Mitred Tiling - Should I just give up now?!

benson1980

gazebo said:

IvyFlood said:

FreeBear said:

Not all tiles can be mitred, and the edges will always be prone to chipping - Some tiles will be worse than others. Accuracy of cutting will be paramount, and even a small error will stick out like a sore thumb. The mitred joint should be sealed with silicone rather than grouted.. A compromise on corner trim would be a corner bead (as used in plastering or rendering) which will give you a pinstripe finish - Could work, but colours would be limited.

I might be willing to compromise if I could find tile 'beading' preferably with a curved edge and quite thin but it all seems to be white plastic UPVC. We have that in the kitchen and it looks ok cause the tiles are white but our tiles for the bathrooms are off white! I much prefer the curved edge when it comes to trim.

https://www.tilingsuppliesdirect.co.uk/product-category/tile-trim/tile-trim-edging-profiles/page/2#.ZHYz_c7TU1I

Not affiliated to any site, but as an example, if you can look at this link, there are options on the second row that aren't white and shows such a thing as a thin strip does exist

You mean the tile trim intended to finish a mitred tile edge? 

gazebo

Yes

I was simply trying to show the OP showing that a very thin edge option does exist , not just white plastic - but of course, you'd still need to find a tiler willing to mitre the tile in the first place with that option. It was to demonstrate what Freebear meant in the first reply.

john.h

FreeBear said:

Not all tiles can be mitred, and the edges will always be prone to chipping - Some tiles will be worse than others. Accuracy of cutting will be paramount, and even a small error will stick out like a sore thumb. The mitred joint should be sealed with silicone rather than grouted.. A compromise on corner trim would be a corner bead (as used in plastering or rendering) which will give you a pinstripe finish - Could work, but colours would be limited.

The mitred joints don’t get siliconed, they use a type of resin. As someone else mentioned look at the Schluter range of trims If no one will try to mitre them for you.

IvyFlood

benson1980 said:

gazebo said:

IvyFlood said:

FreeBear said:

Not all tiles can be mitred, and the edges will always be prone to chipping - Some tiles will be worse than others. Accuracy of cutting will be paramount, and even a small error will stick out like a sore thumb. The mitred joint should be sealed with silicone rather than grouted.. A compromise on corner trim would be a corner bead (as used in plastering or rendering) which will give you a pinstripe finish - Could work, but colours would be limited.

I might be willing to compromise if I could find tile 'beading' preferably with a curved edge and quite thin but it all seems to be white plastic UPVC. We have that in the kitchen and it looks ok cause the tiles are white but our tiles for the bathrooms are off white! I much prefer the curved edge when it comes to trim.

https://www.tilingsuppliesdirect.co.uk/product-category/tile-trim/tile-trim-edging-profiles/page/2#.ZHYz_c7TU1I

Not affiliated to any site, but as an example, if you can look at this link, there are options on the second row that aren't white and shows such a thing as a thin strip does exist

You mean the tile trim intended to finish a mitred tile edge? 

This is great thank you! May well be an option 

IvyFlood

Thanks for all the helpful replies. As it happens, the tiler that our fitter uses can do mitres. I'm going to get him round to do his own quote (fitter has been quoting on behalf of him) and see what he says. If its silly money then I'll have to chat to him about using thinner trim