Remuera large-format bathroom
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Remuera large-format bathroom

Project type
Bathrooms
Completed
March 2026
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Photographs
5

Project overview

Bigger tiles leave less room for error.

A family bathroom finished in 600 × 1200 marble-look porcelain, with the vein direction carried continuously from wall to wall.

Large-format tile shows every imperfection in the wall behind it. Before fixing, each wall was checked with a straightedge and high spots ground back.

Panels were dry-laid on the floor first to plan the vein sequence, so the pattern reads naturally from the doorway.

Project scope
  • 01600 × 1200 porcelain walls
  • 02Matched vein direction
  • 03Floor-to-wall joint alignment
  • 04Vanity wall feature
  • 05Aluminium edge trims

How the work is done

A controlled sequence, not guesswork on the wall.

Every stage is checked before the next begins — the finish is only as good as the work underneath it.

  1. 01

    Flatness survey

    Checked every wall with a 2 m straightedge and corrected high and low spots before any adhesive was mixed.

  2. 02

    Dry-lay and sequence

    Laid the panels out to plan the vein flow, numbering each tile so the pattern carries across corners.

  3. 03

    Full-coverage fixing

    Used a 12 mm trowel with back-buttering for full contact and a levelling system to control lippage.

  4. 04

    Trims and grout

    Fitted aluminium trims to exposed edges and grouted with a colour-matched cement grout.

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