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Tiling mistake, wrong tiles laid

8 days ago

I've been out to my build today to have a look at the tiling progress and noticed the wrong tiles have been used in my ensuite niche. how much of a pain is this going to be for them to fix on a scale of impossible to we'll get right on to that. I'll let them know on Monday but for now I'm curious.
I have the tiling plan with the correct tile listed for the niche so it's is documented.

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C P

6 days ago

I'm not a fan of niches with contrasting tiles. They're meant to be functional spaces and usually covered with shampoo bottles etc. And too small an area to be impactful. Matching the wall tile is a much better idea.

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bigreader
7 days ago
If the wrong tile is the wall tile used in the rest of the bathroom I’d leave it. It will be a less dated look.
Toni FALLOWS
Original Author
7 days ago
I'll take that into consideration, it is white tile the same as walls, should be a black and white art deco same as the floors. there are a number of features in the house that will not appeal to all though, so I'm not overly concerned about dating
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macyjean
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How is the niche constructed? I'd imagine redoing it would involve some redoing of waterproofing and you don't want shortcuts or a rush job with that.
siriuskey
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Have what you wanted
Toni FALLOWS
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I have respectfully disagree the niche was a design feature. There is 1.5 tile faces visible above the largest bottle, I know because I measured it and designed it that way, it's visible from the master bedroom and provides cohesion, the room is black and white art deco, as I said it will not be to eveyones taste. The grout lines are meticulously matched to the wall though so it is giving me pause on change for that reason alone.
Chloe Meyer
6 days ago
You may be lucky & the tiles may come off easily if just laid (we just did this in our shower). Worst case when they pull them off they may damage the membrane, in which case they will need to repair it, so it is just the time of the repair & drying, before they can relay the tile. If it's important to you, get them to fix it, as long as you can accept the worst case scenario of the extra time (that is what we did, and then the membrane was fine anyway). Good luck.

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