Tile trim for cement board

[mhuk]

I'm tiling (9mm) over cement board (12.5mm) around a bath and the board/ tiling will be 1200mm high, so the top will have a "bare edge". What tile trim is recommended to cover the cement board/ tile edge, or should I use something else?

Thanks :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Martyn Leeds]

12.5 + 9 = 21.5, so it would seem you need to get a trim that covers at least 21.5mm. Good luck with that.

But I'd be looking into the way its been fixed, &/or if its suitable / done correctly.

 

[mhuk]

But I'd be looking into the way its been fixed, &/or if its suitable / done correctly.

I haven't done it yet that's why I'm asking before I do it what the best way to cover it is.

 

[Rookery]

It's doable with a 15mm trim on/behind the backerboard and then another trim on the tile edge. Whichever way you do it will leave a 'ledge' of just about an inch. Why don't you just tile up to the ceiling?

 

[White Room]

Sounds like the Hardie has been plonked directly onto the wall around the bath...why.

 

[Rookery]

Sounds like the Hardie has been plonked directly onto the wall around the bath...why.

Yes that's how I read it.

 

[mhuk]

Nothing has been plonked anywhere, but when it is it'll be screwed to the wall . The "why" is that the wall in the intended shower cubicle is out of true so I plan to line it with aquapanel and the bath is on the same wall - if I don't continue the run of aquapanel the "ledge" will be vertical in line with the shower door.

I'm happy to have a ledge, my question is how this is normally dealt with (other than tiling up to the ceiling)?

 

[Alan.P]

It isn't normal, sorry, so there isn't an answer that will sit well, it's gonna look bad, either way imho.

 

[mhuk]

The lack of tile trim wider than 15mm made me think that already (although there is this), which is why I asked here just in case there was another solution.

 

[White Room]

You could fit one of those fancy wood moulding on top.

 

[Alan.P]

Or depending on the tile you could fit a Listello tile 'trim'

 

[2020 Tiler]

I'm tiling (9mm) over cement board (12.5mm) around a bath and the board/ tiling will be 1200mm high, so the top will have a "bare edge". What tile trim is recommended to cover the cement board/ tile edge, or should I use something else?

Thanks :smilewinkgrin:

What did you use to edge this (appreciate a while has passed ) ? I’m planning the same project and interested to know how you edged it .

 

[WharncliffeSteve]

I’ve got the same question but for a different project. I’ve got what is a strip of ‘feature wall’ behind a wood burner & want to use 12mm cement board & 8.5mm tiles with skirting running up to it at the bottom so I thought padding it out with the backer boards would look neater at the bottom where the skirting is, rather than having tiles set back from the skirting, but I can’t really find a trim (preferably black) suitable. Any of you experts got any suggestions please?
Many thanks