Tiling kitchen

[Mattt]

Hi, is it the tillers job to seal the kitchen i.e silicone between the worktop and the tiles after tiling and grouting is complete?

 

[Perry]

Normaly yes. If the plumber still has work in the bathroom it is sometimes better for him to finish that. IMO

 

[Taylormade]

Again yes I would normally do that.

 

[radim]

as above

 

[Mattt]

Thanks and when you take a socket off to tile behind, putting back with longer screws. Am I correct in saying you don't have to seal around the socket?

 

[Taylormade]

Correct

 

[Brian the Tile]

Only to be sealed when the grout is fully dried out so that is debatable imo

 

[Andy Allen]

some tilers do some tilers don't, I do and it is included in my quotation...
are you having problems with a tiler doing the silicone ?

 

[mz30]

I wouldn't silicone a kitchen unless I was going back to do something else the next day ,couldn't justify it in the price.

 

[orange peel]

as above

 

[Taylormade]

It's about what you see and you see the silicone! That's why I do it then I can happily put my name to it.

 

[kimboslash]

I always try to add the finishing touch with the silicone myself so i can keep the work to my standard (IMO a poor effort at sealing can ruin an entire job).

Although as others have said that can sometimes mean having to drive a long way back the next day just to do this minor job and that isn't always an option, so if there is a plumber i trust on site then i will ask them to do it for me.

 

[radim]

silicone the same day.
thats what heat gun is for....

 

[aussie tiling]

As above