An extra piece of the same type of tile is glued to the underside of the tile edge to give it double thickness. Next the front face is machined to a perfectly flat finish as the name implies. Finally a small arras is cut along the top and bottom edges to finish it off with soft, safe edges.

The result is contemporary, unobtrusive and easy on the eye.

This profile is becoming increasingly popular with Queensland and northern N.S.W. pool builders who want to offer the most up to date designs to their clients.

The construction of this profile involves bonding a strip of tile (usually of 30 – 90mm height) at right angles onto the floor tile, which we  machine with our very popular half bullnosed round edge.

When installing this type of apron coping, it’s important to remember that the apron strip also needs to be fully supported with tile adhesive when being installed to achieve maximum strength and durability of the product.

This profile is by far the our most sought after edging.

Why?

Simply because it looks good in just about any application that you can think of.

Pool builders and designers love it, it’s perfect for stair nosings, skirting tiles are enhanced by it, it finishes sill tiles to perfection, patio and balcony floors receive a professional look, etc., etc.

And what’s more, it’s the most economical and has the fastest turn around time of all the Stile Edge products.

Another plus for the Half Bullnose is the wide range of tiles that it can be applied to.

Besides all of the fully vitrified tiles, it can also be used on a wide range of glazed ones also.

In fact there are hardly any tiles that this profile cannot be used on.

We get a lot of people asking “what the best profile or type of tile edging?”

We always seem to come back to our number one selling profile, the tried and tested- Half bullnose.

Countless times we have advised people on this type of edging, not just because it’s our most cost effective product but it works on just about any application you can think of.

You can use our half bullnose edging profile on your pool coping , step treads, exposed corners on walls, kitchen bench tops and with the ability to add step tread grooves to this profile it’s versatility is improved even more.

The Half Bulnose tile edging profile is a time tested classic that won’t become outdated with the latest trend or fashion as it’s been around forever and will continue to be here for a long long time to come.

The Laminated Full Bullnose is a chunkier, more traditional profile for those who prefer a thicker and more prominent look on their tile edging.

As it’s name implies, this edge is achieved by cutting a strip of the same type of tile and laminating it (by clamping and gluing) to the underside of the edge of the tile.

When the epoxy glue has fully dried, the tile is then put through the bullnosing process and honed or polished as required.

You will need to allow for significantly longer lead times when ordering the Laminated Full Bullnose due to it’s labour intensive nature.

The following video clip will provide you with further information.

This neat, fully rounded edge is designed to both soften the tile edge and also give the option of creating a small overhang to add a simple but effective feature.

By using this profile around your swimming pool, a small, soft lip is created for an unobtrusive edge.

By cutting grooves into the tile itself  a perfect non slip stair nosing is achieved without adding anything which has the potential to fall off with the passing of time.

The set of three 6mm wide grooves can be applied to vitually any selected floor tile.

This process provides a non slip section in the tile itself without the necessity of  using  pre-made step tread pieces which rarely match the rest of your tiles.

After extensive testing on both polished and rockface tiles, our Step Tread Grooves acheived the “V” rating (approx. equal to R12) as per AS/NZS 4586:2004- SLIP RESISTANT MEASUREMENT OF NEW PEDESTRIAN SURFACES.

Copies of the slip resistance test certificates are available upon request.

Step Tread Grooves

However, the the feedback that we have been getting until now is that tilers see mitering as a slow and tedious process and generally will avoid doing it if at all possible, especially where long meterage is required.

As you will see from this video, Stile Edge has now developed a process of producing a fully machined mitred edge which is both economical and labour saving .

Our Mitred Edge will also be manufactured to an exact 45 degree angle, and every piece will be of the same high and consistent quality.