How to tile this step?
Hi all,
This may be pretty obvious to most but i can't quite figure out the best thing to do.
I've got a small entrance-way (very small entrance-way to be exact) which has a small step down into the hall.
Currently the hall has wooden flooring and i was hoping to tile the small entrance area but there is a weird skirting kind of arrangement from the entrance-way down to the wooden hall flooring.
Ideally i'd like to tile over the edge of the step also as i think that would look best but i was just wondering if anyone would know how best to do this? The wooden floor already runs underneath this bit of "skirting", i'd assume i'd have to make a more solid step somehow before then tiling it.
Apologies if this is more a "how to" rather than a design question as such but i'm just not sure how to approach it, where the skirting should stop and finish etc. etc. so any help would be greatly appreciated.
It's just a bit weird.
Comments (11)
hock79
4 years agoI think you need to remove the 'skirting' on the step and just tile down, if the flooring runs under you might be lucky and there'll be no gap. Are you going to tile yourself or get someone in? Looking at pics I think you might be required to have an edging for grip, a tiler would know though. These are exterior steps so might be different.
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Richard G
4 years agoMany thanks for all the feedback.
So the plot thickens.
I took off the "skirting" and there is basically just a void underneath for some pipework - images attached for reference.
I'm assuming in order to tile this i'd probably need to box in the area first. Probably screw a baton into the floor or something and affix a bit of wood (ply?)
On a separate point i wonder if it's worth bringing the level out into the main hallway a little?
Edging on the step i agree is a must - either a tile edging or the oak nosing i think would both work.
Thanks again for the feedback.
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4 years agoRichard G
4 years agoJust to update, have boxed it in but the floor still has some deflection in it so I was leaning now towards vinyl or laminate tile/planks as I’m just concerned a little about the suitability of the floor for tile.
Do you think something as ornate & busy as the attached in such a small space would be a bad idea?
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