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[Spreadz]

Hi guys,

looked at a job last week, the customer isn't massive on trim/beading.
They have had new kitchen install and want sage metro wall tiles fitted.
It's a cream shaker style kitchen with oak worktops.

I'm after an alternative to bead to finish the top edge of the tiling on the walls with no
eye level units... I was thinking perhaps some timber moulding or appropriate
ceramic tile.

any other ideas welcome... Cheers

 

[Mr Tiler]

Mitred edge or trim mate there's plenty of different trims out there. I suppose you could nail in some quadrant beading at the correct width but it won't look as good IMO.

 

[mma]

I've had the same situation before, used grout. I hated it but they loved it!? Caulk?

 

[Qwerty]

I would personally be steering them towards square edge trim for the top edge. Wood trim wouldn't look right and no trim looks odd IMO. You could get away with a pencil edge trim on the top as an alternative. Would the top course end on a full tile or cut tile as you would have the bevel to consider which can look odd if a cut metro butts up to a trim.

 

[Spreadz]

Thanks - I will explore the pencil tile, that's sorta what I had in mind tbh. I don't think I would be happy with grout or caulk really, I too have had to do this before on customer request and really didn't rate the finish, spoilt the job really.

I will finish the tile on top edge as a full tile as I agree a cut would look odd under the bead due to the beval.

pencil tiles mitre nice on a wet cut saw? There a window reveal to go round you see...

 

[Rookery]

I'd use a straight edge trim but each to there own. What colour is the biscuit? If its white you could prob get away with grout or caulk.

 

[Mr Tiler]

Tell them to go and buy some nice trav mosaic no trim needed lol

 

[Chalker]

Getting some of this for a boxing for a job in February . Has anyone tried this?


8mm Polished Chrome Triangular Tile Trim EAT080.91 - £10.42 - www.protiletrim.co.uk

 

[White Room]

Getting some of this for a boxing for a job in February . Has anyone tried this?


8mm Polished Chrome Triangular Tile Trim EAT080.91 - £10.42 - www.protiletrim.co.uk View attachment 56334

Only got samples from Genesis....

 

[Qwerty]

I quite like that triangular trim

These are the listello, pencil or box trim

 

[peteablard]

Getting some of this for a boxing for a job in February . Has anyone tried this?


8mm Polished Chrome Triangular Tile Trim EAT080.91 - £10.42 - www.protiletrim.co.uk View attachment 56334

Someone on here posted a picture of a job they'd done with this.....Think it might have been Phil Hobson