Recently I was present at one of my neighbors as he was redecorating his bathroom. As I stood there and chatted with the man, a guy was working on the tiles. I happened to know that he changed his fixtures and almost all of the bathroom, except for the tub. So, the guy laying down the tiles was cutting them to fit around the toilet. I asked my neighbor why didn’t he have the tiles put down BEFORE the fixtures? He said he hadn’t thought of it because it was natural for him first to call the electrician, then the plumber and last, the painters ant tilers. So I told him how unprofessional it will look if he cuts the tiles around the toilet and sink. Not to mention that now, if he wants to change to a smaller size one, he will get a gap. If he wants a larger…it won’t fit. It would have been much easier to do the tiling first, and then install the fixture, and cut the gap just for the pipes. Well, I agree with the tub, it is not so often changed and it would be a larger waste of tile to put under the tub or an eventual shower. So the lesson here is, first the tub or shower, then the tiles and finally the fixtures.