Does Your Living Room Tile Align To Kitchen Tile?

[strawberry8 0]

My living room leads to the kitchen.

My living room floor tile (white / square) is almost the same size as my kitchen floor tile (dark grey / square).

The kitchen entrance has a low little kerb with 2 tiles equally diving the length of the entrance.

If you stand at the kitchen entrance, the tiler put a full square kitchen floor tile starting from the left side of the kitchen and work his way to the right.

This then in turn means the grout line between the kitchen tile not aligning to the grout line of the 2 tiles at the kicthn entrance.

Is this normal ?

I don't know if I am being fussy or what but because of the white-grey tile colour contrast, the mis-alignment of the line does disturb me.

Pls feedback what you think abt my case.

The tiler has laid 25% of the kitchen-service balcony tiles.

Thanks.

[wolflet 1]

My living room leads to the kitchen.

My living room floor tile (white / square) is almost the same size as my kitchen floor tile (dark grey / square).

The kitchen entrance has a low little kerb with 2 tiles equally diving the length of the entrance.

If you stand at the kitchen entrance, the tiler put a full square kitchen floor tile starting from the left side of the kitchen and work his way to the right.

This then in turn means the grout line between the kitchen tile not aligning to the grout line of the 2 tiles at the kicthn entrance.

Is this normal ?

I don't know if I am being fussy or what but because of the white-grey tile colour contrast, the mis-alignment of the line does disturb me.

Pls feedback what you think abt my case.

The tiler has laid 25% of the kitchen-service balcony tiles.

Thanks.

erm. got pics? my kitchen tiles not laid yet, so i dunno what they are going to do at that part.

[strawberry8 0]

never take photo

[gimz63251073 0]

ohh roughly same size, but not exactly the same uh?

yeah i think if its aligned will look much nicer.

better to get him to rectify since only did 25%... sometimes workers just anyhow do, no extra effort in making it nice.

[strawberry8 0]

I redo my kitchen and toilets but kept the existing living-dining-bedroom tiles which are the same tiles.

I paid 30K COV so thought to save the living-dining-bedroom tiles as they are all the same tiles *very lau tu I know*

Hubby will ask tiler to redo but he sure black face

maybe he will come up with some stupid argument to say - has to align from the wall 1....how can align to grout line...blah blah blah

[yoongf 11]

Tiling is suppose to align from the main entrance of the particular room, not to wall or anything else. For example, the middle of the doorway shd be a complete tile, and usually ppl start from the middle and tile to the sides.

If differnt tile size, is very difficult to align to grout line.

Sometimes, a shortcut is to put a wide dividing line of unique tiles.. say.. the width of the doorframe/wall. Some hotels I see.. they use 1 long piece of granite. Really really stands out, but give the impression got class leh.. granite mah..

[strawberry8 0]

Hmm, from this logic that you want to see a full tile from the middle of the kitchen entrance means the tiler is right.

Current situation is 2 equal sq tiles, ie the grout line 'divide' the kitchen entrance.

If I want to keep this 'logic', the tile in the middle of my kitchen will be the grout line of the kitchen.....

[gimz63251073 0]

if yours is not open concept kitchen, simply put a rug there to "cut" the linkage so that its not so obvious that tiles don't align.

so tiler got black face?

[strawberry8 0]

if the tiler needs to hack away these 25% laid tiles, does he need to get HDB permit again ?!

[wolflet 1]

Hmm, from this logic that you want to see a full tile from the middle of the kitchen entrance means the tiler is right.

Current situation is 2 equal sq tiles, ie the grout line 'divide' the kitchen entrance.

If I want to keep this 'logic', the tile in the middle of my kitchen will be the grout line of the kitchen.....

the entrance should not have a grout line in the middle. it should be a full piece of tile in the middle with 2 smaller tiles at the side.

tiler probably lazy to cut tiles, thats why use 2 pieces to fill the entrance area

[strawberry8 0]

Sigh

Need to apply to extend hacking days.

but can be done online and approval given by the next working day at the latest.

[strawberry8 0]

the entrance should not have a grout line in the middle. it should be a full piece of tile in the middle with 2 smaller tiles at the side.

tiler probably lazy to cut tiles, thats why use 2 pieces to fill the entrance area

it's the low little kerb that has the grout line dividing the entrance....kinda confusing i must say