Tile to Wall transtion

[Natwasere]

Normal skimming goes 2 - 3mm so 3mm not a problem. I doubt it will end up flush, prob about 1mm back. If you try to go flush you will find it hard to make the edge nice, tile not 100% flat plus also grout lines are back

 

[curiousgeorge]

Flat walls 3mm easy coat

what about the skimming and protecting the current tiles/grout/bathroom fixtures ?

 

[choppa]

Tile the rest of the wall.

 

[Davy sned]

I would scrape back vertical joints top row where tiles meet plaster and either tape and polythene over tiles then grout it all up when you done the plaster work

 

[curiousgeorge]

Tile the rest of the wall.

i don't get why you would just give up on something you want to achieve for a easier route? A bit of research could give a much better result than the easy route!

 

[curiousgeorge]

Normal skimming goes 2 - 3mm so 3mm not a problem. I doubt it will end up flush, prob about 1mm back. If you try to go flush you will find it hard to make the edge nice, tile not 100% flat plus also grout lines are back

surely you can get the plaster and tile flush. They did it in the finished version. It's extremely flush and even with your hand going up and down the wall, you cannot feel a difference. The only difference is in the different textures of the wall/tile

 

[choppa]

i don't get why you would just give up on something you want to achieve for a easier route? A bit of research could give a much better result than the easy route!

Need to tell yourself that then I'm not trying to achieve any thing.

 

[curiousgeorge]

If i put these 6mm boards a little above the top of the tiles (10-15mm), what would we fill that gap with?

 

[Davy sned]

 

[curiousgeorge]

This is what someone else was complaining about

this is what i don't want to have on my hands so just trying to understand it as best as possible

 

[curiousgeorge]

http://www.diychatroom.com/f101/improving-bad-tile-drywall-transition-54493/

 

[Davy sned]

That's a bad job yours will look like your own finished picture

 

[curiousgeorge]

Normal skimming goes 2 - 3mm so 3mm not a problem. I doubt it will end up flush, prob about 1mm back. If you try to go flush you will find it hard to make the edge nice, tile not 100% flat plus also grout lines are back

the tiles are not bevelled so it should be easily achieved, they're really flat...

 

[Jbeesy718]

Can't you just put a flat (L shaped) tile trim on then board with 6mm board and skim you'll get a nice clean line between different finishes.

 

[zolco]

If you have 9mm to play with, just get it done with a 9mm mrmdf, prime it, gloss it top it with polyurethane or acrylic finish, it will look bob on

 

[curiousgeorge]

If you have 9mm to play with, just get it done with a 9mm mrmdf, prime it, gloss it top it with polyurethane or acrylic finish, it will look bob on

is that from experience?

I'm not sure that will look the same or if it will stand the test of time

 

[zolco]

is that from experience?

I'm not sure that will look the same or if it will stand the test of time

Yepp, glossy finish, water won't touch it.

 

[curiousgeorge]

Yepp, glossy finish, water won't touch it.

The paint is a matt white paint

 

[zolco]

The paint is a matt white paint

Then I can be no help, you have to budge on something to make life easier. Should've thought about this when the boarding got done

 

[curiousgeorge]

Then I can be no help, you have to budge on something to make life easier. Should've thought about this when the boarding got done

what would have been different?

I have one more bathroom to do yet!

 

[zolco]

what would have been different?

I have one more bathroom to do yet!

Play with the thickness of the plasterboard, double skin on the top bit, with a stopbead, skimmed to it. Jobs done

 

[curiousgeorge]

Play with the thickness of the plasterboard, double skin on the top bit, with a stopbead, skimmed to it. Jobs done

i guess thats kind of what one of the other guys has suggested we do