30 x 60 cm tiles Reason vs. Zeitgeist

2021-12-28 19:01:17

In my previous apartment, I had something similar to your favorite tile 1. It was too light to hide dirt. But otherwise quite inconspicuous.

We were at the tile studio four weeks ago and I felt like I was put into a coma by the ten thousand variants of gray-beige.

Loriot’s Mr. Winkelmann would have been very pleased. :D

2021-12-28 19:05:53

I really don't like such cropped large formats.

That exactly also caught my attention on site and that was the point of my question: This could have been handled more cleverly with one format, right?

2021-12-28 19:24:08

You have to plan extremely precisely – and as already mentioned before, for it to look really good, masons and plasterers have to work like watchmakers. A friend planned the layout of his bathroom around the floor-to-ceiling tiles. And the rest of the floor only secondarily. To make the large formats fit in the hallway, he had walls doubled up to avoid having to cut a 10 cm strip on the sides. The door frames and doors are also flush so that no cutting is necessary. The construction management took forever. He: proud as can be. For me, it’s still just fifty shades of builder's beige. And as individual as a conference hotel. :)

2021-12-28 19:25:27

Felt like being put into a coma from gray-beige.

For some years now it’s called "Greige," which doesn’t make it any better. As a subjective remark, I should include three: banish "Greige"!

2021-12-28 19:51:33

Photo 3: 30 x 60 tiled bathroom with retouched wife

You can see quite well in this photo that the use of the smaller tile has become established and the mosaic/pattern installation instead of the cross bond (metro tile) is on the rise.

Photo 5: Example bathroom. Is this laid sensibly/good or poorly?

It's okay. I would rather say: wrong tile, wrong format; if you have 120 walls, you don’t use 100 tiles.
The built-in cabinet next to the toilet dictates a joint, as you probably cannot cut the cutout properly within the tile.

That’s exactly what I noticed on site and what my question was aimed at: This could have been solved more cleverly with one format, right?

Yes, with another one.

Photo 1: Favorite tile 1
Photo 2: Favorite tile 2

What kind of surface do you have in mind? Matte, right? And then smooth or rather broken surface?
How expensive are those two?

2021-12-28 20:08:17

As promised, here comes my experience report. First, the hard facts: Our gut feeling was confirmed at the exhibitions. As with our house, we want the tiles clean and modern. My wife also wants the same tile in every tiled room, only possibly laid in different sizes. In terms of color, it should be a light, clear (so not with a brown tint or too strong pattern) gray. I photographed two favorites from the drawer. We also came across a display bathroom with 30 x 60 cm wall tiles. I don't like that at all because there are so many grout lines. Next to it was a shower with 120 x 280 cm tile. That was amazing. We also looked at the different laying patterns. We have to stick with the cross bond. :)

In summary, our taste could be described to as "Greek airport toilet but in light." ;)

What thoughts come to you professionals when you read my lines and look at the photos?

Photo 1: Favorite tile 1 Photo 2: Favorite tile 2 Photo 3: Bathroom tiled with 30 x 60 with retouched wife Photo 4: Shower with 280 x 120 wall tile. Few grout lines, I like that very much Photo 5: Example bathroom. Is that sensibly/good or badly laid? Photo 6: Bathroom with 45 x 90 tile, but with a tone that is too brown and too dark

Do you already have a tiler, by the way? Especially if your tiler hears 120 x 280 :) We had to learn from experience back then that only a few wanted/could install large formats. For 100 x 150 they have to work two together to lift the slabs. That also costs accordingly...

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