Tiling - how to make this look ok

[rossub]

I have a gap.. 8mm at one end and 14mm at the other.

The other walls are fine, but I made the rookie mistake of assuming this one would be the same height and level.



I can’t put an uneven sliver of tile in there, but I also can’t think of a way of not making things look squint.

Best I can come up with is to use filler and paint the same colour as the roof.

Any bright ideas?

[Glassman]

Might help if we could see a wider image to show either side of it.

PS: a squarer/straight image

[G Thang]

Yes that's what I would do, and in a coupe of weeks you'll have forgotten all about it.

[G Thang]

Or you could paint the same colour as the tiles, but could look naff.

BTW it's a ceiling not the roof.

[fat80b]

I think your options are:

- A wide grout line (probably the wrong answer)
- filler and paint - will probably work but might look a bit odd given it comes past the natural line
- a chrome trim piece (similar to the one on the LHS) to edge the tiles and then the filler and paint option above it.

The chrome trim is probably what I would be thinking.

[rossub]

Another one I thought of was to stick a high level shel up and some clutter to take the eye off it!

[Glassman]

Anything straight and uniform will still look like you're trying to hide a skeewiff line.

[Glassman]

rossub said:

Another one I thought of was to stick a high level shel up and some clutter to take the eye off it!

This is a decent suggestion. Maybe some plants/fake plants on it.

[sherman]

Glassman said:

rossub said:

Another one I thought of was to stick a high level shel up and some clutter to take the eye off it!

This is a decent suggestion. Maybe some plants/fake plants on it.

A glass shelf held up by a few chrome brackets would be perfect.

[SonicHedgeHog]

I would either:

Fill it and sand it back so it’s beautifully smooth, paint it white and give the ceiling a coat at the same time. Looking at the plaster on the ceiling I don’t think you’ll notice it; or

Get some white plastic trim.

Anything fancy will stand out. And if you don’t need a shelf don’t put one up - it’ll be a grease and dust magnet in a kitchen.

[Collectingbrass]

Take the top couple of layers off. Insert a narrow strip of black / dark blue tiles as a mock picture* rail then reapply the white tiles. This will mean that you are cutting the final layer of white tiles against the ceiling line and that should hide it.

(*or insert an actual picture rail and hang her inherited dust traps that you bang your head on highly sentimental ornaments than remind her daily of her dear departed sweet old grannie)

[andy43]

upvc shower panels

[Glassman]

andy43 said:

upvc shower panels

He's already splashed out on the tiles.

[Triumph Man]

It will be a pain to do, but as others have said (and indeed you yourself) fill it and paint it. Anything straight in there will highlight it more, plus you would have to rip down whatever that straight thing might be, or fix it wonky to the tiles. Either way would be a ballache and not look good.

If it was me I'd be filling and painting it.

[Peanut Gallery]

15 (ish, could be more) mm wide plastic strip - no-one is going to notice the difference in the size of the top row of tiles getting smaller - they would notice a painted strip expanding from 8 to 14mm.

[chili1]

I would:

Put a tile trim at the top following the tile line (which will minimise gap)
Fill the rest of the gap and paint it white.

[LordLoveLength]

White upvc quadrant trim initially- using double sided tape to stick to the tiles.
Live with it for a week and if it doesn’t work, easy enough to remove and try something else. It’s dirt cheap.

[Milkyway]

Fill with some expanding foam, trim & smooth with filler... finish it off with some nice curved edging tiles...just a thought.

I had some bedroom doorframes that were worse than this... After a while you will forget all about them.

Edited by Milkyway on Tuesday 18th November 16:43

[Spare tyre]

Try filling it with filler and seeing how it looks, often stuff like that only you notice

An alternative which I have done is a silver strip, but only if it fits in

[Rusty Old-Banger]

Yep, filler/caulk, get it smooth, paint it. Nobody but you will ever notice it.