Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - matching bullnose height to tile height
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ratface
03-09-09, 09:32 AM
I'm comming out of the shower ceiling and want to cap off the tiles with bullnose. My bullnose which matches color perfectly is 1/4 thick. My ceiling tile is 3/8. Just dosen't look right. How do you folks build out the thinner tile. I suppose I could add a couple coats of thinset to get the bullnose higher but this could take endless applications and sanding to get it perfectly level. Both tiles are laying flat to each other and I'm going from 1/2 BB to 1/2 drywall. Is there some precise way to trough the line evenly?
chandler
03-10-09, 05:05 PM
Obviously you will have to purchase the correct sized bullnose tile in 3/8". Nothing you can do will make it look right. Even if you could "stack" the thinset, your edge will be visible. And you don't sand thinset, so you have lost me there.
HeresJohnny
03-11-09, 07:35 AM
You could use a small v-notch trowel to control the thickness of the thinset for your build up. Come back the next day and fill in the notches to make it smooth. Use a rubbing stone to remove any high ridges. Come back the next day and set the tile. When setting the bullnose, you may have to use something to hold the bullnose tile in place (blue painters tape should be good) until it sets.
Even if you could "stack" the thinset, your edge will be visible.
Yep, nothing you can do about that. Yeah the right size tile would be better for sure.
Even if you could "stack" the thinset, your edge will be visible.
Yep, nothing you can do about that. Yeah the right size tile would be better for sure.
ratface
03-12-09, 12:43 PM
The V notch is a great idea. This is the only match they have. The bullnose are returnable but they are a perfect color match. Perhaps sanding was the wrong terminology but a bricksetters rubbing stone makes short work of taking down any ridges.
HeresJohnny
03-12-09, 02:09 PM
Another solution might be to find the right size bullnose in a color that compliments the tile.:)
ratface
03-16-09, 12:05 PM
I went back and asked them to try and find a thicker tile and to my amazement they came back with an exact match in thickness but this tile is not as wide on the width. This size actually is a better fit.
chandler
03-16-09, 03:19 PM
Don't leave us hanging. Post some pictures on a site like Photobucket.com and copy/paste the HTML code to your reply.