office building bathroom tile building code

Posted by on October 18, 2005, 1:56 pm

We have 4 bathrooms, each measuring about 8'x8', which we will like to
install 18" tile floors. I heard from a contractor that the tile edging
pieces that act as the baseboard on the walls need to be at least 4"
high and MUST have a bullnose where it meets with the floor tiles.

Do such edging pieces really require the bullnose? Or can I just use my
floor tiles as my baseboard tiles?

This is in Tustin, CA.

THanks

Posted by 3D Peruna on October 18, 2005, 4:16 pm

> We have 4 bathrooms, each measuring about 8'x8', which we will like to
> install 18" tile floors. I heard from a contractor that the tile edging
> pieces that act as the baseboard on the walls need to be at least 4"
> high and MUST have a bullnose where it meets with the floor tiles.
> Do such edging pieces really require the bullnose? Or can I just use my
> floor tiles as my baseboard tiles?

Maybe you mean a COVE at the base? The idea is that you don't have a sharp
corner that's difficult to clean...

Posted by Brad Bruce on October 18, 2005, 9:35 pm

dchou4u@hotmail.com wrote in news:1129668992.208713.201890
@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> We have 4 bathrooms, each measuring about 8'x8', which we will like to
> install 18" tile floors. I heard from a contractor that the tile edging
> pieces that act as the baseboard on the walls need to be at least 4"
> high and MUST have a bullnose where it meets with the floor tiles.
>
> Do such edging pieces really require the bullnose? Or can I just use my
> floor tiles as my baseboard tiles?
>
> This is in Tustin, CA.
>
> THanks
>
>

The type of tile you use in that situation is called "Sanitary Cove".

It has a bullnose at the top to go against the wall and it tapers down to
the floor leaving nowhere for dirt and germs to accumulate.

Posted by 3D Peruna on October 18, 2005, 11:16 pm

> dchou4u@hotmail.com wrote in news:1129668992.208713.201890
> @g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

>> We have 4 bathrooms, each measuring about 8'x8', which we will like to
>> install 18" tile floors. I heard from a contractor that the tile edging
>> pieces that act as the baseboard on the walls need to be at least 4"
>> high and MUST have a bullnose where it meets with the floor tiles.
>> Do such edging pieces really require the bullnose? Or can I just use my
>> floor tiles as my baseboard tiles?
>> This is in Tustin, CA.
>> THanks

> The type of tile you use in that situation is called "Sanitary Cove".
> It has a bullnose at the top to go against the wall and it tapers down to
> the floor leaving nowhere for dirt and germs to accumulate.

But they do anyway...(just go to a gas station bathroom)

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