Tiling around a window - when edge trim fails

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:10:13 GMT, "Doehead" mused:

'Slot in'? They don't slot in, they butt up to the edging.

Cut them at 45 degrees and mitre the tiled edges into each other.

This stuff does. It's like a half-pipe shape...and wraps just far enough around the edge of the tile so that it forms a lip over the edge and hides the side. The tiles certainly don't butt up flat against anything. It's just standard edging from B&Q.

On Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:47:21 GMT, "Doehead" mused:

Sounds awful. You sure you've not got the wrong size?

No, it's the right size. And works fantastic against a normal edge. It's just useless with a cut, ever so slightly rough edge (cut with a saw btw).

Sounds like you need a deeper trim, they are available in various sizes.

Sounds like the cuts aren't accurate enough. Forget the saw and get a cheap scribe and snap cutter

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Sounds like the problem to me too. One tries the tile against trim in the shop, it should just cover the edge. Any gap will be filled with grout. Ask the nice man in a real tile shop e.g. JustTiles in Reading.

use emery paper or a tungsten carbide permagrit like block to feather he cut edges.

So grind the edges with a chamfer on the grinder.

Yup..thats easier when the edge wont be seen. Run it up against the tile saw at an angle.

That doesn't mean its the right size. Its meant to cover cut edges, thats its raison detre.

Homelux make the tile trim for B&Q and they do it in 6, 8, 9, 10 & 12.5mm.

The stuff in B&Q is the 6mm, how thick are your tiles? Maybe you need 8mm trim?

I wasn't aware that it came in 8mm. Our local B&Q only does 6, 9 and 12mm and the 9 was too deep by far, even with adhesive bringing the tile up a bit. We choose the 6mm stuff by holding a tile against it in the shop...of course now that I actually look at the boxes for the tiles, they state that they're 7mm. I guess they were only fitting due to the bevelled edge.