Tile Laying Patterns For Shower Walls

The offset brick pattern has several potential effects.

Tile laying patterns for shower walls.

A 50 50 offset the most common brick running bond pattern creates a strong traditional look. It can look busy on a floor but is good for a shower or as a border. For a more traditional look stack classic square tiles in a grid pattern. Rectangular tiles look modern and clean in this arrangement.

It s a good choice of pattern for rooms where you don t want the tiles to distract from other design features. Even when set with materials like metal and glass the brick pattern is timeless. To create the windmill pattern four rectangular tiles are arranged around a square tile in the centre. On the ceiling and floor of the shower we used 2 x 2 tiles and on shower walls 2 x 4 tiles.

Take any size square or rectangle tile lay them in rows and shift each row to create an offset pattern. This is the most commonly used tile pattern of all and the easiest to do. We ll deep dive into layout industry g. The tiles come in different sizes pre spaced on mats.

Using a square tile and grout in a contrasting colour to the rectangles really make this pattern stand out. Measure and dry lay tiles for shower wall in our project we used crema marfil an italian tumbled marble tile. Grid stacked this layout is a basic pattern where square tiles are set in a straight line to create a look that s simple and clean.