No matter which kind of tub you choose for your bathroom or remodel, deciding tile can be challenging. Who will be using the restroom? Will the bathtub double as a shower? Do you need a service accessibility from the bathtub deck or bathtub face? These issues all need to be considered before construction begins.
These little details can help you narrow down your design concepts, also. Security is paramount in my book, since so many people slip and drop in a bathtub. Getting the proper tile can go a long way toward earning your toilet safer as well as your tub a retreat — perhaps not an accident waiting to happen.
Here is what to search for when selecting a stone or tile to your new bathtub or renovation.
Domiteaux + Baggett Architects, PLLC
1. Hide your accessibility panels. When choosing a tile to your tub, consider how your plumber will service the fixtures, and see whether you are able to design an access panel that does not look to be an access panel.
In this image, I’d bet that the tile below the bathtub filler and hot and cold grips is removable. It may be a little work to get out it, but it is a convenient and very tasteful-looking option. A bigger tile is easier to work with, but smaller tiles can be grouped together too.
Fletcher Rhodes
2. Be cautious with undermount bathtub installments. Rarely do I find the undermount bathtub installed correctly. You really need to look carefully, but in this film you can see how the tile at the corners is cut in a 45-degree angle. This creates a picture-frame impact and allows the water that lands on the edges of this tub deck to drain back to the bathtub.
This really is a great example of intelligent planning. Knowing that this is required will help you pick tiles that look great when they’re mitered.
MQ Architecture & Design, LLC
3. Soften organic stone. Natural stone can be a superb product to use in your bathtub deck setup. Keep in mind that the tile is easily tooled with polishing pads to create softer edges and enhance the ends. This leads to a cleaner appearance and a far safer toilet without corners.
Vujovich Design Build, Inc..
4. Safety comes first. In a kid’s toilet, it is a given that the flooring will get wet — probably it will be soaked most nights, if bath time is anything like it is with the little ones in my location.
A large format polished tile or stone does not have any business in a kid’s toilet. It’s far too slick underfoot. One thing which has many grout joints are able to make a toilet floor much safer for the kids.
LDa Architecture & Interiors
Safe tile options are especially significant with bathtubs. Our tubs are rising higher and higher each year, and getting in and out can be tricky without a handhold. The little use of river rock on this flooring is a really smart way to solve the issue of a slippery exit from a tub.
Ike Kligerman Barkley
5. Use pool-approved tiles for a bathtub interior. If your bathtub will be tiled just like the interior of a swimming pool, make sure you find a tile qualified for use in one. Submerged tile installations require a 95 percent contact from the waterproofing backing to the back side of the tile.
Not all tiles allow for this, so keep looking until you discover a winner.
K. Miller Interiors
6. Use smaller tiles. Creating arches and curved walls around tubs is easier with smaller tiles, because it is for showers. Producing the proper curve can be tricky with no more compact tile.
I really like the gentle curve onto the surface of this bathtub — the tile works really nicely with the other endings.
Revealing Assets – Home Staging Services
7. Make your decisions easy and similar. Tiling a massive bathroom can be a style nightmare. Massive spaces are able to seem occupied, and changeable tile options can clash.
This luxury bathroom is a nice example of choosing a tile that has lots of sizes in its product lineup. The tile layout can be mixed up, but the colour scheme stays continuous. Tiles with bullnose corners might help soften the hard edges of the majority of tiles.
Prideaux Design
8. Look for tile with a radius edge. The huge radius edge with this bath provides a nice place to sit as well as provides security from a collapse. Few tile companies make a radius edge or bullnose edge, so starting with this particular tile can truly streamline the selection process.
AT6 Architecture : Design Build
9. Consider something aside from tile. Sometimes there’s no right tile choice for your toilet. At-Six Architecture is one of my all-time favorite design firms. I adore the crew’s jobs, and this setup is no different.
If you are not choosing a tile, ensure that your wall finishes are water resistant. The wall cladding in this image looks as pleasant outside a home as it does inside.
Rockefeller Partners Architects
10. Tilt your bathtub seat. If you are designing your bathtub deck to double as a shower bench, make sure that you tilt the bathtub side into the bathtub so water does not pool on the seat.
I really like working with slabs and have found that choosing slabs with long linear veining makes them easier to combine and creates a beautiful, seamless appearance. This shower and bathtub setup does a great job with this.
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