What size T spacers for metro style tiles (10cm x 20cm)

[acaciaguy]

When are you starting?

 

[Graham]

Friday morning 🙂 Trim arrived today, tiles here too, adhesive, primer and tools also here. 6mm notch trowel, got a Rubi one for £4 from Screwfix which I thought wasn't too bad.

 

[acaciaguy]

Excellent. Any issues just ask

 

[Graham]

One more question actually - in terms of the Genesis profile trims I have, do they need to be all around the tiles like a frame? Or do I just do external vertical corners? What's the recommendation / what would a pro tiler do?

The image in blue is the frames effect, perhaps OTT?
The image marked in red is just the bottom and vertical external bits only.

 

[Dumbo]

Horses for courses . Ie it's your choice but no need to do the bottom that should be a Silicon joint .

 

[Graham]

Well, if a Pro Tiler / Top Contributor says no need to have a profile at the bottom, then that's good enough for me. I guess that means no need to have a profile at the top either, so I will simply use profiles (vertical) on the corners and that's that. 🙂

 

[Andy Allen]

I don't normally trim the top...

What thickness trim have you got..?

 

[Graham]

Trim is 8mm, the metros (measured with calipers) are around 7.3mm at their thickest part and at the outer edge (the bevelled bit), they are about 4mm.

 

[Waluigi]

Mitre or trim the external vertical corners. Unless you know how to mitre tiles properly then I’d avoid doing this.

The only question for me would be whether I’d pop a trim on the top horizontal section of the tiles. This depends on the tile choice and the trim choice. A flat trim is usually best.

This one is chrome trim. Chrome trim on the horizontal on the top of tiles blends in better than you would think. The gap between Trim and wall is finished using decorators caulk.

Good luck!

 

[Graham]

Waluigi - that looks beautiful mate! 🙂 (As does Andy Allen's...)

Really useful to see pics like that, thank you for sharing.