My job in progress - kitchen splash back

[jgw1]

Hi all,

Time for some pay back for all the advice.

Here is the DIY job I am doing. I have cleaned up the kitchen here ready to start. I have the gas man coming wed to connect the hob next week and I am in desperate need of a sink so the primary objective is to focus on getting at least the course around these done asap - this will make sure that I can get them fitted and not have to worry about being able to get the trowel in afterwards.

I took off the tiles last week and last night skimmed the wall to make it level. Then this morning sanded this down.

Will try and post as I go along...

The hob:



The sink/corner:

 

[jgw1]

So just scored the backsplash and removed any bits and also put BAL sealant into the gap behind the worktop - these were quite big in places ~8mm so needed a fair old amount to make sure that the gap sealed.

This is just a back up as I'll use sealant to seal the worktop/tile join at the end. Now I am going to brush BAL bond SBR onto the splash back to seal the plasterboard prior to tiling (probably tomorrow).

 

[mikethetile]

looking good so far

good luck tommorrow, take your time and enjoy it, stop when you have had enough

 

[hillhead]

Good look, looking good.

 

[jgw1]

Thanks, Im a bit nervous about tiling onto paint/old plasterboard as everything else I've done has been onto ply or hardibacker -which I have installed.

Anyway first coat of primer is on. Made a couple of mistakes. I bought SBR but you apply APD undiluted. I would have thought ABR would have been better as the drying time would be shorter and I have to apply two coats quicker.

Also should have laid the paper down after the primer - the diluted primer soaks into the paper and then you have to get it up to make sure that the primer underneath isn't going to stick to the worktop or mark it.

Also I could see when I applied the primer where the silicon I used to fill the gap was waterproofing the wall. I'd smeared it in place with my finger. So I had to break out the stanley again and rough up the wall just above the silicone.

 

[DHTiling]

You mean APD.?

 

[jgw1]

doh APD

 

[trevortine]

Yup, APD!!

 

[jgw1]

Put the second coat on leaving after an hour to dry. There isn't a drying time specified on the bottle but that means that I can go to bed now and give the walls time to dry overnight.

 

[DHTiling]

Look forward to the following pics..

 

[jgw1]

Right oh -

I mixed my BAL mosaic fix. It mixed quite stiff as you can see - I'd prefer that though as it means that the likelihood of slippage is reduced.

 

[jgw1]

And here we are. First tiles in. Quite a fe of the mosaics have little chips. I can hide the worst but the colour body of the tile is similar to the face so they won't really be a problem with this and the grout in place.



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I bought 2.5mm spacers as these matched the sheet spacing - these have been invaluable as in some places the sheet compressed as I moved it around into position. The spacers were greate at re-setting the moasics out right.

 

[jgw1]

Have now cleaned my bucket and tools and ready to size up the tiles for the next batch. I have a socket to get round eek.

In the first tiles I laid I have now removed the spacers and cleaned them with a sponge. There is a slight white haze residue from the adhesive on the tiles from this wipe down - should I be worried about this now?

 

[enduro]

I wouldnt worry about the residue, just make sure no adhesive is on the face of the tiles or coming through the grout joints. Looks good so far.

 

[jgw1]

I have just made my first cut to go around the socket. The nippers I bought - although rated fro procelain - aren't up to the job as the tiles are too thick.

Motorised tile cutter was OK but I had to use water. I have a problem now that the water seems to have set the glue on the webbing off and the two cut mosaics have come of the backing. It's all very sticky still.

What should I do? Not worry about it and carry on or not wet cut?