nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

Child Item

Colourful mosaic tile bathroom renovation

jeffreychua

🖼️

The project:

Bathroom renovation inspired by our Spanish holiday, with our own twist!

We set out to future-proof our only bathroom at home: no more bathtub for safer access, grab rails for ageing family and friends who visit, and underfloor heating. We sourced many 10cmx10cm wall tiles in various colours from several Bunnings outlets spanning central Victoria to the northern suburbs of Melbourne.

Demolition to completion took four months. The shower alone comprises 1,750 tiles, cut at specific angles which were calculated to fit the arc of each circle. Our labour of love! Thanks, Bunnings!

- Materials:

Johnson 10cm x 10cm tiles in various colours
Bella white tiles, square 200mm x 200mm, and rectangle 100mm x 300mm
Evekare Grab Rail with LED night light with towel rail
Bastion tile adhesive
Under tile waterproofing membrane
Primer
Dunlop grout
Earthwool insulation
Skylight.

- Tools:

Crowbar
Rollers
Paintbrushes
Scrapers
Trowels
Drills
Nail gun
Air compressor
Vacuum cleaner
Notch trowel
Angle grinder
Jigsaw
Circular saw
Ladder.

- Step 1:

- Step 2:

- Step 3:

- Step 4:

- Step 5:

- Step 6:

- Step 7:

- Step 8:

- Step 9:

- Step 10:

- Help and inspiration:

[article footer]

More inspiration for your bathroom renovation project

Bunnings Workshop member Justlucky2k2 used bold black and white geometric tiles in their bathroom transformation with open shower.

Bunnings Workshop member tamaraharringd installed VJ wall panels in a coastal-inspired bathroom refresh.

Get more inspiration from 10 ways to transform your bathroom and our Top 10 most popular bathroom projects.

[article footer]

Find more posts tagged with

Tools and Materials

Renovation

Building and Construction

Tiling

Flooring

Decorating

Comments

Jason

Congrats on your first Featured Project @jeffreychua. We look forward to seeing what you can share with the community next.

Jason

Dave-1

Good Evening @jeffreychua

That is a very involved upgrade, worth it for sure :) I usually like white tiles but your new tiles really caught my eyes, how long did it take to install the mosaic side of the tiles? And the second question is have you found the under tile heating to work well?

Dave

jeffreychua

Hi @Dave-1!

Thank you! Yes, it’s certainly been worth it, and we are still enjoying our bathroom after completing it over a year ago. It’s so easy to keep clean, due to everything being spaced out well, and the sliding door separates the wet and dry zones incredibly well in this small bathroom. We’d taken every functional detail into consideration.

The tiling of the mosaic in the shower took about ten days, though it was down to waiting for the tile glue to dry completely before grouting, etc. I look back at our photos, and the glueing took five days, then grouting started on the rest of the bathroom before we rounded back to the shower. We laugh that it was the easiest part of the renovation, as Nick had pre-cut each and every tile then packed them away months before we started the demolition.

The under floor heating has been a game changer in winter, and a very welcome upgrade at home. We have it set at 18 degrees Celsius in the mornings and evenings, then at 12 degrees Celsius for the rest of the hours of each day. We’ve forgotten the times tiptoeing on a cold floor, and noticed that the warmth helps to clear the condensation more quickly after a shower, too. I’d say it’s something to get out of bed for in the mornings! Cost wise, it hasn’t been noticeable at all. We had observed that the tiles retain their warmth, so the temperature doesn’t drop too much even throughout the day, so it doesn’t take much for the temperature to return to 18 degrees Celsius in the evenings. Perhaps we use less of the overhead heat lamps due to the warm floors?

EricL

Hello @jeffreychua

Thank you very much for sharing that extra information about your bathroom renovation and the update on the heated flooring! It's very eye opening and was surprised with the extra benefit of getting condensation to dry quickly. It's nice to know that the heated floor is affordable and is not adding a great deal of expense to your electric bill. Definitely a win all around!

Eric

Dave-1

Evening @jeffreychua

Woooo to the not noticed increase in price for the floor heating, that has always been a question in my head.

Thanks for letting us know and yep, adding that to my list (tho think I will be keeping bathroom floor as is for now :) )

Dave