kimr91•7d ago

My whole bathroom tile job is now a half inch off because of one bad measurement

I was laying out the floor tile in my guest bath, starting from what I thought was the longest wall. Measured everything twice, or so I thought. Got three rows in, about 15 square feet done, and my wife walks in and says, 'Is that line supposed to be crooked?' The wall itself isn't straight, and I didn't catch it. Now I have to pull up all that thinset and start over from the center of the room. Has anyone else had a wall lie to them this badly?

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aliceharris7d ago

Wait, you started from the wall without checking if it was straight first? That's the first rule of tiling, man. A half inch over just three rows is brutal, that wall must have a serious curve to it. Are you using a laser level or just a chalk line for the new layout?

dakota_miller936d ago

Actually started from the center line, not the wall. The layout was fine. That old wall just has a wild bow in the middle. Using a laser now to keep things honest.

parker_hall56d ago

Tell me about it. I once spent a whole day laying a herringbone floor off a plaster wall that looked perfect. By the time I hit the opposite side, the pattern was running almost two inches into the baseboard. That sinking feeling is the worst. Lasers are a lifesaver for these old houses, nothing is ever square.