Removing trims

Hi,
I've only been tiling a few weeks and I have been ask to tile a bathroom. There are already about 3 row of tiles and a border over the bath all in white and the customer wants to me to carry on up the wall to the ceiling which is no problem as he has bought the same tiles, but the 3 row of tiles have been finished of with a trim so I need to take this trim off so I can carry on tiling up the wall. It all seems straight forward but I havn't had any experience of removing trims. Is it easy to remove or will I have to remove the last row of tiles, I thought of using a stanley knife to cut away the trim, but at the end of the bath I need to replace it with one that goes up to the ceiling as the customer only wants around the bath fully tiled.

[Varley]

Never tried to remove just the trim before, all i can advise is try and remove it, but you may have to take off top row of tiles, sorry i can't give any better advice.

[tiling1]

good luck if you try removing the trim with a stanley, it is possible but the time to do this can cost more than removing the top row. also if levels are not right can make your job look bad just make sure you explain this to your customer.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by JohnnyB

Hi,
I've only been tiling a few weeks and I have been ask to tile a bathroom. There are already about 3 row of tiles and a border over the bath all in white and the customer wants to me to carry on up the wall to the ceiling which is no problem as he has bought the same tiles, but the 3 row of tiles have been finished of with a trim so I need to take this trim off so I can carry on tiling up the wall. It all seems straight forward but I havn't had any experience of removing trims. Is it easy to remove or will I have to remove the last row of tiles, I thought of using a stanley knife to cut away the trim, but at the end of the bath I need to replace it with one that goes up to the ceiling as the customer only wants around the bath fully tiled.

hi jonny m8. try with sharp knife and score along tiles carefully watching tiles and fingers . should work with a little patience. done this myself fews times.

[tony TLC]

you should be able to cut through the trim with a stanley go slow and cut it through and just pack out your first row.
but you will have no control over the layout and if its wrong you will get the blame
the chioce is yours

[Varley]

Originally Posted by tony TLC

you should be able to cut through the trim with a stanley go slow and cut it through and just pack out your first row.
but you will have no control over the layout and if its wrong you will get the blame
the chioce is yours

Good point Tony, previous tiler probably won't have set out for the full bathroom, therefore you may be left with bad cuts in places. Check this before doing the job.

Hi,
Thanks for all the advice, Iv'e only been tiling a few weeks and every job I get asked to do seems to be anything but straight forward, I must point out though that this bathroom Iv'e been asked to do is to continue up to the ceiling over the bath only, there is no tiles anywhere else so any previous setting out by the last tiler won't matter, I just need to remove the trim from the top of the tiles around the bath and continue up to the ceiling, sorry if I've confused anybody.

[Varley]

Should be ok then, only problem might be that you are left with a thin cut at the top of the wall, wxplain to the customer that there is nothing at all you can do about it if it ends up that way. Good luck m8.

[Highlander]

Just another tip. If you have a Dremel multi tool you can get the wee saw blade and is really handy for cutting away trim. I also have a Fein cutter but it is a bit big for that. I have used the Dremel for grinding out cracks in tiles were the customer does not want to lift the tile and then grouted with a matched grout.

Know a boy that used a stanley to cut the trim now he is called four and a half fingers Dave

Just a thought.

[tony TLC]

what dave had a nose picking accident got left up there
no sugar thx

[GazTech]

[quote=tiling1;11907]good luck if you try removing the trim with a stanley, it is possible but the time to do this can cost more than removing the top row. also if levels are not right can make your job look bad just make sure you explain this to your customer.[/quote]well put T1,have done this myself a couple of times,takes a steady hand with a stanley good luck[IMG]http://www.tilersforums.co.uk/images/icons/icon11.gif[/IMG]the dremmel tip looks a very good option from the Highlander