The past week has seen the tiling get underway. Our builder’s tiler is from Masterton and he has brought down a crew of 7 for the duration of the work (they got themselves an Airbnb!)
Leading up to the tiling, our builder contacted us because the tile company did not have enough stock of our chosen tile, as we needed ~150sqm worth. He then went through half a dozen tile places to find tile options, and somewhat amazingly, found one that was practically identical including the dimensions (450×900). Legend.
We met onsite with our builder and the tiler to go over the layout of the tiles, the finishing trim and the grout colour. Who knew how many colour options there are for trim and grout!
The following week we were back onsite for the landscape walk-through – fencing, paved areas, driveway and grass. The tilers were well underway, people laying the tiles, people cutting tiles. We popped in again on the weekend and the bathrooms are now tiled and they’ve done an impressive job.
Although the tiles have variances, the tiler has managed to find pattern’s that match between tiles and blended 2 or 3 tiles in some area’s. It makes quite a difference from the mis-matched jigsaw look you can get with tiles with veins or patterns. The non-tiled areas on the floor that are visible are the channel drains for the shower, these will also have tile inserts for a cleaner look.
