Recover/hide bad trim!

[poshbird01]

Hi - my tiler has used curved beige plastic trim on travertine tiles in my bathroom. Unfortunately, in several areas the trim does not quite cover the edge so it looks untidy and is a bit sharp. Can you suggest options - I guess he either takes everything off or is there perhaps some travertine edging that could hide it? thanks

 

[cornish_crofter]

Either replace it with some deeper trim, or remove it completely and replace with a 45°fillet of grout, which could then be lightly sanded and painted the same colour of the wall.

 

[poshbird01]

Hi - thanks for your response. Unfortunately I can't find any trim larger than 12mm. How do you think painted grout would look compared to the travertine (the whole bathroom is tiled)? thanks again

 

[medlar]

personally i would opt for a deeper trim,cant understand why your tiler would use the wrong depth trim though

 

[poshbird01]

can you recommend where I could buy beige plastic trim which is larger than 12mm? thanks

 

[cornish_crofter]

Try Ceramic Tile Distributors, or CTD.

Their banner is to the left of this site. Find your local store and go and ask them. I've never had to buy trim that thick, but I'm sure you can get it.

 

[medlar]

never used a plastic trim over 12mm,but i have used 15mm stainless steel trim,this company supply it,not sure if they do plastic though

http://www.bigsnapsearch.co.uk/results.aspx?q=15mm%20beige%20plastic%20tile%20trim&type=web&mkt=en-gb&adlt=strict&FORM=MIFUBF&scope=web

sorry the link did not work properly,click the link then enter "tile tool store"

 

[DHTiling]

Personally i think travertine looks better without trims......Either straight flat edge or profiled...but deffo looks better without trims...

 

[TilingLogistics]

Rip the trim off and polish the edges to match

Kev

 

[poshbird01]

is that a specialist job? thanks