Tile trim

[FreeD]

See what your saying Bri but i spoke to the guy in topps today and he said unless your reveal is perfectly square and the window ledge level, the tiles will follow the reveal levels, his prefered method was to use the face tiles to square off the reveal and allow for any variations in levels, put the trim into behind the face tiles then tile the reveals, the option to pack out the reveal tiles with adhesive if the levels are out, which cannot be done with the other method as you are limited by the depth of the trim. Does that make sense?

 

[FreeD]

Diamond I take it you would now stick the trim on the plasterboard not slip it in behind the tiles...if so how do you allow for depth of adhesive? The trims i use tend to be 0.5 - 1mm thicker than the tile

 

[Mike]

you 'frame' the window yourself with the tiles. i.e for the tiles under the sill, measure the largest side of the sill and cut all your tiles to this size. same with the top and sides. the trim then goes on the reveal and the reveal tiles can be packed out with (bagged) adhesive to the correct depth. what does the guy in topps know about tiling? he only sells them i bet!

 

[ally990]

Remember to cut the tiles on the reveal to the widest width of it is not plumb!

 

[Ian]

As Mike and Ally said, the corrections in the window reveal need to be rectified when you do the face of the wall, if necessary, when this is done use a fast setting adhesive to fill in any dips before you put the trim and reveal tiles in. The advice to push the trim down the back of the face tiles is really poor advice, it's a really difficult, back to front way of approaching this task.

 

[FreeD]

So if you have to make up quite a bit of depth....when you fit the tile trim to the reveal there will be a gap between the tile and the reveal so do you just support the trim with a bit of adhesive?

 

[ally990]

You need to make the job look plumb and level when tiling. So when tiling a window or pipebox etc. you need to cat all your tiles to the same size and bag out with adhesive if necessary.....as time goes on you will learn, especiallly from your mistakes

 

[Mike]

i skim the reveal and let the adhesive go off then fit the trim. make sure it's not proud of the tiles tho. if the reveal is a long way out, maybe it should have been straightened prior to tiling.

 

[Ian]

So if you have to make up quite a bit of depth....when you fit the tile trim to the reveal there will be a gap between the tile and the reveal so do you just support the trim with a bit of adhesive?

Fill the gap with a rapid set then you will have a square reveal to put your trim and tile into, so essentially you are squaring up the reveal before the trim and tiles are fitted.

 

[Ian]

Snap Mike!

 

[FreeD]

I think the penny has just dropped with what you were saying Bri about filling out with rapid set...that would sort your levels and allow you to get a fixing for the trim. If the trim is virtually the same size as the tile...then you would leve a few mm for adhesive...correct?

 

[Ian]

Say you had a 10mm thick tile, usually a 12mm trim would be used which will allow for the adhesive bed under the tile and let the tile sit flush with the trim.

 

[Mike]

about 2 mm deeper than the tile is ample for the trim

 

[Mike]

Say you had a 10mm thick tile, usually a 12mm trim would be used which will allow for the adhesive bed under the tile and let the tile sit flush with the trim.

snap again bri

 

[Ian]

snap again bri

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