Different types of tile patterns.
Wood look tile laying patterns.
The tile installer laid the tiles in a pattern that i feel makes the floor look choppy and much more like tile than wood.
8 sometimes people think it s a good idea to lay wood tile in a stacked geometric tile pattern like a running bond pattern but that s another give away that your flooring is not actually wood.
Laying the tile in a very random order just like real wood helps trick the eye.
It is reasonable to add more tile to the order especially as compared to doing a random overlap.
But don t worry we ll talk about how to lay tile that looks like wood without lippage in a second.
In fact some large format tiles are.
The pattern and look are for the customer to decide and a lot of people install a herringbone pattern with wood look tiles and don t fall over from being too dizzy looking at it.
Wood look and other plank tiles are frequently installed using this layout.
That s why when you install wood tile flooring in an offset pattern the center is next to the end of the next tile which creates lippage or otherwise known as the most frustrating problem an installer has to deal with during a project.
Create a starting line for the tile measure from the center of the room to the starting wall then subtract the 1 4 inch expansion gap and the width of two tiles and two spacers.