Bullnose or metal for shower wall and step edge?
janesylvia
11 years ago
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Alternatives to bullnose tile 4 outside shower edges? Pix ?
Comments (5)Hi arlinek - I agree w/ your point and that is exactly why we are choosing a curtain and rod. We don't usually close the shower curtain (we have the same in our other bathroom tub/shower combo. We don't keep a lot of cluttery stuff in the shower so it will just be a pretty open, clean looking space. Although I do like the look of a frameless shower door, even that would close in our space. Our bathroom is TINY (two people can't be in there at once). Thanks for your thoughts - I agree! Hi Susan - That is exactly the kind of ideas I am looking for. Any chance I could ask you to post a photo when you have the chance? I would love to see the stainless and pebbles together. I think I would really like that. Thanks so much!...See MoreAdding a bullnose edge?
Comments (2)Yes, a router could be used for that. You'd need a bit with the same profile, and it's fairly easy to do....See MoreAdding a bullnose edge?
Comments (14)annz - I want to do the reverse but I have to find someone with a miter saw because my table saw max is 45 degrees. If I can do a 50 to 60 degree miter I can snuggle the riser right up to the far side of the corner radius (trial and error). 45 or less leaves an unpleasing gap between the wall, corner, baseboard. It's wonky!. brickeeye - That approach leaves the floor at the curved corner of the wall bare - a very small triangle with no tile (too small for a piece of tile and too big to leave bare). I need to either extend the riser past the corner (miter the riser the opposite way of the picture) or do it this way and bring the baseboard around the corner. Or see if 1/4 inch plywood could be used instead of the 3/4 inch pine riser, which pretty much will allow me to replace the original piece of baseboard and quarter round that went around that corner. Thinking, thinking, thinking. Time away for a week may help!...See MoreBullnose tile...unfinished edge
Comments (10)You describe them as "bullnose pieces". Are you simply describing their location on the wall in that they are used as a vertical trim piece? Or are they advertised and sold as bullnose pieces? With a typical manufactured bullnose edge, the surface texture, color, and sheen of the tile surface should continue across the bullnose edge profile. It looks like your installer simply used field tile in a trim tile location. Some tile lines don't include a true bullnose profile. Did your guy simply install the factory edge of a field tile facing outwards? Or did he cut field tile down and use them in a bullnose location? It makes sense to ask the installer. Through-color porcelain tile can be profiled on site, but the sheen of the profiled edge usually will not match the sheen on the surface of the tile. The color can be an exact or a close match. But it's tough to match the sheen of a cut edge with the "polished" factory surface of a porcelain tile. With natural stone, the edge can be profiled and then polished to match the sheen of the factory surface. Despite how it happened, I'd recommend giving added consideration to the edge on the bench in terms of having that edge eased if it's too raw....See Morejanesylvia
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