Chrome Edging Strip?
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Pooky67

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577 posts

183 months

Wednesday 30th March 2011
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Can anyone find me some flat, thin, chrome strip?

I'm just finishing redoing the bathroom and have installed a recess shower door so I've now got tile edges visible from the front. I've tried painting the edges and it has improved it but I think it would look better to just cover the edge with some chrome of some description. I just don't know where to find what I'm looking for. I don't mind if it's real metal, polished aluminium, or painted uPVC type stuff but where to look? something around 1.5mm deep x 25mm wide x 2.4metres long would be spot on wink

Any ingenious ideas?

Gav147

983 posts

185 months

Wednesday 30th March 2011
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I guess you've tried looking at what you can get in the local tile suppliers to see what they have, you can various different edge trims to cover tile edges but usually these are fitted during tiling, Look something like this :



Failing that you could get a local steel fabricators to cut you some stainless to the size you require.

Any chance of a picture of the edge/gap your trying to cover, it might be easier to suggest an alternative for covering it




Simpo Two

91,471 posts

289 months

Wednesday 30th March 2011
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Yep, any tile shop or DIT shed B&Q will sell those.

andy43

12,611 posts

278 months

Wednesday 30th March 2011
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Two tile trims edge to edge should get you to 25mm or thereabouts.

Granville

983 posts

195 months

Thursday 31st March 2011
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We've used the above to edge our dark grey tiles in our bathroom and it looks really nice.

Got ours from Wickes for not many £££'s

K77 CTR

1,654 posts

206 months

Thursday 31st March 2011
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Homebase do it too, bought some yesterday smile

Emsman

7,203 posts

214 months

Thursday 31st March 2011
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A company called tileasy used to do the very thing in a stainless effect- alas, I can't remember if it was plastic or metal, but from memory, it was 27mm wide, and could be fitted after tiling- use no more nails or similar to fix.