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Years ago my daughter and I installed ceramic plank tiling in our rental home.
We are working on an additional rental home and I was unable to locate the pattern I used previously, that I wanted to duplicate in this application.
The pattern appears random, but in reality repeats after eight courses. I was able to maintain this pattern throughout the house, by adding and subtracting as appropriate. When we reached the central hallway, off this great room, I just used tick marks to maintain the pattern. I also used blue painter’s tape to keep track of the course number, 1-8, to limit my confusion.
Given that this pattern has fallen off the Internet, I have created this document from my notes. Those using this pattern should reference it as “The wingless Floor Tile Pattern”.
For those who examine closely, I have reversed the order shown on the pattern to that shown in the images, because the installation order is changing in the house we’re working on currently.
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Wow, that is awesome. I am going to be tiling in a couple of months and will put this to good use. Very cool and thanks for sharing. The floor looks awesome.
Thanks.
It was a big effort by my daughter and I. We were quite the team.
This house took two pallets of tile, so it was a big job for us.
Good luck on your project!