We have received quite a few questions about when to use a quarter round and when one is not necessary. Our answer depends on which one of our glass subway tile products that you choose. When selecting our Solana beveled glass subway tiles, using the glass tile quarter round is necessary with the beveled tile when there is an open or exposed edge on a kitchen backsplash or shower to address. If your project ends in to a wall, then the tile can finish against the wall and there is no need for a quarter round piece.

When selecting our standard edge glass subway tiles the use of a quarter round is generally not necessary since the color of the edge of the tile is the same as the color of the face of the tile. The only case where this might change is if your tile installer will be using backer board on your substrate to install the tiles. In this case you will need a glass tile quarter round as your edge piece to cover up the edge and conceal the backer board.

Sometimes this if – when – but in this case etc. can get quite confusing. Please feel free to give us a call anytime about your project and we will do our best to add our 2 cents and give you our opinion on what might be needed or not needed for your particular job.

This entry was posted on Monday, August 2nd, 2010 at 5:00 am and is filed under Bathroom Design, Glass Tiles, Kitchen Design ideas. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.