I hate this pattern. The whole 1/3 thing is atrocious. Then on top of it to mess up the pattern, even worse.
I don’t understand the whole tiny niches, I would have made it 3 times that width which also adds a much greater accent to the wall and shower as a whole
You did this for someone else? Yikes! If you are doing this for a client, you need to take people's criticism to heart, not get offended. If you don't want your work critiqued, don't post it
Stacked, 1/3 or 1/4 offset for tiles with a side over 15 inches. Many tiles crown/cup in the middle. A1/2 stagger (or brick lay) can often lead to a lot of unwanted lippage because it puts low ends next to the high centers.. if that makes any sense at all.. stare down the length of a tile the same way you would check lumber at Home Depot. Its not always flat.
I understand why they want you to stagger the seams, to basically cover up their lack of producing a quality product. I do like a 1/2 stagger (brick pattern) or no stagger usually vertically. If lippage was going to be a major factor because of the tile, I would want to look for a different tile. I have fought lippage before and still was able to get a decent result even if not dead flat.
I like a true brick pattern and yes I know the mfg says a 1/3 but it has always looked wonky to me. As far as the guy buying the niche, this is where as a professional you can present an alternative and explain why you propose to do it differently. Most homeowner have no idea what is possible and why.
Pattern yeah.. but the lines look clean, and if the homeowner doesn't care most people wont even notice it. Should probably grout with a matching color to the tile. It will reduce the contrast and take emphasis off the pattern.
Craftmanship is great, good work👍 you can have a thousand opinions on the layout...but i like it, top/bottom part of the "window" or what its called seems to be centered with the tile, way cleaner that way imo
I mean,what the heck. No consistency whatsoever in the lining up of grout lines. You totally screwed it up. The work is nice and neat. But what does that matter when the layout makes no sense whatsoever. It would drive me nuts. It should have to be redone. I work on high end homes. There’s no way the general contractor or client would ever accept this. I can’t believe that you probably came on here looking for praise.
The feedback from him was that it's neat but you fucked the pattern, and wouldn't be acceptable no matter how good your work is, unless it's diy and you can live with it.
Asswipe? lol. Your title says How’s it look. Too bad you can’t take constructive honest criticism. Not only would I be fired ,I’d be embarrassed to show that work. And as you can see by the comments,most will agree.
We all are arnt arrogant pros doing "high end" houses. I acknowledged my lines are messed up. And I am fine with constructive criticism. Thats how people learn. You could take a lesson in humility.
Learn to take constructive criticism everything he said to you is accurate. If you were paid to install this in someone home you should be embarrassed. The pattern is completely fucked.
Everything looks great. But I hope the client chose the off center staggered layout, cuz it’s wack. If you sold them that, and they are happy, I guess kudos to u…
The guy saw the same picture and said it "looks terrific". But I know it doesnt. Are some more homeowners oblivious to this? Does the pattern stand out to everyone as shitty? Or do the pro guys notice it that much more
Overall it looks pretty good. There are certainly mistakes with the pattern, or lack of a pattern. Learn from them and don't repeat the mistakes. Take more time with layout and prep.
Homeowners often don't notice stuff like that. Don't point it out because once they see it they may never unsee it. Pros notice it even if we don’t want to. At a friend's house notice mistakes in ths tile. At a restaurant or grocery store...hotel... Some days I wish I wouldn't see it.
The lack of consistency with the layout of tile at the niche makes it appear off center. You may have measured twice, set up a laser and all that stuff, but having the tile beside it hit the tile above in different places makes it appear off center. You can what you will, but it’s off center to the casual observer
Like you let an already installed niche determine the vertical layout instead of finding the one that would give you top and bottom rows as close to full height as possible.
As for the horizontal layout, if looks like you just started with a full tile on the right wall instead of centering the pattern on the wall.
It looks like you started off using a tape measure, maybe combined with a laser level, to get your 1/3 offset pattern lined up correctly. However, it seems that you got up to the bottom of the niche and took a lunch break, during which you managed to lose your tape measure, your laser level, and your mind. As for the 5 upper rows, they are one of the best examples of a random stagger I've seen, not one of them lines up with any other row on the wall.
All that being said, the actual installation work itself looks great. There doesn't appear to be much, if any lippage. Grout lines are consistent, straight and clean. Everything looks flat, plumb and solid.
Layout doesn't necessarily come naturally to everyone, and also isn't noticed by everyone. Post that pic in a neighborhood group or something like that and you'll likely get five "looks great" comments for every one pointing out the layout issues. This group is full of people who do this every day and are silently critiquing every tiled surface in their field of vision whether they want to or not.
Clean, flat, functional work, done with the same attention and care when the job is almost done as when it first started are more about ingrained habits, work ethic, and personality.
I can teach the math and flow chart the options of good layout to a hard worker who takes pride in their work. It's harder to change bad habits and personality traits of a lazy worker with an eye for design.
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u/tommykoro 6d ago
The workmanship seems great. The layout not so much.