oh dear! help

[billozz]

hi all i am hesitant to post this as i may get laughed off the forum, can anyone help with my dilemna, as you can see from the attached pic 1. i am not a tiler 2. i think i have cocked up. due to having a half tile upto the sill i now have to go round the corner with a half tile, any help gratefully received. try not to laugh too much and be kind with suggestions please.
thanks
Bill

 

[Burnerman]

I don't think you have any alternative but to bash on, really......you could replace the two fraction tiles up to the sill with one black tile vertical, but they don't seem to be wide enough to continue that line around the corner?
What colour grout have you chosen?
John

 

[billozz]

thanks for the answer John i have white grout, can you explain where i went wrong, obviously only 1 1/2 tiles will fit upto the sill how could i have done it different, also do you think i have to carry on round the corner with half tiles or can i get away with just into the corner then start again with whole tiles, not sure if you can see it from the pic but the bit by the radio is a hidden corner that you cant really see into

 

[Burnerman]

I see....you are going to continue on that wall behind the radio?
Retrospectively, a larger tile would have given you a get out clause, but I guess you have little choice but to continue now.
No panics though, let's wait for the pros to engage!
John

 

[chappers]

Cuts should have been at the bottom with a full tile under the cill, but I guess you already know that now.
As John says it's a bit late now. I would continue the pattern you have around the pier and then just break the bond when starting on the wall with the packer, next to the radio. Can we have a wider shot of the wall behind the radio, in case you will run into further issues. The only problem is you will have a cut edge in the middle of the bond and I suspect John was asking about the grout as the cut edge might show up a bit

 

[billozz]

iv'e taken a better pic of the corner to show it a bit better, i think i will continue across that narrow pi

ece of wall then go back to full tile height when i get onto the wall on the right, as i dont think going across an entire wall with tiles cutin half will look very good

 

[billozz]

thanks for the reply Chappers

not sure why the post has shown up 3 times, i have added a wider pic, i dont think i will have any other probs as its just a straightforward flat wall after that pillar, its further complicated by the tile having a bevelled edge, but i think to disguise the cut edge i will trn the cut tile on the pillar upside down so the cut will be at the bottom. the last time i tiled the kitchen about 8 years ago (i used square tiles so this problem didnt arise) i did cut all the tiles on the bottom row to take nto account any level ssues with the worktops and a tiler friend of mine said i didnt need to do that as the worktops were perfectly level so i could just go with a full tile, this time i remembered that and still ahve a problem

 

[chappers]

That's what I would do or just break the bond where you are with another whole tile on top of the one you have already fixed.
I wouldn't worry about it too much I doubt anyone else will ever notice