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My big tile layout mistake cost me over $300 in wasted material
I decided to lay my bathroom floor tile in a herringbone pattern without doing a full dry layout first. I just started from one corner, assuming it would work out. Halfway across the room, I realized the cuts at the opposite wall were going to be tiny slivers less than an inch wide. I had to pull up all the set tile, which ruined about 40 square feet of material. Has anyone else run into this, and what's your rule for planning a layout?
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thomas_butler12d ago
My uncle's a contractor and he always says to find the longest wall and start your layout from there. That simple trick would have saved your material and a ton of frustration. It's a hard lesson but you won't forget it.
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