Metal Tile Trim Around Window

Be sure to budget for trim tiles they can cost twice as much as field tiles.

Metal tile trim around window.

Most trim carpenters don t even use a tape to trim windows. The edge you will be. We re renovating our kitchen with a modern style and have drywall returns around the windows. Choosing tile is hard enough and the nitty gritty details of trim can be overwhelming.

Here s how they do it. In order to tile around a window you have to spread thin set on the wall by using a notched trowel. Then measure around the window as to cut the tiles with a score and snap cutter or a wet saw to fit into location. We re here to make it easy.

The metal trim is exactly what i was looking for. If the trim tiles are the same length as the edge tiles count the number of tiles along the edge then buy that many trim tiles. It s all done by eye with a sharp pencil a miter saw and an 18 gauge nailer. Here are 8 ways of installing tile trim with our finishing options including bullnose chair rails v caps flat liners pencil.

We plan to tile up to the ceiling so the metal trim will work nicely around the windows. The tile isn t finished on the edges i m told that very few tiles are as most aren t meant to show the edges. When installing window molding start at the top. If your trim tiles are larger or smaller than the tiles along your edge measure the edge of your tiled surface then divide that number by the width of your desired trim tile.

Borders define edges dramatically. Finishing pieces can make a huge impact on the overall design of your tile and we want to ensure our clients love their tile from beginning to end. Make sure you can get trim tiles from the same manufacturer as the field tiles. Tiling a room can seem a daunting task to begin with.

Cut a 45 degree angle on one end of the trim and hold it so the short end of the angle. So a metal trim has had to be added around the wall around the windows to conceal the edges and i m assuming this will have to be done for the storage alcoves that have been built into our shower and boxing around the plumbing. When installing the tiles around windows make sure you first secure the tile corner trim in thinset.