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Hi,

1200 wide tray and tiling shower enclosure recess with metro tiles where the 1200 wide wall is the first thing see as enter room hence would want to centre tiles on that wall. That means on alternate rows you would be left c8-10mm short of a full tile at each end given the grout joints between 6x 200 wide tiles. In this scenario would you generally start afresh with a full new tile on the adjacent side wall rather than putting a 10mm thin cut of tile followed by a full one…..as this would still maintain the wrap around visual (since eye unlikely to pick up that the last tile is just short of a full one) whilst avoiding a potentially not good looking slither on the adjacent wall? And is there a general rule with metro tiles where such a slither / thin cut goes over a certain size that it should be incorporated so as not to spoil the wrap around effect?

Also, when using white metal square edge tile trim for white metro tiles, is it generally best to match the finish, ie gloss white metal with gloss white tiles and matt metal with matt tiles to make the trim blend in as far as poss?

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