Tiling options other than edging

[chr15b]

Have some 60x40cm tiles (Dorset sands from topps tiles) these are a sandstone style porcelain tile with a square edge profile.

My plan is to tile most of the bathroom though this leaves some exposed corners such as window reveal.

We're going to use sandstone coloured grout and sealant rather than white and I'm after ideas for options on trim or not.

Realy don't want to use white edge strip, think the sandstone plastic one looks naff. There is no corner profile tile in this range Best option I've come up with is chrome but would rather not have a visible stripe or line from the edge if possible.

Butting up the tiles to each other doesn't work as the back of the tile is light grey.


Any thoughts ideas etc gratefully received.

Cheers,
Chris

[Road2Ruin]

Different colour edging tile that compliments or timber on the window ledge.

[Roy E6]

You could mitre the corners.

[dufctubs]

Like that, is manageable as long as you have the right tools !!!

Here's mine

[Simpo Two]

I managed to do bevels on an amateur Plasplugs machine.

Much nicer than the plastic quadrant 'fish and chip shop' look!

[chr15b]

Thanks guys, knew there was an option I'd missed, mitred edge does exactly what I want!!

Never done it, hopefully I an make it work

[Grandad Gaz]

Mitre edges are prone to chipping with every day use, unless you are very careful.

[chr15b]

Grandad Gaz said:

Mitre edges are prone to chipping with every day use, unless you are very careful.

It's quite tough porcelain, likely to be a problem?

[Grandad Gaz]

chr15b said:

Grandad Gaz said:

Mitre edges are prone to chipping with every day use, unless you are very careful.

It's quite tough porcelain, likely to be a problem?

I don't know.

I did mitre edges on our kitchen window cill using 100mm square tiles many years ago and they suffered this fate. Within 5 years I redid using plastic edging.

[chr15b]

dufctubs said:

Like that, is manageable as long as you have the right tools !!!

Here's mine

Question... i assume you would still need to grout between the mitered edge being a wet area, do you leave the same gap as you would between the rest of the tiles? (mines 4mm)


Cheers
Chris

[hahithestevieboy]

If you use solid stone tiles like travertine or marble, then you can leave an exposed edge on an outside corner and it generally looks fine.

Obviously, you will still need the correct tools and sealents (do your research) to fit these correctly and they break real easy when cutting. However, you can get the edges etc just right by simply sanding them down as they are not as hard as you would think.