Tiling around reveal and sill advice

[bgatty68]

Any advice on tiling a window reveal would be greatly appreciated, do you put trim on the wall or inside the reveal?? also do you have to tile one part first like the outside of the wall then when its set then do the reveal??, also how do you deal with reveals etc that need squaring up how far do you have tiles hanging over the edge??? any advice or pictures would be great thanks in advance.

 

[Andy Allen]

tile the outside wall first, then the trim on the inside of the reveal, I cut the outside wall square, then tile the reveals packing out with the adhesive if needed..

 

[rubi man]

check the reveal square plumb etc set out the wall if you cant to tile from the center soo that the cuts are same on the side trim it up then tile out the reveal packing if needed.

heads tile will need supporting as they dry

 

[bgatty68]

Andy allen
when you say you cut the outside wall square how do you know you have come out far enough so that when you tile the reveal the tiles dont overhang.
Not sure if im explaining myself correctly so sorry if it doesnt sound right.

 

[rubi man]

they wont hang over as you cut them into place

 

[J Sid]

Trim, no, no.
Mitre it.
If you must use trim you will find square edge easier to use and look better.

 

[beanz]

Window walls can be tricky.. If the wall's all over the place, and it usually is, it can be quite hard to get the tiles to meet up without getting severe lippage, if you don't know what you're doing.

 

[John Benton]

Window walls can be tricky.. If the wall's all over the place, and it usually is, it can be quite hard to get the tiles to meet up without getting severe lippage, if you don't know what you're doing.

Exactly right - always use a straight edge along the bottom, top and sides, along the face of the tile, when you tile around the opening, that way you can eliminate/minimise lippage. I also use a straight edge going diagonally across the window as I'm fixing checking it's a completely flat plane that I'm creating.

 

[rubi man]

why is it so hard to bead up round a window?? if your tiling is any good then this should not be a problem

 

[White Room]

The plastering can be abysmal...

 

[rubi man]

So a good fixer could get over that its all about the look of the finished job with tiling no one sees what go's on behind the tile

 

[White Room]

So a good fixer could get over that its all about the look of the finished job with tiling no one sees what go's on behind the tile

That is absolute tosh...

 

[Martyn Leeds]

Have we started the job, and now we're at the tricky window part??
if so, any pics to show??

 

[Mr Tiler]

That is absolute tosh...

I think as long as it will last, is safe and the finished job looks good then you have done a good job.

 

[White Room]

I think as long as it will last, is safe and the finished job looks good then you have done a good job.

If your've seen some of the plastering over the years I've had to go over you could'nt even paint on it it's that bad.

It seems tilers are expected to tile over bad work and thats not whats it all about.

 

[rubi man]

That is absolute tosh...

How did you come up with that then so all your jobs you do the walls and floors are 100% perfect that dont need any prep packing out leveling or anything?

can i come and work for you please

 

[rubi man]

If your've seen some of the plastering over the years I've had to go over you could'nt even paint on it it's that bad.

It seems tilers are expected to tile over bad work and thats not whats it all about.

Your right but id rather price the job for the packing out etc rather then not do just because the price is too tight for re plastering
we can only do what we can do with what we have.

 

[beanz]

So a good fixer could get over that its all about the look of the finished job with tiling no one sees what go's on behind the tile

I think you're missing the point. We're not talking about a good fixer, we're talking about someone that's probably never tiled before, or certainly never done a window..

 

[rubi man]

i understand that beanz its cool we all started somewhere some how i did say how id do it if it helped

 

[bgatty68]

Rubi man
there is nothing wrong with my tiling at all I just thought this site was for people to ask for tips and advice and for those with the knowledge to share it.