much (and it was hard not to laugh) except for offering to leave my saw for a while.
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He tiled the first room, and then laid out the second room so the tiles would "flow" from the first into the second. The second room was wider than the first room and he laid out the doorway tiles to match up to the first room and over to one wall. He said he did that because the first row had to be cut to make the tiles line up at the door opening.
I went over to see how he was doing a few days later, and he was completed about 75% of the way across the door opening. He noticed that the tiles in the second room were on an angle to the first room. He did a few rows a day because that was all the time he could put in, but by the time he finally noticed the goof up most all the thinset was dried.
I didn't say much (and it was hard not to laugh) except for offering to leave my saw for a while.
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Did he not snap a few layout lines first to establish a square reference point? C-Man, come on, you should have at least warned him of that much :P poor guy, i guess I can loan him my chipping hammer now.
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