Mitre jointing - help

[Bolter]

We are having our bathroom tiled and requested mitre joints. Our tiler is saying our tiles are not suitable for mitre joints, he gave a quick demo with his angle grinder and the ceramic all chipped and looked nasty.

They are 600 * 300. Im afraid we bought cheap tiles i think from indonesia.

Is this true as we have some doubts on the tilers ability, or are we paying for the fact we bought cheap tiles.

THe work he has done so far is pretty good, he has managed to "tile out" a number of imperfections on the walls.

He is suggesting aluminium edging as an alternative.

Is this common? You cant mitre cheap tiles?

Many thanks.
Ed

Your tiler is using the wrong tool for the job. He needs to use his wet cutter, not a grinder.

 

[doug boardley]

Cheers, only a smalll job but it was something different.

was that one of your first jobs with the Dewalt, Neale?

 

[coolfox]

I did some Mitre jointing with Polished Marble tiles and end up cutting it to size then mitre 1mm down from the top edge. Finishing by hand after grouting, have to chamfer 1mm from corners polished with diamond lap, look good at the end 🙂

 

[turnip]

the price of the tiles is irrelevant, its the quality of the glaze which can chip very slightly if the mitre is not cut on the edge. personally I will not recommend mitred edges cos its also a weak point on an external corner, go for stainless steel trims though something like Schluter Quadec is very nice.

 

[nybor62]

your tiler will never do it with a grinder , wet cutter is what is needed , still may have a few probs depends how good glaze is

 

[coolfox]

Turnip "stainless steel trims" looks good in commercial/office design but in the dwelling I would do the mitre join and you dont have to cut to the wery edge of glase step of like 1 mm and glase wouldnt chip in regsrds of week point properly grouted just as strong.

 

[Gazzer]

was that one of your first jobs with the Dewalt, Neale?

Yes mate , one of them.

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

As above for me, sometimes trim will not work eg. 22.5 deg. If you mitre manufactures edge 1mm away as stated above. You can achieve a good finish

 

[DHTiling]

As above for me, sometimes trim will not work eg. 22.5 deg. If you mitre manufactures edge 1mm away as stated above. You can achieve a good finish

There has so so much work gone into that room, only a tiler would appreciate.. perfection is my response..🙂

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Thank you Dave