Outside corners - Tile Advice

[craigy]

Is it okay to butt corners if no trim is available? It seems a miter would be too sharp.

 

[Dan]

We just had this earlier. Where's that thread gone?

Trim if you can't mitre. I'd use a nice chrome trim if it suits the tiles. Easier to do and still looks really posh.

 

[Old Mod]

Mitring external corners recently described by a member as They black art!’ 😂

Mitre External Corners in Porcelain Tiles - Tiling Advice

Looking to do a few mitred external corners this week (600x300x9 porcelain). Practiced the cuts a few times and very happy with that. Never filled the corners though. Seen some resin recommendations but most of them are looking difficult to source. The only viable option I can see is Akemi...

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[J Sid]

Butt tiles can look OK, but all depends on what tile is, stone, full bodied porcelain with polished edges

 

[craigy]

My cheap MK saw's table does angle up to mitre but it doesn't leave a great finish on the one piece I tried. It seems to chip more when the tile is cut finished side down. I can buy bullnose in a different tile that may look ok since they would only be the door jams and extend inside the door about an inch.

 

[Tony_C]

Hi Craig, sounds like you may be just cutting too much into the tile and creating a really thin cut at the end into the glaze which is causing the glaze to chip as its being cut from behind. You want to try leave a 1mm or so of the biscuit of the tile edge you are cutting to mitre so you don't actually cut into the glaze or chip it.

Here is a video of a fellow american explaining it which will probably help better. You can skip to 3 minutes in if you don't want to watch it all.

 

[craigy]

Thank you Tony, I will try again. I also found some bull nosed tiles that will look very close. They all will be on a different plane than the rest, just around the door jamb so only about an inch will be inside the door. I will have to buy one more box of the wall tile to mitre if I go that root and only end up using only two of the tiles.

 

[Adrianreeves]

Mitring external corners recently described by a member as They black art!’ 😂

Mitre External Corners in Porcelain Tiles - Tiling Advice

Looking to do a few mitred external corners this week (600x300x9 porcelain). Practiced the cuts a few times and very happy with that. Never filled the corners though. Seen some resin recommendations but most of them are looking difficult to source. The only viable option I can see is Akemi...

www.tilersforums.com

Tile trim all the way 😉😉