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sammyc

Hi all,

I'm new (I was just googling a query, & had no idea there was an entire tiling forum but you live & learn..)
I'm buying tiles for my kitchen (which I may or may not do the work on myself), & can't understand why I can't just get straightforward ceramic tiles with one curved edge designed for windowsills & other edges that will show, like I have now. My house is 30-40 years old & these are the tiles that were put in when built. All I can find is stuff about tile trims (no ta..) & grinding down your edges(!), is there really not such a thing as tile like my originals? Seems such a simple & obvious idea, it looks fine, & if they could manage it in the 60's I don't see why we've gone backwards since! Anyone know if I'm right and there is no such thing any more?? :huh2: Thanks!
 
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GazTech

Since the introduction or the tiletrim,manufacturers have mainly ceased to make the round edge ( re ) and the round edge external ( rex ). If you dont like the trims....then possibly mitre the edges .......Gaz
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Thanks Dave...I dibdn't realize they still made them.....we ceased trading with them both ages ago.....Gaz
 
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Proper Job

alright sammy c, you can still get window trims and corner trims made in ceramics !!! But you find hard to get them from your local tile shop, there is not much demand for them anymore, well not in the UK. I have seen a lot in the commerical sector but there special order. In the states and canada they use them all the time to do kitchen work tops, windows and so on. Its hard enough to get bull nose tiles or even jollys.
 
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Unregistered

thanks to all - & to 'proper job' (cornishman i presume..?!), you mention ceramic trim and so on; just in case i'm talking at cross purposes i do definitely mean a whole tile but with a rounded edge, which i thought (but was not 100% sure) is the same thing as a bull-nose tile...? To be totally clear, if i'm using basic 150mm square tiles i want to finish with a row of same-size-but-one-rounded-edge tiles. Sorry if I've explained badly. Also I have NO idea what a 'jolly' is?!
 
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Dad

I just had a nightmare with a job using HR Johnson RE and REX tiles. My client didn't want trims, so I ordered rounded edge tiles from Johnson's factory shop on back order. They arrived as planned, but when I came to fix them, I noticed that the rounded edge tiles were around 1mm to 1.5mm smaller than the plain tiles (on 200mm x 200mm tiles) this looked awful with the planned 3mm grout lines and I decided to abort the job. Johnson's have since told me that the size difference was due to the biscuits for the RE/REX tiles being made in Spain unlike those for he plain tiles. - and they were - quote: "within tolerance" Call me fussy, but I refuse to fit them and have sent the RE/REX's back and will be using trim (against my wishes):mad2:
 

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