Battleship Grey Quartzite in Bathroom, to trim or not to trim...?

[gavva2010]

Hey everybody, I'm currently preparing my bathroom for the walls & floor to be done in Grey Quartz - I have the tiles, & a tiler ready. The bathroom has a small window reveal, about 900mm x 500mm, & I'm stumped for what to do with it - The tiler has recommended schluter chrome trim, due to the sizes I'd need 2 lengths - setting me back around £104. I'd rather have the tiles butted together here, but as it's a polished surface finish, I'd need to try & get a similar finish on the exposed edges. I rekon it'd look best with the edges of the tile showing on the reveal edge, rather than the edge of the wall facing in (if that makes sense.)

The tiler isn't keen on this at all, but I'm after the minimalistic look - & worried the chrome trim would fade, in time, & go against the finish. Can anybody who's familiar with this stuff tell me whether it's possible for me to get a decent-ish finish on the tile edge - The tiler isn't keen on it, & rekons it would look naff. I don't mind doing the donkey work on it, if it's a bit labour-intense, or can this just not be done to any similar finish to the manufactured surface?

 

[DHTiling]

@ £55 a length it's got to be Porcelanosa stainless steel not just a polished or brushed aluminium

It's a rip off either way 🙂

 

[Mr Tiler]

Cheaper in Ctd 🙂

havnt been there mate nearest ones in brum.

 

[EverDon Tiling]

I pay £6 from my local all murad

 

[Mr Tiler]

I pay £6 from my local all murad

everdon... you everdone tiling! lol.... whats a all murad mate?

 

[Gazzer]

everdon... you everdone tiling! lol.... whats a all murad mate?

Tile shop

 

[Sean SML Tiling]

£52 for a trim!!!!!!

Sounds like topps lol

 

[gavva2010]

Quartz and marble are 2 different materials to polish and require the knowledge to do it.

Are there places anywhere in east anglia that can do this type of finishing? Maybe I can get the cuts done, then take the lot somewhere & get them to polish it.. Or do I keep looking until I find a tiler that's prepared, & tooled, to carry out this aspect of the job onsite? What I'm looking for is somebody who has had this done, specifically to Quartz, & can point me in the right direction. I'm not going down the road of ludicrously priced chrome trim.

 

[DHTiling]

Bespoke finishing to tile edges is what any pro tiler can do ... IMO.. be it chrome trim to hand finished edges.. it is all in a days work of a pro tiler and not that of a chancer or multi trader ...

 

[EverDon Tiling]

As sir ramic say its a tile shop there's a few about cheap too

 

[IHB]

Are there places anywhere in east anglia that can do this type of finishing? Maybe I can get the cuts done, then take the lot somewhere & get them to polish it.. Or do I keep looking until I find a tiler that's prepared, & tooled, to carry out this aspect of the job onsite? What I'm looking for is somebody who has had this done, specifically to Quartz, & can point me in the right direction. I'm not going down the road of ludicrously priced chrome trim.

Just get a tiler that can polish it. Perhaps this one hasn't got the right polishing kit for quartz and doesn't want to buy it for just one job.