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This is my first post so I hope people bear with me and that somebody can help on this. I have searched the site and have found some useful information, but I can’t find the exact information I need.
We are currently having 2 bathrooms redone by a local builder using 600 x 400 x 12mm filled and honed travertine tiles on the walls and floors. The builder’s tiler is planning to butt joint the tiles on an existing wall external corner, around the window reveal and also on the bath edge (we are having the bath inset into a large tiled box frame). He will then seal them, grout and then seal them again, but without finishing the edges any further.
My worry is that as some of these external angles will have both a mixture of factory machined edges and some a cut edges, by just butt jointing them, it will give an uneven finish and will spoil the overall effect of the travertine tiling. My wife is more worried that the edges could be sharp, especially the bath edge, with small children.
When I raised this issue with the builder the tiler has said that this is the normal method he uses and they will look fine after grouting, but after reading some of the topics on this site, my understanding is that these edges can be sanded or filed into a bullnose shape to give a better finish and effect. I have mentioned this to the tiler and he say’s he has never heard of this and that it can’t be done as the tiles are not solid, but honeycombed, so by doing this you would get voids and thus a poor finished edge.
Could somebody please give me some advise on this before I raise the issue again with the builder ?
Can and should these tiles edges can be sanded, and if they can, would somebody be kind enough to post some simple step by step instructions on how the tiler can do this and also how we can match the colour and texture of the sanded edge to that of the existing tile face, do we need to buy and use a colour impregnator ?
Many thanks
This is my first post so I hope people bear with me and that somebody can help on this. I have searched the site and have found some useful information, but I can’t find the exact information I need.
We are currently having 2 bathrooms redone by a local builder using 600 x 400 x 12mm filled and honed travertine tiles on the walls and floors. The builder’s tiler is planning to butt joint the tiles on an existing wall external corner, around the window reveal and also on the bath edge (we are having the bath inset into a large tiled box frame). He will then seal them, grout and then seal them again, but without finishing the edges any further.
My worry is that as some of these external angles will have both a mixture of factory machined edges and some a cut edges, by just butt jointing them, it will give an uneven finish and will spoil the overall effect of the travertine tiling. My wife is more worried that the edges could be sharp, especially the bath edge, with small children.
When I raised this issue with the builder the tiler has said that this is the normal method he uses and they will look fine after grouting, but after reading some of the topics on this site, my understanding is that these edges can be sanded or filed into a bullnose shape to give a better finish and effect. I have mentioned this to the tiler and he say’s he has never heard of this and that it can’t be done as the tiles are not solid, but honeycombed, so by doing this you would get voids and thus a poor finished edge.
Could somebody please give me some advise on this before I raise the issue again with the builder ?
Can and should these tiles edges can be sanded, and if they can, would somebody be kind enough to post some simple step by step instructions on how the tiler can do this and also how we can match the colour and texture of the sanded edge to that of the existing tile face, do we need to buy and use a colour impregnator ?
Many thanks
