curved trim round a circle window

[cowgomoo]

Hi Y'all, I need to do a bit of tiling on a wall that has a circular window in the middle of it, I know you can get stainless steel trim that is bendable, by Schluter I think, has any one used this before and do you really need the special forming machine £'s to get a top finish or can you form it by hand. The window diameter is 550ml. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Cow.

[andy tiler]

ive done it without a trim and put mosaic on the reveal ive got some pictures somewhere i`ll try and find em.

[andy tiler]

there you go..DSCF0062.jpg

[garythetiler]

The bending machine can be hired and it does give a better finish than trying to bend it by hand which can cause the trim to twist

[Dave]

What tiles are you using.. ?

I did a couple in one wall with travertine , was going to mosaic the inside but it got plastered and painted..

As for the schluter formable trim.. not used it..


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[cowgomoo]

Thanks, thats a beautiful job, there are no plans to tile, or anything else, the reveal, by which method did you do the cut on the tile ?

[cowgomoo]

Thanks Dave, the tile is a full bodied 12ml porc, How did you cut the facia curve so well, grinder and a good blade ? Cow.

[Dave]

Thanks Dave, the tile is a full bodied 12ml porc, How did you cut the facia curve so well, grinder and a good blade ? Cow.

Rotozip and grinder.. then polisher.

[Mike]

here's one i did a while back, i used my 4" grinder to cut the curves

[cowgomoo]

Cheers again, I just saw the video of Doug Boardley cutting a tile with a jig saw - what kinda blade did he have in that, and just to show what a dumbass I am please elucidate on a Rotozip. Cow

[cowgomoo]

Thank you Mike, I might just have to start think of Mosaic on the reveal ! Did you have to ' open out ' the mosaic sheet to accomodate the curve ?

[Mike]

Thank you Mike, I might just have to start think of Mosaic on the reveal ! Did you have to ' open out ' the mosaic sheet to accomodate the curve ?

no, there was enough gap between each tile to still have a grout line

[deanotile]

you could miter them*
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[Colour Republic]

Where the hell are you lot finding all these port holes???? I've never fitted a bathroom with one in but you lot seem to have done a load!

[Stewart]

you could miter them*
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That pic doesn't do the work involved in that justice....

[Colour Republic]

That pic doesn't do the work involved in that justice....

If it's mitred then hell yeah notworthy.gif

[TF Ed]

Hi Y'all, I need to do a bit of tiling on a wall that has a circular window in the middle of it, I know you can get stainless steel trim that is bendable, by Schluter I think, has any one used this before and do you really need the special forming machine £'s to get a top finish or can you form it by hand. The window diameter is 550ml. Any and all help is greatly appreciated. Cow.

hi mate

theres a tool from tradetiler called, 'shaw circle cutter' that scores circles in the same way as a compass does. its great on ceramic and porcelain too. it will scribe radius's from 70mm-600mm. i bought one and its a good little addition to the old tool kit. you can use it for cutting holes in tiles for soil pipes too.

use it to scribe your circle, then plunge out a few lines with your wet saw/grinder to reduce the curve angle and snap out the segments and give the edge a quick polish to finish off. it leaves a neater line than an angle grinder but obviously, its only good on ceramic and porcelain, not stone.

[whitebeam]

The shaw cutter is a great piece of kit..

[cowgomoo]

Thats all great guys and some fantastic work on show but back to the trim, has anyone any info on it and what about doug boardleys jig saw blade ???