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Thankyou so much for all of your positive replies it's a real confidence builder, I've got 2 more kitchens to do for some friends soon so hopefully my confidence and experience will grow.
 

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When doing the internal corners I scribed some and some I just butted them up so you don't get such a neat finish in the corners.
I did miter my external corners just to see if I could do it seeing as it was for myself, they are ok but I would not attempt to do it for anybody else, at least until I've practiced them a bit more.
Also I've got a little bit of addy poking through the grout but only in a couple of places.
 
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Best way to deal with internals is not to grout and silicone instead.
It will give you a neater finish and in fact is ‘best practice’ it allows for any lateral movement in the walls.
 

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Best way to deal with internals is not to grout and silicone instead.
It will give you a neater finish and in fact is ‘best practice’ it allows for any lateral movement in the walls.
I did silicone the internals but using metros you can sometimes get triangles of silicone when you butt them up rather than scribe them, which doesn't look great.
 
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If they’re siliconed, then I apologise, try a slightly larger bead then.
Or ask @Andy Allen :)

I must admit, metros we’re flat last time I fitted them. :p
 

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