Tiling - before of after basins ?

Noooo, Tile first then fit the ceramics etc. Saves loads of time trying to cut and file obscure shapes.

Agreed .

Just done my bathroom - *Much* easier and *Much* neater.

On 22 Jul 2004, Stephen Judge wrote

I'd agree entirely with the tiler. Not only easier, but a much neater finish.

aye, what's the group consensus on this as I'm about to fit a new bathroom and would like to know both best practice and what everyone actually does

I'm tending towards tiling after fitting the bathroom ..

RT

Having spent today on my hands and knees sliding tiles up behind the basin and cistern (at least the plumber left a gap behind them), I can assure you this isn't the way to go. In an ideal world you'd fit the bath first, tile up to it and do the rest of the tiling, then fit the WC and basin, (and a bidet if you're posh).

Nope. the best thing to do is a first fit of the sanitaryware with space allowed for the tiles, then remove the sanitaryware, tile and finally refit.

.andy

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