I like mitred edges and my poor (non trade) husband has just done two bathrooms for me! (and the walls floor to ceiling, floors and the kitchen floor, I think he tiled out now ;) I do the grout and clean up) To match the one the tiler did last year in the main bathroom, each room has a different tile and no real difficulties occurred with any of them, I am afraid I am like you I would not have expected anything else and if I came home to strips my little foot would be stamping! I suspect that strips are a bit too easy......................try a foot stamp you could take back the tiles if you have enough spare a good tiler would have no problems in back filling with mitres, good luck

How do you finish the tiles without an architrave around the door? What would the tile butt up against

Depending on your other doors you can fit architrave and tile up to it, thats quite neat. OR tile to a strip edge similar to but different from the window edging this comes in white which is also neat and tidy or.....if your cut edge is very good you can paint it.........................pity we can no longer buy edge tiles ah the good old days ;)

I went with white aluminium strips so that they blend into the white tiles. Maybe you could replace your silver aluminium strips?

Mitring tiles looks great but in reality aluminium strips will be more resistant and hardwearing... to mitre a tile you need to angle the cut which essentially would make the edge thinner and then weaker. Aluminium L shape angles are great if you want it to last ;)

Whatever happened to bullnose tiles, corner trim tiles etc? It seems that outside Oz you can get tiles that i design to be on the corner. I'm having the same frustration of not really wanting fat silver trims when the taps etc are black. Yes i could get painted trims, but realistically how long is the paint going to stay on.

#removealuminiumstrips

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Interesting dialogue but can they be painted?

Hmmm, interesting...the wall tile edges in all the bathrooms of our new build are edged with thin aluminium strips. When I first saw it, I was very impressed as it suited the modern design of the house perfectly. I complimented the tilers on it. I didn't know it was possibly just the simpler option and the norm, rather than the thoughtfully considered finish I thought! Still, in our house it looks great and I wouldn't change it, but I am sorry it's disappointing you and I hope you find a remedy.

https://www.finehomebuilding.com/2018/10/04/mitered-joints-make-tiled-shower-niche-shine

Hi there - exactly the same thing happened to us and I was devastated to see the aluminum strip. like you, this wasn't discussed. So disappointing when you pay so much for a new bathroom. Can you tell me whether you ended up painting over the strips? I'd love to hear what you ended up doing and how it looks, four years on. My sister says she is sure we can paint over them. But I"m so disappointed as it's not the look we were after. We are stuck with our bathroom company who are also doing our bigger downstairs bathroom so at least I can make sure they use white edging around our window. many thanks