What's mitred edges?

[tileaddict]

Layman/stupid question alert!

I'm having a bathroom and en suite shower room done as part of a house renovation. My builder took me to see another house he was doing so I could check out the work of his bathroom fitter and tiler.

The tiling work was gorgeous and the tiles round all the windows had mitred edges (he said). I noticed that there were no tiling strips so is a mitred edge how you tile round things like windows without using the strips?

Is this a better way or working or is it just down to the look of it?

Many thanks
Tileaddict

[Sir Ramic]

I think you have the idea.

[mikethetile]

plastic strips dont suit stone installations, mitring give a nice finish to external corners

[david campbell]

mitring suits natural stone tiles better in my opinion

[doug boardley]

here's a mitred edge I did with porc.

[Stewart]

That's a fine example Doug........

[tileaddict]

Thanks guys - useful and quick replies as usual!

Doug - those are gorgeous tiles - where do they come from?

Tileaddict

[doug boardley]

they're Porcelanosa tiles mate can't remember the style now.

[Paul]

Its hard to see how those external corners are met tile to tile am i right in thinking the tiles are more or less ground down to an angle to meet each other- say on a wet cutter ? or is there a different method of meeting this, sorry if this is a daft question

[Dave]

Mitred Paul,, as you say the backs taken back at an angle allowing the face edges to come closer to make a tighter joint and no biscuit showing within reason.

[Paul]

Cheers dave was i right on using the wet cutter to do this ?

[Dave]

Yes Paul.. Some guys use a grinder and ream the back out as well.. same effect..

[Paul]

Nice one dave -Superb forum - always learning something !!!!

[Dave]

No probs.. Someone is always here to help..

[doug boardley]

Its hard to see how those external corners are met tile to tile am i right in thinking the tiles are more or less ground down to an angle to meet each other- say on a wet cutter ? or is there a different method of meeting this, sorry if this is a daft question

I did those on my wet cutter (the blade bevels for mitre cuts) I cut them from the edge of the full tile leaving about 1mm so I didn't have to cut into the glazed surface (hope that makes sense!)

[Steve H]

Hi Doug,

Great photograph demonstrating the mitred corner, and I get the 1mm back bit so as not to affect the surface of the tile. Here's a memory tester though. Which wet cutter did you use and if you remember that, what blade did you have in it. I am hoping that my developing career will one day be producing results like that and am curious about the equipment that the top pro's are using. Ta.

Steve

[CCTiling]

here's a mitred edge I did with porc.

Nice job Doug!!

[doug boardley]

Hi Doug,

Great photograph demonstrating the mitred corner, and I get the 1mm back bit so as not to affect the surface of the tile. Here's a memory tester though. Which wet cutter did you use and if you remember that, what blade did you have in it. I am hoping that my developing career will one day be producing results like that and am curious about the equipment that the top pro's are using. Ta.

Steve

the wet saw was my rubi dw200lp (bridge cutter) and the blade was a rubi cpc diamond blade. If I were to renew, I'd go for a dewalt D2400
cutter and a montolit dna blade