Recess for door mat - Tile Advice

[J Sid]

Depends on the job, a mat well is gonna have a mat in which may not be as thick as the tiles, and gonna get a lot of trafic and people wiping there feet, with porcelain tiles yes I would trim it for sure, maybe not with stone.

I understand what your saying but I'd buy a thicker mat or raise the floor under the mat, leveller or sheet of board to get the mat top above the tile edge

 

[J Sid]

You lot have no idea how much will power it is taking me to put a photo up of a 1970s naked **** star with a untrimmed , erm , Matt well

that's what you've been doing while the wifes away is it

 

[Andy Allen]

and the first three pics ? Trim them ?

Yes....

 

[Qwerty]

All..... poll added!!! Sorry @Adey1980 !!

Vote away people!!!

 

[J Sid]

I've voted, but must add if I ever had to do any glazed BCT I would cover the edge with completely

 

[J Sid]

mind, if I would ever get asked to price any I'd make sure i over priced it so wouldn't get it

 

[Andy Allen]

Only one person has voted no trim regardless . .....wonder who that could be .

 

[WetSaw]

There's no " Trim if the client wants it regardless of what is being fixed" option...

 

[Kyle Knowles]

 

[Kyle Knowles]

Just sit the trim on the face of the tiles or was that to obvious? ?

 

[Kyle Knowles]

I've voted, but must add if I ever had to do any glazed BCT I would cover the edge with completely

I've just had a customer send back 30m of BCT tiles the silver grey travatine effect with a mat finish once I showed here the size variations and how curved they are they got the bullet and she's gone for a polished porcelain thank foooook what a lucky escape

 

[J Sid]

There's no " Trim if the client wants it regardless of what is being fixed" option...

all my clients listen and follow my recommendations

 

[andy8758]

What the ?? Why are you guys fighting about whether trim should be used or not? The answer is - it's whatever the customer wants. Give your professional advice and let them choose:

• Metal trim does protect tile edges from casual damage, but frankly the trim can be damaged too. Metal not only scratches more easily, it can also be dented.
• Some purpose made treads (e.g. transition strips to tiled area from different surface, or stair trims) may be more hardwearing. But not undamageable.
• Any trim used against natural stone may not look right. The choice of natural stone as a tile is that it's natural beauty is inherent, and a well cut tile nearly always looks better.
• Some tiles (especially natural stone) may benefit from bevelling the edges - but most people simply want a perfectly flat floor.
• Trims used in modern tiled installations do look better in many cases. But not always. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
• When you finish the work, you will probably never have to look at it again - but the customer will be looking at it every day.

I carry a Genesis set of sample trims when visiting clients for quotes. It gives customers the idea that pants plastic trim (pants looking and pants installed imho) is not the only option. But too much option often confuses people. I always make recommendations, and offer the good and bad points. But I always enourage them to make their choices. Some people will come to you with clear ideas, and specifications - that's great too, and sometimes it teaches me that another product may actually be better.

My point to all this rambling is that most of the posts I read here seem to say "its my way or nothing." You are all specialists and your opinions should be valued by the customer - but most (but not all - some cannot make a decision) customers will be far happier for making their own choices.

 

[Italy]

there is not the Italian version.
to throw the doormat, out the door.

 

[andy8758]

there is not the Italian version.
to throw the doormat, out the door.

We understand Antonio - you see it rains rather a lot in UK so door mats are kind of essential.

I have just flown back into UK from south of Spain (lovely Mediterranean country like Italy). Yesterday evening I was sat outside a lovely restaurant drinking ice cold San Miguel in 27degrees centigrade. Tonight, the heating is on, there's a miserable mist outside.... its warm bitter and battered fish and chips. And work on Monday. Ah well....