Herringbone Tile Installation | For Beginners

This herringbone tile installation guide, will show you how to master the herringbone pattern. This easy-to-follow guide will show you the correct way how to tile herringbone for beginners! Using Ceramic Subway Tiles in this installation with a Subway Tile Herringbone Pattern.
In this video, I'll walk you through the steps of installing herringbone subway tiles, Including tips and tricks for a professional looking finish. Perfect for anyone wanting to add a stylish touch to their home or DIY project. Follow along and create a beautiful herringbone tile installation in your bathroom remodel!
Easy to follow guide for beginners, to install Herringbone tiles, renovate your bathroom or shower into something magical! Fixing Herringbone is easy once you know the tips and tricks and can be the ultimate home improvement! By the end you will know how to tile herringbone.
Chapters Below guys!
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Chapters:
0:00 - Start
0:15 - Centre of Herringbone Pattern
0:58 - Setting Out Tiling
2:18 - Spreading Tile Adhesive
2:58 - Fitting Subway Tiles
3:33 - Cutting Tiles
3:55 - Fixing Tile Cuts
4:40 - Levelling tiles
5:00 - Tiling Rest of Wall
8:46 - Corners and Wrapping Pattern Around The wall
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[@staceypearce3805]

Herringbone is my favourite pattern, this has given me a great idea for my bathroom design

[@BriteLake]

I'm soooooo glad I found your YT channel. I decided 8 years ago that my bathroom tiles would be herringbone pattern. I bought the tiles and then froze on how to tile the walls. Eight years later my bathroom remains incomplete. I found my courage now thanks to your tutorial. Thank You Thank You Thank You!

[@thebespokebloke]

Awesome, Glad to hear! Helping people is the best satisfaction, Best of luck with it! Any questions don't hesitate to ask!

[@sharondaburdette8076]

Very well explained..😊

[@seanlester307]

Brilliant. Many thanks for the information and advice. Cheers

[@garinoakley]

Going to give this a go on the weekend. Thanks 🙏🏻

[@thebespokebloke]

Awesome, Don't hesitate to ask if you get stuck anywhere. Good Luck, I'm sure it will turn out great!

[@eazyd1983]

Good work!!! Really helpful mate 👊🏽

[@thebespokebloke]

Glad to help mate! Any questions don't hesitate to ask.

[@penelopemaynard9016]

Many thanks. Loved, liked, and subbed!

[@thebespokebloke]

Awesome, Glad you liked it! Thanks for your support!

[@user-dt7nc8zl8o]

Yeh really good work man

[@thebespokebloke]

Thanks mate, Much appreciated!

[@renepare6395]

Thanks!

[@thebespokebloke]

Awesome, Thanks for the support and Supper Thanks!

[@anitagoodsleep5330]

Well done mate …🙌

[@thebespokebloke]

Thanks!

[@liaqatalializada3854]

Very good and informative

[@thebespokebloke]

Thanks, Glad you found it helpful!

[@Martincrabb1971]

Excellent video still scared to do my bathroom with it though.

[@thebespokebloke]

Thanks!, Herringbone is a harder difficulty rating for sure, But If you just make sure your start tiles are level and in the right place.. From there, everything comes of off that, So if you take it slow (maybe do a practice area first) you should be fine. Or just go for herringbone feature wall, and the rest in more generic tiles is always a good look!

[@Ginger-Tom13]

Looks great - thanks for posting. When you turn the corner do you start the second wall from the mid wall mark, in the same way you started the first wall? And work out to the corner? Or do you work from the corner towards the middle? Ta.

[@thebespokebloke]

You're welcome.. So when you wrap around a corner onto another wall, You just continue the pattern with the piece that comes off (you can't centre it again) All you must do is stick to your horizontal level line and just continue. You can only centre 1 wall, So always best to go for your main visual wall. Hope that helps.

[@halstirrup]

Is that tanking on the wall or skim plaster? Nice work fella !

[@thebespokebloke]

Thanks mate, Just sealed plaster, Check this vid for waterproofing solutions kzbin.info/www/bejne/laasmoB5bKiYeposi=-PG_zTAqeSoDlL9J

[@michaeldavidson103]

Hey man love the video! I’m going to do this to my 2 in 1 bath/shower. What grout and mortar would you recommend for this? It will be in the wet zone

[@thebespokebloke]

Hey mate great! If they are Ceramic tiles like the ones in the video.. Bal Micromax (it's more forgiving with ceramics) and if they are Porcelain Tiles.. Kerakol Fugabella (As you'll get a better joint, as its a but more rapid) Hope that helps!

[@jackdyson2562]

Mate this is a super video, thank you. Question... if I'm looking to do the same on the floor in a downstairs toilet (so small narrow room), should I start at rear wall or centre line?

[@thebespokebloke]

Thanks mate, I'd probably work of the rear wall with a centre line down the middle of the floor.. You will always get with herringbone, the likelihood that some cuts work well and others will be smaller,. So you've got a good chance when you get to your door the cuts will be fine

[@JamieWilliams-hg6ib]

Hi could you make a video in the future about how you prep your walls for different jobs, level uneven walls ,what adhesive you use for what jobs and things like that please

[@thebespokebloke]

Absolutely, I'll put it on the list mate!

[@JamieWilliams-hg6ib]

That’s great thanks and your channel is awesome

[@thebespokebloke]

@@JamieWilliams-hg6ib You're welcome, Thanks for the kind words!

[@technologistrevolution]

Any tips for hexagon? I want it for my bathroom floor but everyone I know who's done it says it is hard to lay without weird slivers/offcuts around the edges.

[@thebespokebloke]

Hey, Great choice! They look really smart. tbh they are not to much of a pain to fix. Just make sure the substrate is flat, as with many edges a bump can really make a corner stick out. Regards the setting out, I'd usually like to centre the floor/wall. But if you get some really bad cuts, you can always come a full tile off of the bath/shower/skirting or something visual. This would most likely improve the size of the cut at the other end. But to be honest I wouldn't be to concerned about a sliver as with herringbone it kind of all moulds into one. if you had a sliver that was really small chances are it would be covered by the skirting or wall tiles if you have them. Hope this helps, I'll have some pics of herringbone out later in a some design shots, So keep your eyes out! Thanks!

[@gallardosbull]

Would you recommend doing herringbone to a shower wall with a windows that is not centered on that wall?

[@thebespokebloke]

When a window is not in the centre on a main wall you have to ignore it, The most important thing on a main bath wall or any wall, Which is your main visual point, is that it is centred so the left and right side are symmetrical. Hope that helps

[@josedominguez-wd3xu]

how do you get your tile to not sag down off the wall when you start up like that? do you use a specific mortar?

[@thebespokebloke]

Hey, Yep 2 things really.. Quality adhesive will even keep heavy porcelain upright to a certain degree (Check "Bal Flex One" and "Kerakoll" products) Secondly, When you have a ceramic tile (brown biscuit on back) it has so much suction that whatever adhesive you use, it should stay in place after a wiggle. Hope that helps!

[@PeterMay-g1f]

How do I set out for herringbone laid at 90 degrees to the way you have shown, ie a horizontal line rather than vertical..?

[@thebespokebloke]

Hey, Generally I wouldn't worry to much about height as you'll always have small and big cuts whatever. In that particular example I took a full tile (corner) off of the bath. So you'll see I measure the tiles when they are on the floor and transfer that line to the wall. So I'd lay a few out , Get the height from a few tiles, draw a line and work down from there. If you're talking about flipping the entire pattern, You'd still centre through the middle of the tiles. It's a bit hard to explain but if you lay some out, the way you want them and put the centre through the same place in the tile, you'll get it. The pattern will just be alternate each side off the top of my head.

[@alfiewilliams4461]

Do you not need to grout downwards to stop water behind getting trapped?

[@thebespokebloke]

Hey, No the adhesive direction has no relevance to that, If you do get minimal water behind, it should evaporate back out, As the tile grout is breathable and that's what it's designed to do. But if you have water concerns, I'd recommend waterproofing the walls first, if your tiles are in a constant wet area so you're covered. Hope that helps

[@petermccarthy4975]

how do you figure out where / how to cut tile 6 and others like it. Also, any difference if we want to do the herringbone at a 90 degree angle to what you've laid here?

[@captainbenfield]

Hey, At around 7 mins It shows marking a tile to the bath, by flipping it over (it's the same technique for every cut) Or you can measure the distance with a tape measure, keeping it in line and allowing for a joint around the tile. Once you have the mark, your cutter will do the rest once set to 45degs. Regards different orientation.. Yeah the set out (centre) will be different, It's explained in a comment here somewhere. Hope that helps

[@petermccarthy4975]

@@captainbenfield Thankyou. I think I get it, but will have to try it out to make sure.

[@anitagoodsleep5330]

Hi mate …so what’s best way to work out that you have same cuts from top to bottom…?

[@thebespokebloke]

Hey, If you centred the wall top to bottom, Draw a mid line and started with the point of the tile on the line.. If my memory serves me right, that should work out centre. I'd recommend just laying some out to double check that though. Hope that helps

[@anitagoodsleep5330]

@@thebespokebloke i will try that & I will just dry lay & mark on wall …thanks for you’re time boss🙌

[@garypascoe7686]

What happens if the return walls aren’t plum, then the pattern doesn’t match up.

[@thebespokebloke]

Exactly that, You can manilipulate them to a certain degree (give or take 5mm). But for a perfect finish having walls level is pretty key.

[@martinphillips7221]

No backbutter?

[@thebespokebloke]

Not on a ceramic tile that small. Back edging serves its purpose mainly on porcelain and larger tiles, To make sure you get a good bond. Larger tiles are a bit more curved, and the backing on a porcelain or vitreous tile also prevents a good connection. With a ceramic metro/subway tile you have a flat back, and really good suction. So no need when working with something like that.