Victorian Flooring planning and preparation guide

Geometric patterned flooring first became popular during the Victorian era, where they were predominantly used in churches and stately buildings for their decorative effects.

In order to achieve a long lasting and beautifully installed Victorian tiled floor, the most important stage is Planning & Preparation.

This guide will take you through the considerations when planning your floor to achieve the desired feel and look. It is worth noting that each project is situational depending on the shape and size of the area to be tiled.

The first stage of creating the perfect Victorian floor is to plan where you would like the border to be. In the examples below we demonstrate the border can be inset from the walls or around the perimeter of the walls.

Once you have decided where the border will run within the design, the next step is to calculate the number of borders and corners that are required.

Measure the length and width of where the borders will run, taking into account the size of each corner, for example;

• Length of A is 3.2m
• 3.2m – 2 x size of corner (9.5cm)
• 3.2m – 0.095 – 0.095 = 3.01m

Divide the total by the length of the border being used, for example;

• 6.7m / 0.285 (28.5cm) = 23.51 = 24 borders