Tiling round a bath

[Totally Confused]

I am having a new bathroom fitted and have recently plastered walls. I am going to tile the walls but am unsure when to tile. I would prefer to tile before the bath went, tile below the level of the bath and then seal round the bath with a ceramic bath trim, can this be done? I don't want to have to cut tiles to fit round the corner of the bath. Any advice would ba appreciated.

 

[nstreet]

Wouldn't do it that way myself. Water may well penetrate behind the trim. The trim will then eventually fall off. It probably wont stick to a nice glossy tile in the first place. Don't try and take short cuts. Do the job properly from the off. Do it cheap, do it twice!

 

[Johnboy54]

Don't entirely agree on that. Sorry.
Sometimes, the bath is a tight fit to the walls at each end, making it impossible to tile first.
If I've got room to do it, I always tile first, then fit the bath.
The bath is bracketed to the wall, and I also screw battens to the wall butted up to the bath edges and ends, then screwed to the wood under the bath edge.
The feet are screwed to the floor.
Then there's the wooden frame on the bath panel side.
That bath's moving nowhere!
A run of mastic around the top, then the trim on top if you like.
My two 'pennorth.