ᐅ Is it practical to install bathroom tiles with mitered edges or jolly trim? Are they prone to chipping?

Hi everyone,

I'm not sure how to narrow my ceramic wall tiles at the corners...

Is it better to use a corner trim or to miter the tiles?
Mitered edges look nicer, but how susceptible are they to impacts and paint chipping?

Has anyone had experience with this?

Thanks

Always use a corner trim for external corners. Miter cuts won’t give you a proper finish (since you would have to cut all tiles wet), and using grout in that case looks really bad.

I understand the wet cutting part, I also have a large tile cutter for that... but how prone is it to chipping?

Mitre cut. A skilled tiler can do that.

This was how it was done during the bathroom renovation in my parents’ house. The experienced tiler grumbled a bit but managed it perfectly in the end. There are no chips or other damages. Nor any ugly corner trim.

And if you like, use the same tile size for both floor and wall tiles and make the grout lines continuous, meaning the grout lines from the wall run straight into the floor grout lines without offset. The slight size difference between floor and wall tiles is balanced out by the grout lines. A skilled tiler can manage that too.

(Almost) every tile salesperson will try to talk you out of these two points. Ignore them.

klblb schrieb:
Miter joints. A skilled tiler can do that.

That’s how it was done during the bathroom renovation in my parents’ house. The good tiler grumbled a bit but managed to do it perfectly in the end. There are no chips or other damages. Also, no ugly corner trim.

And if you like, use the same size for floor and wall tiles and align the grout lines continuously, meaning the wall grout lines continue straight into the floor grout lines without offset. The slight size difference between floor and wall tiles is compensated by the grout joints. A skilled tiler can do that too.

(Almost) every tile seller will try to talk you out of these two points. Ignore them.

That will be quite expensive, and I personally prefer stainless steel edging strips...
... and you will definitely need an excellent tiler!