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Katia · 07-09-2008

Hi all!

I'm new here and need a bit of advice. I'm tiling my bathroom and have reached the point where I need to work out how my tile trim is going to sit around the window before I can go any further. I've had a look on the forum for help but the only solution I have found is a 3 way mitre which I don't think will work in my situation.

Basically, I was planning to tile right up to the edge of the window recess, and right the way up the wall to the ceiling (i.e. past the recess). However on the side of the recess I only want to go partway up. So, whichever wall surface I attach the trim to it's not going to work, because it'll either protrude over the window recess all the way up and look odd because the tiles will only go part way up, or or if I put it on the inner surface I'll obviously have to stop when I reach the top of the window recess.

The only solution I can see is to bring up a vertical piece on the inside surface and mitre it to the horizontal piece also on the inner surface where I stop tiling in the actual recess. Then I will just have to attach the next vertical piece on the outer wall surface and 'hide' the straight cut.

Hope this makes sense?! If anyone has any better ideas please let me know!

Thanks.

garythetiler · 07-09-2008

can you post a picture ?as i cant follow your explanation of what you are trying to do

**MICK the Tiler** · 07-09-2008

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Originally Posted by Katia

Hi all!

I'm new here and need a bit of advice. I'm tiling my bathroom and have reached the point where I need to work out how my tile trim is going to sit around the window before I can go any further. I've had a look on the forum for help but the only solution I have found is a 3 way mitre which I don't think will work in my situation.

Basically, I was planning to tile right up to the edge of the window recess, and right the way up the wall to the ceiling (i.e. past the recess). However on the side of the recess I only want to go partway up. So, whichever wall surface I attach the trim to it's not going to work, because it'll either protrude over the window recess all the way up and look odd because the tiles will only go part way up, or or if I put it on the inner surface I'll obviously have to stop when I reach the top of the window recess.

The only solution I can see is to bring up a vertical piece on the inside surface and mitre it to the horizontal piece also on the inner surface where I stop tiling in the actual recess. Then I will just have to attach the next vertical piece on the outer wall surface and 'hide' the straight cut.

Hope this makes sense?! If anyone has any better ideas please let me know!

Thanks.

need a pic me thinks then we can get it sorted for Ya

**Dave** · 07-09-2008

Why would you only want to tile part of the recess if going right up on the outside..?.

The neatest way is on the outside is to set the tiling back about an inch or so then this sets the trim back and will allow you to mitre into the reveal piece...

A pic as mentioned will help us confirm this though...

Katia · 07-09-2008

Ok, I've attached picture of the area of the window I'm trying to do, so I'll try and explain myself a bit better.

The right hand side needs to be tiled up to the celiling because this is where the shower is, however the left hand side I am only going as high as one tile above the border as the whole wall doesn't need to be tiled, so this is why I don't want to tile the entire recess.

Basically, I want to tile the next row up to the window recess, but tile the recess itself up to one tile above the border as mentioned. So what would be the best way to fit the trim to enable me to do this?

**Dave** · 07-09-2008

Just continue with your half tiling from that point...easier to trim neatly then...

GazTech · 07-09-2008

I would tile the whole reveal.....

**Dave** · 07-09-2008

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Originally Posted by GazTech

I would tile the whole reveal.....

but it won't match on the other side though....i think katia wants a balance on both sides.....wot u think..?.

GazTech · 07-09-2008

I don't think the step down from 1 side to another would look wrong, the alternative would be just trim the tiles from halfway point, and feather finish flush the reveal to hide the cut edge of the top ones, and paint the plaster to the face of the tile, therefore hiding the cut edges not trimmed....

GazTech · 07-09-2008

[quote=GazTech;121351]I don't think the step down from 1 side to another would look wrong, the alternative would be just trim the tiles from halfway point, and feather finish flush the reveal to hide the cut edge of the top ones, and paint the plaster to the face of the tile, therefore hiding the cut edges not trimmed....[/quote]Something like this.....
[IMG]http://www.tilersforums.co.uk/members/gaztech-albums-various-picture1167-reveal-finish.jpg[/IMG]

Katia · 07-09-2008

Ideally I would want either side balanced.

GazTech I think your solution is quite a good one.....only other option I have come up with is to stop just short of the window line above the halfway point and that way I can use trim on all the edges using a series of 45 degree mitres. Has anyone tried this before I do it and it looks ridiculous??

GazTech · 07-09-2008

[quote=Katia;121356]Ideally I would want either side balanced.

GazTech I think your solution is quite a good one.....only other option I have come up with is to stop just short of the window line above the halfway point and that way I can use trim on all the edges using a series of 45 degree mitres. Has anyone tried this before I do it and it looks ridiculous??[/quote]I don't think it can be done with trims.....Gaz