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Default Mitre tiles round external corner?

Tim W wrote:
Hi,

Just trying to work out the best way to run round a corner...

One corner is tiled to the ceiling (bath) and may have whole uncut tiles
upto the edge.

Tiles unfortunately are only part glazed on the edge or I'd just do a butt
join.

The adjoining wall is only tiled half way up (sink) with paint above.

Would a good way to do this be to cut the tiles that must be cut, with a 45
degree bevel so that the tile edge comes level with the face of the tiles
on the bath side, then grout in?

I have a wet cutter.

Like:


Bath
Whole tile ---- Grout just into this gap, flat
======== |
======== ||
========|||
||| Sink, cut tile
|||
|||



Or would this work better:

Bath
Whole tile ---- Grout just into this gap at 45 degrees
========
======== |
======== ||
||| Sink, cut tile
|||
|||


Tile trim. Love it or hate it, it's the only way. You don't want cut
edges on an external corner.
Looks fine as long as you choose the right size for your tile thickness
and get a close match on the colour.