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Edge where beadboard and tile meet?

12 years ago

I've been reading posts on this board for several months and am now at a point where I need your help!

I'm planning to have beadboard on the bottom half of my bathroom walls with plain chair rail across the top. We have a standard tub and are tiling to ceiling using subways on the three walls surrounding the tub.

Problem is what to do where the walls with beadboard meet the walls that are fully tiled in the tub/shower area?

On the outside corner: The tile guy wants to set the bullnose on the shower wall 1/8" over the edge so that the beadboard on the adjoining wall butts up to it. Will this work? We're trying to avoid a raw beadboard edge.

Then, becuase the bullnose on the shower wall will jut out all the way up to the ceiling, he suggests running bullnose tile on the beadboard wall - starting above the horizontal trim piece and running up to the ceiling. I think this sounds odd because on that wall we'll have bullnose tile ceiling to the chair rail, then beadboard only from chair rail down.

We have the same problem on the back wall. Tiler is planning to run bullnose tile floor to ceiling, but that does not make for good transition to beadboard.

Give me your advice please!!!

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muskymojo
12 years ago
Good question... I don't see how any of that would work out. What would the bullnose sticking past 1/8 inch look like above the beadboard? Like crap, thats what. Only thing that makes sense to me would be to scrap the beadboard idea and run the tile halfway up the wall with the bullnose everywhere the tile meets the drywall. It would give you a similar look although a bit more pricey. Also sounds like your tile guy might not be cut out for the job:)
Good luck! Post a pic when you get it sorted out.
just_julie
12 years ago
Maybe one of the Schluter products would work?

Running bullnose from chair rail to ceiling on the beadboard wall wouldn't look horrible if he cut the tiles down so they were only an inch or 2 wide.

How thick is your tile? Why would he want to put bullnose against the beadboard on the other wall? Can't he use field tile against the beadboard then bullnose above?

The transition from beadboard to tile will have to be caulked.

Here is a link that might be useful: schluter edges
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just_julie
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this pic might help. There are other products and each comes in a few different finishes.

Here is a link that might be useful: cross section
sawallis
Original Author
12 years ago
Thanks so much for your responses.

I too like the look of tile instead of beadboard, but this is a guest bath and we're trying to keep costs down. We can't scrap the beadboard idea entirely because the walls are not in good enough condition to just paint - they need to be covered.

I will check out the Schluter products today.

The other idea I discussed last night with the contractor is to run a wood trim corner piece down that edge and have the tile come up next to it (hopefully flush). The corner piece would also hide the beadboard edge on the other side. The tub/shower is set back about 7 or 8 inches from this corner, so I don't think we'll have trouble with water contacting the wood. On the back wall, we'll use a flat strip of wood trim from floor to ceiling to achieve the same effect.

I'll post finished pics if we ever get to that point!

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