Tiling External Corners Without Trim

Mark the wall where the edges of the corners will fall.

Tiling external corners without trim.

Tiles can be installed in two different ways that utilise the corner. The layout of the tiles is extremely important when starting a tile project by yourself. On the other hand if you like the traditional appearance of tile corners you can pull it through without using the tile corner trims but it will take more time and effort from your side. External corner trim.

To give the edge a clean water tight finish place a piece of masking tape one grout joint away from the edge of the last tile. Either with tiles level to the top or tucked under to conceal the cut edge. If you are looking to connect a three way join then edge corners are your best bet. Here are a couple of pics hopefully they will make things clearer.

Provides a rounded finish where tiles join at 90 angle either horizontally or vertically such as bath hobs or columns in a commercial application. Place bullnose or rounded field tiles on the jambs. The outside corner is part of bathroom shower corner that need to be tiled. This do it yourself video shows how to tile outside corner without bullnose.

Fill this gap between the tile and the masking tape with a smooth. These tile corners available in plain colours or polished chrome will create a rounded corner and finish off the job perfectly whilst protecting your tiling. Apply a decorative border strip around the recess. Use corner edging tiles similar to countertop v caps but without the raised lip that forms the front edge of the counter.

From tile edging to transition trims expansion joints and balcony edge trims we have everything you need. Set the wall then the corners then the jamb tile.