Bathroom box out - HELP

3 years ago

Hi all! My first post here so hopefully this is okay... My boyfriend recently did our bathroom renovation and the finishes on the box outs he created are not good to say the least. Does anyone have any recs for what could be done to improve this, I guess a strip or similar that could be applied on top of the tiles at this stage? The rest of the bathroom looks great as you can see in the other pic :)

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Sonia
3 years ago
He has done a fabulous job! Is he a tiler? I can see the box shelf edges are a bit untidy. He should have used a tile trim whereby half the trim sits behind the tile and half or less creates a clean edge. As the tiling is done and set, I wonder if a bullnose edging strip all around might neaten it? It may be too bulky, I’m not sure. I would visit a tile shop when lockdown is over and peruse their selection of tile edging strips. This is a couple of the designs but there are more.
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Earl & Calam Design and Build Ltd
3 years ago
Yes the tile trim would have made it look neater, although it a pretty good job. As you say if you lined the sides again and made them 5 / 10mm proud of the tile, you can put a silicone bead around the outside to finish it off. This assumes that the material you are using is coloured all the way though, so the edge looks good.
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Jonathan
3 years ago
Ask your local tile supplier to try and source a decorative trim that can be stuck on with silicone
Rosie Collins
Original Author
3 years ago
Thanks guys this is all really helpful. I also found these which are adhesive and could work: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/806531489/smart-tiles-smartedge-orfero-peel-and?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_uk_en_gb_c-home_and_living-home_decor-decorative_tiles&utm_custom1=k_CjwKCAiA_9r_BRBZEiwAHZ_v1yVm1-KvRZNjD_CB9NaEAn629Xrqs7s1U2ZNJ4uJ4BlZMjcRbnK5whoCpQ8QAvD_BwE_k&utm_content=go_325950288_52004856401_230118566385_aud-564513960470:pla-302796601622_c__806531489engb_169673509&utm_custom2=325950288&gclid=CjwKCAiA_9r_BRBZEiwAHZ_v1yVm1-KvRZNjD_CB9NaEAn629Xrqs7s1U2ZNJ4uJ4BlZMjcRbnK5whoCpQ8QAvD_BwE
Rosie Collins
Original Author
3 years ago
And sue - no he’s not a ruler! I was very impressed too
Rosie Collins
Original Author
3 years ago
*tiler
Daisy England
3 years ago
As the others have said he should have used a tile trim at the point of fixing the tiles.

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