Hi,

I'm having my firs foray into tiling and I'm getting on OK, except for the only external corner that I've got to deal with. My tiles are 6.5mm. The only trim I could find was either 9mm or 6mm. I bought and affixed some 6mm as I thought I'd just butt up to it and grout the space. However the corner is just over half a tiles width and when I try to lay the tile the angle caused by the additional depth (plus the fact the wall is slightly concaved) means the tile juts out WAY above the height of the trim. Should I have gone for 9mm? Is there a good article on dealing with external corners I could be directed to?

Any help greatly appreciated.

P.S. I tried to register but it kept saying I was reading the image incoreectly - pretty sure I wasn't/checked Caps Lock etc.

Regards,

Rob

Send me an email to info @ tilersforums.co.uk and I'll get your account running.

Regarding your trim problem; I've found a few existing topics related to similar problems:-
tile trim corner profiles
3 way trim mitre tutorial
corner trim pieces.
3 way corner trim
how to make a corner joint with profile edging
http://www.tilersforums.co.uk/tilers...-chestnut.html
Tile trim on external corners

Thanks for the reply, Dan. I've managed to register as you can see! I think my problem is even simpler than the links you've provided as it's a 2-D corner (if that makes sense) rather than 3 corners/edges meeting? Should I now post this on the main site as I'm registered?

Rob.

Please do mate. Though the first couple of steps in a "three way mitre" acheive what you're looking for.

Thanks. Could n't see that thread?

Have posted in the main area now.

External Corner - Trim causing fixing problem