Skinny Avoidance Strategies?

[Jonnycat]

I am coming in to a problem with the backsplash my tub surround is extending into.

The problem is that no matter what, I am left with a 20mm skinny at both the floor and the top of the sink (and I don't want the skinny).

What methods are available for me to deal with this?

I include the following drawing with three possible solutions; which of the three solutions would you pick?

Also, what other solution would you come up with that isn't given?

Thanks!

[jay]

i think i get it why not start with a half tile over sink

[Bartlett]

Hi Jonnycat,
Have you started the tiling yet? If not, it seems that you could lower your datum line over the bath and solve the problem very easily?

[Jonnycat]

Sorry guys, layout is not adjustable, I should have mentioned that.

I'm trying to figure out what to do instead of having the skinnies (hence the three ideas in the drawing).

Do any of those ideas seem plausible, or maybe there are other ideas you would use in this situation?

[heavytrevy]

Increase ur grout line size or Change ur tile size.

trev

[mistral]

If it's only a splashback that is existing why not take the existing tiles off and do it in tiles of a different size?

[Daveyboy]

If I were you, I would take the basin off the wall, tile the wall then put the basin back on the wall, adjusting its height to match the tiles..that way, you don't have to make any compromises with the tiles...

[lucius]

Sinks in kitchens basins in bathrooms. Not everyones cup of tea especialy in bathrooms but a skirting tile would get you out of trouble just depends whats on the floor how it would look.
Lucius.

[grumpygrouter]

Sorry guys, layout is not adjustable, I should have mentioned that.

I'm trying to figure out what to do instead of having the skinnies (hence the three ideas in the drawing).

Do any of those ideas seem plausible, or maybe there are other ideas you would use in this situation?

Any specific reason why?

[brian c]

thast what i was thinking Russ.

[doug boardley]

surely if you go with option C it's gonna do away with the slither cuts

[Jonnycat]

Sinks in kitchens basins in bathrooms. Not everyones cup of tea especialy in bathrooms but a skirting tile would get you out of trouble just depends whats on the floor how it would look.

Thanks Lucius. A skirting tile, eh? I didn't know about such an animal.

Is a skirting tile basically a skinny on purpose (or maybe not so skinny?) Would a skirting tile on top of the sink look good even if it was wider than the 100mm tiles on the wall?

Sorry I'm not familiar with them, this is my first tile job.

surely if you go with option C it's gonna do away with the slither cuts

Thanks Doug; I'm assuming "slither cut" = skinny. (not up on my terminology).

So out of the three options, you think "C" would look the best?

[doug boardley]

if I've visualised it correctly, I think "c" with the 150mm tiles would look best

[Jonnycat]

Thanks again, Doug. I just found this picture of "sort of" the same application (except the tiles above are subway), and it doesn't look too terrible.

[doug boardley]

I don't like the way they've closed it at the left of the toilet, (as you look at it)

[lucius]

Sinks in kitchens basins in bathrooms! No not on the basin on the skirting line, i live and work in Spain where skirting tiles are the norm and most tiles have a matching skirting tile to complement them it just depends if you can get skirting tiles to match your tiles also i have found them overpriced in the U.K. In all fairness the boys have given you some other good options.
Lucius.

[Jonnycat]

Thanks again for all of the help guys, it is greatly appreciated!

I went down to one of the local tile distributers today, and while I was sticking my nose in their business I found this 38mm x 150mm trim:



It's normally supposed to go on the top of the backsplash, but if I flip it upside down I think it will make a nice moulding to put down above the floor.

The store I have to buy them from apparently doesn't have a clue about them, so they have to call tomorrow and get a price. I hope they aren't a fortune!

[lucius]

Ogee i think thats called

[Jonnycat]

Ogee i think thats called

That's what I said when I saw it, "Oh, gee, that'll work!"

[Jonnycat]

Okay, looks like I'm not going to be using that trim piece, being as the price is over £4.00 *each*!

In other words, just one of those stinking little pieces costs more than five square feet of my wall tile.

What a racket!

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So this got me thinking, that maybe some kind of moulding would be nice at the floor. Would I be daft to consider using a painted wood baseboard moulding between a tiled wall and a vinyl floor? Maybe paint it with a glossy color similar to the color of the tile?

[lucius]

Some vynil flooring can be taken up the cove, it is in hospitals etc. not sure what it would look like in a domestic.
Lucius.