Attention to detail question on corners - TilersForums.com

[blue_max]

I know it probably is broad as long, but is there a convention to tiling into corners with two cut edges. Obviously one goes 'under' the other, but does it look better to have the uppermost tile along the line of sight, rather than towards you.

This is quite difficult to explain, but hope you get my jist. Essentially, is there any reason to choose which should go under from an aesthetic point of view.

Thank you.

 

[Andy Allen]

Imo it doesn't make any difference once the corner is finished with a neat line of mastic you can't tell either way. .

 

[blue_max]

Thank you. That's fair enough. I was rather thinking of recessing the silicone slightly to better match the grouting. But maybe that degree of precision is a rod for my own back!

 

[Andy Allen]

If you want to be anal about it. .lol then it looks better to have the cut tile in the line of sight....
So if tiling round a bath tile the back wall first then the 2 side walls. ..

 

[blue_max]

It's my own bathroom, so I don't really care how long it takes. Anal is the name of the game with tiling I think. It needs millimetre precision as the grout lines are all in-line. How you guys do this stuff quickly is beyond me. I'm into my fourth year on this bathroom, but the end is in sight :lol:

Almost every aspect of tiling throws up questions. It may be obvious, but my fear is I will end up doing something daft and ruin the whole thing. Guess I've got to stop reading and start putting tiles on the wall!

 

[Andy Allen]

Four years to tie a bathroom. .:lol:

No such thing as a daft question anything you want to know just fire away...

 

[blue_max]

That's good to know!

I'm just looking at buying some more tiles as they are clearance stock at my local tile supplier and have a worry...

I have a larger entrance hall which I have found some nice tiles for. There are some stairs down to my basement and a small landing. Off to one-side is a small utility room. Straight on is the bedroom. These tiles are light coloured and they also have some which are essentially black. I'd love to use these in the utility room.

However, if I use the light coloured tiles in the main hallway, it would make sense to use them in the small landing at the bottom of the stairs as they would be visible together.

But the 'problem' would be that the small landing would be one tile, the utility another and the bedroom another again.

Is that too much?

The real answer would be to use the same throughout the basement, but I do love the black tiles. Please tell me if I'm going to end up with a mess!

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Your going to end up with a mess!

 

[Andy Allen]

I would prefer to see the same tile......
But as always its personal choice. .

 

[WetSaw]

You might get away with having the hall,stairs and landing in the same tile and all of the rooms in another (all the same) but I think you already know the best answer....