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[tunnie]

Thanks 

Due to work reasons not able to look at this until Wednesday, but the tiles will be coming off to see whats what 

So far B&Q has had the best range of tiles, popped to Homebase today at lunch, what an appalling display, all crap!

Looking to get larger ones than in place currently, hopefully make it look bigger. Ideally with a gloss finish 

[Shackeng]

If tiling around the bath and then down to the floor, if you pick your tile size carefully, you can reduce the requirement to cut the tiles, for example if your chosen size will exactly reach from floor to bath edge. Buy yourself a powered tile cutter for under £40 and make life easy.

[OOMV6]

Tunnie, I have literally just finished tiling and grouting my son's bathroom 3m square, 2.5m high. Wall condition terrible, old Victorian terrace. Honestly it is not a difficult job, just got to keep them straight and square, I use a laser level. Plenty of advice online, if you can work on your Omega, you can tile and grout. I strongly advise not to use the combined tile and grout cement which gives a very coarse finish to the grout. Use dedicated cement, and also use the powder grout which requires mixing, not the ready mixed, which also gives a coarse finish. The powder type is much easier to apply and gives a better finish to the pointed grout lines, and as it is a softer mix, it is easy to finish using a wet finger or thumb. Only mix up enough to grout a sq. m at a time. When grouting using the powder type, leave it a few minutes after application before 'pointing'. HTH

No need for "pointing" when grouting normally. Each to their own though. I grout a wall (or 2) at a time, using this method http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fGA0Ra-Z4Y which is common peactise. You can cover a large area in a short time. It is all about timing when cleaning down - too soon or too hard and you are in danger of washing the grouting back out.
HTH

[OOMV6]

Tunnie, I have literally just finished tiling and grouting my son's bathroom 3m square, 2.5m high. Wall condition terrible, old Victorian terrace. Honestly it is not a difficult job, just got to keep them straight and square, I use a laser level. Plenty of advice online, if you can work on your Omega, you can tile and grout. I strongly advise not to use the combined tile and grout cement which gives a very coarse finish to the grout. Use dedicated cement, and also use the powder grout which requires mixing, not the ready mixed, which also gives a coarse finish. The powder type is much easier to apply and gives a better finish to the pointed grout lines, and as it is a softer mix, it is easy to finish using a wet finger or thumb. Only mix up enough to grout a sq. m at a time. When grouting using the powder type, leave it a few minutes after application before 'pointing'. HTH

No need for "pointing" when grouting normally. Each to their own though. I grout a wall (or 2) at a time, using this method http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fGA0Ra-Z4Y which is common peactise. You can cover a large area in a short time. It is all about timing when cleaning down - too soon or too hard and you are in danger of washing the grouting back out.
HTH

I meant this method http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42J8B6m8JA8