Adding a tiling edge after tiling

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Adding a tiling edge after tiling

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Good afternoon,

I hope someone can suggest something to help. I recently bought a place which has a bathroom with relatively new tiles. However, I think they may have cut some corners with it. They have tiled around the shower fittings to make a sort of little 'box'. Between the slightly sloping top ledge and the vertical wall around the shower fittings, the tiles are pulling apart by about half a centimeter. As this is a horizontal gap, water is not pouring in but it needs to be fixed. They haven't used a tile edge, annoyingly. I think it is fairly difficult to add a plastic tile edge after the job is done. Or I could fill it in with some sealant. What do you think best? My preference is to finish the job with a nice white edging or as a last resort to re-do the sloping ledge again and finish it properly.

Any ideas would be very welcome.

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Re: Adding a tiling edge after tiling

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:welcomeuhm: Katie.

Should be do-able. First get yourself a grout rake

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Paintin ... 286/p36471

Rake out the tile addy carefully to the required depth, apply a bead of silicon to the trim push it in (Try it dry first to make sure you've got the necessary depth)

Have a small bowl of warm water ready with a splash of fairy in it. Dip your finger in that to remove/tool the silicon.

Also have some old rag or kitchen roll on hand to clean up your fingers...you'll prolly need a gun for the silicon...

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Adhesiv ... 177/p35102
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Re: Adding a tiling edge after tiling

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do you have any spare tiles??
my thoughts would be to reduce the strip depth by half to reduce the chance off breakage but still leave enough to hold firmly
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Caulk it and a fat bead of silicone
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