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I'm a first time DIY tiler and have almost finished tiling my bathroom walls with 600 X 300 floor to ceiling, but I've hit a snagging point... I've got a floor to ceiling external corner which isn't straight by quite a long way. I want to use straight edge trim, but am really not confident about what to do to get it looking reasonable.
Hi, thanks very much for all the replies. I've sanded the plaster right back in places and it looks like the metal corner bead used to reinforce the corner of the wall is not at all straight hence the dodgy plastering over it.
If you cant get it back any more...
Set your vertical laser line to the widest point at the top and cut all the tiles to that line, fill in the return behind with plasterboard and rapidset..
OK, thanks, will give it a try. Just out of interest... Is there a type of tile trim which is more forgiving on non straight walls? Would you say the straight edge stuff is more difficult to get a good finish on?
Schluter trims can be ordered with slits cut in the part that sits under the tile allowing you to curve it a lot easier they also have a tool for continuous and uniform bends
So far so good... Haven't got very far though. I only have evenings and weekends and I don't know how you pros do it all so quick! Takes me ages I hope this is what you meant for me to do. Will pack out the other wall with plasterboard and adhesive...
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