tiling - what do you think is the best solution?
Tiling above bath - Below is a diagram showing the wall at the opposite end to the shower and taps. As you can see the (recessed) window partially extends in to the wall space above this end of the bath tub.
I can't decide whether the tiling would look better in
A. just area 1
B. Areas 1 and 2
C. Areas 1, 2 and 3 ie. across the whole wall.
D. No tiling at all - It's not a particularly powerful shower and only just reaches the wall if you tilt the head right back.
Apart from above the bath the only other tiling in the room will be the bottom of the recessed window
and the basin splashback (not shown)
What do you think?
Comments (10)
Katie Duke
3 years agoNot sure of your dimensions but we went with floor to ceiling tiling for our bathroom. I asked the tiler to leave the window reveal as plain plaster which he did (somewhat reluctantly I have to say!) as I knew I wanted to paint this area with a colour - everything else is white or grey.
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Sarah U-S
3 years agoOur window isn’t quite in the same place, but we tiled along the end of the bath at the same height as the cistern - and boxed the cistern in, creating a bit of a shelf.. you could perhaps do something similar going under the window. We hunted around and got the slimmest Geberit cistern - the shelf isn’t big, but it looks neat, is easy to clean and is also very useful for toiletries.
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