bricking it

[adamu]

I am about to tile a shower cubicle, it is in an alcove, I am going to tile the back wall first, question is - should I mitre the edges where they will meet the other two walls, or just leave them square and butt the others up to them? They are 200x100 ceramic tiles (put in a 'brick' pattern). The tray has 3 'tiling upstands', which are a pain in the arse themselves as they are miles too thick imho (necessitating a thicker than normal adhesive bed) - if mitred this means that the edges of the tiles will not be going right into the corners of the wall, effectively leaving a column up each corner void of tile or adhesive - oh, and the other question - should the corner junctions be grouted (BAL microflex) or siliconed?

how this makes sense, as I have now confused myself

cheers

oh yeah, forgot to mention that they have a chamfered edge

 

[sanjayp]

Admittedley i'm no expert but I've only seen it done this way:

Tile square into the corner and butt the tiles on the side wall onto it (I think the order you do the walls, doesn't matter). Then silicone the joint all the way down. I've never seen the edges of times mitered??? Sureley that would be a major hassle.



sanjay