Graham Hayes, Contracts Director of tiling contractors Telling (Finishings) Ltd., who installed a total of 3,000m² of wall and floor tiling at Bradbury Place, says: "When you're doing work as good looking as this, finishing and protection is of paramount importance, ensuring it remains looking good in the future." 

The architects, Core Design (UK) Ltd, wanted a brushed aluminium profile to protect the top edge of tiled skirtings in the bathrooms, the kitchen splashbacks, and where the tiled corridor floor met the top riser of the communal staircases.

Graham suggested using Schlüter-SCHIENE.  The transition profile is more normally used to protect the edge of tiles where they meet other flooring surfaces such as carpet, but its low height provided a perfect aesthetic finish for the Bradbury Place installation, as well as essential protection. "The sleek, unobtrusive design of this profile made it ideal as a finishing trim in this case, while also protecting the vulnerable edge of the tiles where they were most exposed."

To ensure that there is a profile to meet whatever specification architects require, Schlüter-Systems Ltd have an extensive range of profiles designed to protect the edge of tiles while enhancing the overall appearance of installations. These include some new finishes to the popular Schlüter-QUADEC, which is now available in chrome plated brass, colour coated aluminium, and anodised aluminium, as well as the original stainless steel.  Other wall corners and edge profiles include the aluminium, brass, stainless steel and PVC Schlüter-JOLLY, along with the symmetrically rounded Schlüter-RONDEC, for protecting outer wall corners and other tiled edgings such as skirtings.

The tiles at Bradbury Place were fixed using a range of adhesives and grouts from BAL.