Tiling a corner, is plastic trim worth using

[dylanswall]

I am tiling my bathroom and currently tiling the wall that the shower (from the bath/shower mixer)is on, see diagram below.

I was wondering how is it best to tackle the corner marked with the arrow, I am assuming some plastic trim? I have also seen mention of mitring the two tiles, but I am assuming that is very tricky. Alternatively, how will it look if the two tiles simply meet and there is a strip of un glazed tile? (S is the shower head from the bath/shower mixer)


..................__________
..................I.....Toilet...I
.................I.................I
.................I.................I
_________I <-----.......I
I.....S..... I....................I
I.............I....................I
I.............I....................I
I..bath....I....................I
I.............I....................I
I.............I....................I

 

[Symptoms]

dylan - most modern tiles have unglazed edges so these have to be concealed in someway, trim being the most common. You can get soft plakka trim in colours, harder stuff that looks polished (like a ceramic), decorative (eg, barley twist, flutes, etc), or metal (brass, chrome). If you have chrome fittings (taps, wastes, racks, etc) consider using a length of chrome trim. Forget mitre corners - only works if you're skilled and/or the tiles are thick. So trim it is.

In the old days (ah, fondly remembered) just about all tiles had at least 2 glazed edges so there was no need for trim.