Subway Tile Inside Corner Installation

Beveled subway tile needs mitre cuts in corners in corners mitre cuts are an absolute necessity when using beveled edge tiles or really any subways tile that has rounded edges.

Subway tile inside corner installation.

Depending on your tile choice a fairly inexpensive tile cutter and nipper combination will be enough to handle most of the straight cuts. Affix all your full files putting tile spacers between them as you go. You would typically center the back wall so the cuts are even on both sides. Stop each course when a full tile won t fit in the corner by the adjacent wall.

For instance if a tile is 3x6 and at the corner you have room for a 2 piece then the piece on the other side of the corner should be 4 to make a whole 6 tile so it looks like the whole tile is folded into the corner and the brick pattern is not interrupted. If you re following the traditional subway tile layout this means that you ll start with a half tile from the outer edge. Next spread tile adhesive on the back of the tiles and install them into position. A mitre cut only means that the cut is done at a 45 degree angle so that both ends connect together to fit a 90 degree angle.

Generally speaking when you come to the end of a wall and you want the subway tile installation to look like it wraps onto the next wall. Then you want the inside corner to look like the tile continues onto both side walls. Push the blade along the line to score the tile one pass should be sufficient. Hang all the full tiles over both walls leading to the corner starting each wall at the middle of the bottom and building up and out course by course.

At the inside corner if cuts are necessary make them on your tile cutter. Measure halfway down your tile and mark with a pencil. In diameter you will likely need to make u shape notch and corner cuts for outlets and cabinet edges. If you have to install strips of tile along the inside corner you should measure the distance from the last tile in the row to the corner making sure you take into account the expansion gap.

Set the tiles in thinset mortar spread with a notched trowel putting spacers between them. But if you have tile that is larger than 1 in. A 3 sided shower for example.