1st Job: Tile Trim Help

[evilempire13]

Hi there,

This weekend I am due to start on my first tiling job in the kitchen of my house. I have been looking at Tile Trim, which I know I will need to create a border at doorways to other rooms and other floor coverings!

I am looking at the Homelux "rounded" type trim which seem to come in 9mm and 12.5mm sizes. I am guessing for my tiles I would need to go for the 12.5mm?

The Tiles I am using are Porcelain (Luna from Homebase) 40cm x 40cm and 9.5mm thick. I really don't have a clue about this - the sign in Homebase recommends a 10mm one, however I have only ever found these in the "square" design.

In terms of adhesive I plan to use Granfix Ultimateflex with a thickness of 6mm.

Thanks in advance for your help!

[whitebeam]

Hi and welcome

The trim you talk of is for walls not between different floor surfaces, the trim you need is a transition trim for floors

[Bri]

Welcome along to the forum. You shouldn't be using trim in doorways you should be using threshold strips that are designed for this purpose. Also you should be using a minimum of 10mm trowel to put your adhesive down with.

[evilempire13]

Thank you all for your kind replies.

No problem - I haven't got the trowel yet so I can quite easily get the 10mm one - thanks for the advice.

I will have a look on the net for those threshold strips - sounds just what I need. I have to find threshold strips to take me to vinyl tiles, carpet and also an area of metal chequer plate!

[whitebeam]

I found some good ones in B&Q and they were'nt that dear, might be worth a look

[evilempire13]

I found some good ones in B&Q and they were'nt that dear, might be worth a look

Thank you I will pop in tomorrow on my way to work