I have an outside corner on one side of my shower stall that I am tiling. the shower stall wall is being tiled with tile and I will be using bullnose on the “shower stall side” of the outside corner.
The wall on other side of the corner is sheetrock. A person who does tile told me to use a standard sheetrock metal corner edge on the corner, I went and bought a piece, (and have not installed it) but it looks like it will work well on the sheetrock side but on the “tile/shower ” side my question is –
what is done with the very small part of the corner edge that is next to the end of the bullnose? do you paint it as part of the sheetrock wall?
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First, I prefer using the vinyl SR corners next to a shower. It eliminates the possibility of the metal rusting over the years, like the one next to my own shower.
As far as what to do next to the bullnose- I run the tile just about to the bead on the SR corner, caulk the joint between the corner and the tile so its smooth, and paint it.
There is metal unde the paper corner ... use pvc trim."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
Nope- the vinyl SR corner bead is just that. There's no metal in it. You're talking about the old-style corner tape
It looks similar to the metal corner bead, but its white. And plastic.
I don't know what I'm talking about! I was thinking of thje white plastic corner bead, cuz it has no metal at all, no chance of rust."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
I guess we're ending up at the same place from 2 different directions LOL
with the vinyl- what fastner?
For sheetrock in general, I use screws, but for corner bead (metal or plastic), I prefer drywall nails. The nail heads lay flatter and are less likely to catch on the taping knife when spackling the outside corner.
Some people use spray on contact adhesive such as 3M contact spray, but I haven't tried that. It seems like it should work, but I still like the mechanical connection.
I have done bullnose tile where it runs all the way to the outside corner. In that case, I figure the corner is protected by the tile and I don't use corner bead at all. Instead, I use Straight Flex which is a very rigid drywall tape for the outside corner. The Straight Flex gets bedded in mud and I don't use either nails or screws.
I've used 3M's high strength spray adhesive for years with great success. I even use it when I'm setting metal bead. I think it helps keep everything in place, so there's no cracking.
With the vinyl bead, I just glue it in place- no nails.
i'm not familiar with the vinyl corners that have been suggested, but i stay away from cornerbead in these situations. ('cuz the mudding of the corner throws it out of square, and the tile looks wonky.)
make sure the corner is framed square. install the cement backer board first, with a factory edge at the outside corner.
then install the drywall, with j-trim on the outside edge, so it runs past the cement board the thickness of the tile.
finish the drywall, install the tile (the j-trimm gives a nice straight edge to tile against) and caulk where the j-trim and tile meet. if done correctly you end up with nice clean lines.
oops. just noticed you're using bullnose. in that case, install the drywall with the j-trim flush with the backer board, and run the bullnose right to the edge, and caulk the joint.
easier to visualize than describe in words. the point is, you want a nice square corner with out the distortion caused by tiling over a mudded corner.