First time DIY tiler tackling a non straight external corner

[Chloe]

Hi,

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.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Chloe

 

[Andy Allen]

Tile it level on one wall, then build the other wall out with the adhesive, let it go off then tile the other wall.
How far out of level is it..?

 

[Chloe]

Thanks very much for the reply. See pic attached. About an inch at the top.

 

[WetSaw]

Chop off the big blob at the top and make it straight!

 

[Andy Allen]

Yes, as above,.....chop off the plaster at the top of the wall.
do you know why it's been plastered like that?

 

[Chloe]

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.

 

[Spare Tool]

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..

 

[Chloe]

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?

Thanks so much for all the advice.

 

[Matt Bott]

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

 

[Matt Bott]

I do however thing you would be better of doing all cuts on a guide and just building out the corner as mentioned above

 

[Flintstone]

Dot and dab the wall out to bring it plumb, probably easier than chipping off plaster and skimming with adhesive

 

[Lou]

Hi Chloe, how did you get on?

 

[Chloe]

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...

 

[Matt Bott]

Yes looks like you got it, can't wait to see it donel🙂

 

[Dan]

Welcome to Tilers Forums 🙂

Let me know if I can be of any assistance around the forum.

 

[Chloe]

Almost there... Just got to cut the top section around the extractor fan. Wanted to leave a 4mm ish gap around it to caulk so that it can be easily removed if necessary. Not quite sure how I'm going to do that cut though. I've been using an electric cutter but do have a manual one. Do you think I should cut in on the electric and score with the manual along the edge of the fan hoping it will snap OK?

 

[Flintstone]

Yes that is one way, or the easier way would be to plunge cut it, as in press it down onto the blade on your electric cutter

 

[Chloe]

Great. Will give that a try. Thanks so much 🙂