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BigJ
Evening all,
My first post here so please be gentle with me!😉
I'm redoing the kitchen and after some advice for the splashback. We're looking at flat brick style tiles, nothing too fancy (probably these from Walls & Floors). The old tiles are mostly coming off fine, having been stuck on to painted walls! A few things I've learnt from reading on here:
Strip all that paint off the walls first
Prime
Don't 'dot & dab'
Get the layout right before leaping in...
So, a couple of questions, below is a pic of the current layout which seems a bit random! They seem to have tiled up to the wall unit where they have to and then gone back to the nearest whole tile for the rest of it - is that usual or lazy? Should I tile all the way horizontally at the level of the bottom of the wall unit? How far out to the right should I go - to the edge of the worktop, or all the way out and into the door recess (which you can just about see on the far right of the pic)? At the other ends they have similarly tiled to the nearest whole tile giving random gaps to the edge of the worktop ends and units!
Secondly, what sort of adhesive should I be using, can I use a tubbed ady for this?
Thirdly....I know it's recommended to batten and tile from that, but I'll be making pretty damn sure that the worktop is straight when it goes in, can I tile up from that instead?
I was thinking of using a white square section trim (not flat) but can't find any pics of it in use and the Mrs isn't sure - has anyone got a decent shot of it in use?
Many thanks in advance for your help!
John
My first post here so please be gentle with me!😉
I'm redoing the kitchen and after some advice for the splashback. We're looking at flat brick style tiles, nothing too fancy (probably these from Walls & Floors). The old tiles are mostly coming off fine, having been stuck on to painted walls! A few things I've learnt from reading on here:
Strip all that paint off the walls first
Prime
Don't 'dot & dab'
Get the layout right before leaping in...
So, a couple of questions, below is a pic of the current layout which seems a bit random! They seem to have tiled up to the wall unit where they have to and then gone back to the nearest whole tile for the rest of it - is that usual or lazy? Should I tile all the way horizontally at the level of the bottom of the wall unit? How far out to the right should I go - to the edge of the worktop, or all the way out and into the door recess (which you can just about see on the far right of the pic)? At the other ends they have similarly tiled to the nearest whole tile giving random gaps to the edge of the worktop ends and units!
Secondly, what sort of adhesive should I be using, can I use a tubbed ady for this?
Thirdly....I know it's recommended to batten and tile from that, but I'll be making pretty damn sure that the worktop is straight when it goes in, can I tile up from that instead?
I was thinking of using a white square section trim (not flat) but can't find any pics of it in use and the Mrs isn't sure - has anyone got a decent shot of it in use?
Many thanks in advance for your help!
John