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charlie1

Hi all,

I find tiling around window recesses very nerv racking and slow and was just wondering what methods all you guys use.

The method i was shown at Nett seems to work ok but i was just curious to see what other way's there are to do it.

I build two colums around the window then bridge the gap at the top. Then with my level i make sure its all square. I then measure the distances to the hieghest points on the two sides top and botttom and cut all tiles to the same size, ensurine this will square off the window. I then do all the strieght cuts first then do all the corners and then insert the trim. Then i do the recess.

Bobs your mothers brother.

I make this all sound really easy but in reallity i find it by far the hardest aspect of any tiling.

Is there anything you guys would improve on here.
 
When the tiling goes above a window , fix a temporary batten to support the first whole row above rather than fixing the cut tiles first. It is a lot easier to cut these tiles into place when the surrounding whole tiles have been fixed and have set.
Over a window, the cut tiles will have nothing underneath them to stop them sliding down the wall. Once positioned, use masking tape to attach them to a previously fixed tile to hold them in place until the adhesive dries.

.........dave..
 
When the tiling goes above a window , fix a temporary batten to support the first whole row above rather than fixing the cut tiles first. It is a lot easier to cut these tiles into place when the surrounding whole tiles have been fixed and have set.
Over a window, the cut tiles will have nothing underneath them to stop them sliding down the wall. Once positioned, use masking tape to attach them to a previously fixed tile to hold them in place until the adhesive dries.

.........dave..

Thats the way I do it. It is still time cosuming but I find it accurate
 

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