problem angle

[sambilly]

Hi all, i'm starting a bathroom soon, could have a problem where 2 walls meet, external angle, floor to ceiling, instead of the walls meeting at the usual 90 degrees, there's a strip about a 150mm peice been put in that would be at 45 degrees joining the 2 walls, my way of thinking would be to bevel tiles on the wet saw or failing that is there a trim that could be used, any advice welcome..... cheers

[hillhead]

Don't grasp this, if bevelling the tile edges works go for it

[kilty55]

if i think what your saying is that there will be a peice of plasterboard equally joining the 90 degree wall making it a 3 peice meet up is this right

if so make the adjoining areas tile straight cuts and mitre the edges on the meeting tiles coming of the other main walls this will look smart,do you have a wet cutter that does mitres

[cornish_crofter]

Hmm

Do you mean like this?


This was done with standard 90 degree edging strip. It isn't that noticable that the tiles don't sit square onto it.

The tiles weren't bevelled, they just butted up to the trim. They look a little filthy in the photo, that's because they need a clean as they've been behind the shampoo etc. Don't look too closely at the silicone!

[devonmark]

use plasterboard to pull the angle square..

[deanotile]

put one side in as normal and miter the other side

[sambilly]

cheers fella's, a bit difficult to explain but i think kilty knows where i'm coming from, start the job next week (weather permitting)!!! see if i can get a pic, the photo will explain better than i can !!

[tfs]

Hi mate you can keep the square edges on the middle part but mitre the edges of the two tiles on either side.

I think this would be the easiest way. Just make sure that the tiles on the middle part of the wall are fixed plumb and the mitre cuts will be easier.

I am assuming you mean a wall that would be square 90 degree but it has been cut with two 45 degree cuts to form a sort of chamfered edge?

[tfs]

This sort of thing?

if so, you could get away with using standard trim

[sambilly]

Spot on tfs... the very thing... if only i could have found that, and standard trim will do the job, thanks very much....

[tfs]

just ensure that you make enough over hang! hold the tile in position to work out where you will ned to start in order for the trim to sit just right (the same as you would with a regualr 90 degree angle)

goodluck with the job mate

take your time setting out and thinking about how each action you take will look and you will be fine!

[sambilly]

apart from the bit of wall in question its quite straight forward, a decent size 25m2, a good one to get stuck in to, but yes take your point whem it comes to the wall i'll get a brew and have a think....

[cornish_crofter]

Spot on tfs... the very thing... if only i could have found that, and standard trim will do the job, thanks very much....

That's exactly what my photo shows . I used the standard 90 degree trim (although it's the fancy aluminium sort it's the same profile as the standard white).

[sambilly]

sorry cornish, yours was good too mate, it was the silicone, it was distracting me.....!!

[cornish_crofter]

sorry cornish, yours was good too mate, it was the silicone, it was distracting me.....!!

2nd word is OFF

The silicone was my mistake on that one. I should have used clear in the corners over a small gap and grout. It was increadibly difficult to get a smooth finish over those tiles. One day I will probably strip the silicone joints out and do them again, in clear.

[deanotile]

personally i would not use trim on that type of wall it will look nasty if you miter the tiles you will get a better finish IMO

[cornish_crofter]

Deano

Couldn't agree more with your example, that looks very good. Those mosaics were a sod to cut, even with the diamond wheel on the cutter, nearly took my fingers off several times!

Also, in all fareness I wanted to use that trim on the edge. OK so on close inspection one side looks a little odd but you would have to know what you're looking at to pick it out.

Did you mitre them to 45 deg or 22.5 deg?

[deanotile]

Deano

Couldn't agree more with your example, that looks very good. Those mosaics were a sod to cut, even with the diamond wheel on the cutter, nearly took my fingers off several times!

Also, in all fareness I wanted to use that trim on the edge. OK so on close inspection one side looks a little odd but you would have to know what you're looking at to pick it out.

Did you mitre them to 45 deg or 22.5 deg?

i wasn't having a pop at your work m8 i just don't like trim on that type of wall it will never sit 100% as it is not designed for a 45 degrees.
the tiles in my pic are cut flat on the front and mitered at 45 degrees on the sides.