tiling my kitchen

[Colour Republic]

Edit: Double Post

 

[Colour Republic]

Also this would be a perfect time to practice your plastering skills - infill the large voids with Gyproc Multi-finish plaster or if they are very deep Gyproc Bonding - it doesn't need to be done if you are overboarding but would make it slightly easier for you and as I said would give you a bit of practice with a trowel and at £5 for a bag of plaster or bonding would be a cheap exercise

 

[jag000]

Are you sure the kitchen fitters said 'Before' the kitchen is fitted and not 'whilst' the kitchen is fitted?

You have a few problems to get over here. The wall units will need to be removed along with the extractor hood.
I would then...
1) PVA then walls
2) Dot and dab new 9mm Straight Edged Plasterboard (using small amounts of adhesive, often, rather than big dollops as this will bring the board out too far)
3) Joint the boards with Gyproc fibre tape and Gyproc EasiFill (the joints will need two fills. Make the first batch of filler slightly stiffer than normal then the second coat make slightly looser than normal, apply this with a plasterer’s trowel)
4) Re-install the wall units and extractor fan - make sure the new fixings are long enough to go into the brick wall and not just into the new plasterboard
5) You might want to bury the extractor hood power supply when you do this so you can get rid of the trunking (I take it that is the supply in the trunking? and the kitchen fitters put up another length of empty trunking just so it was symmetrical?)
6) Tile away

sounds like a good idea if i want to get everything perfect. at the moment i have just started out with tiling so probably will go for an option that doesnt involve taking out the kitchen..i dont think im skilled enough to do that yet, maybe something to perfect in the future

 

[jag000]

josh you sound as if you need some reassurance about substrates and how to deal with them and also if you want to become a tiler then you need to firstly do more reading up on the basics like setting out and priming and preparing of substrates.If you do this you should have a better understanding of where to start and what to do with walls and floors that are not 100% for tiling to.Another tip is try not to tile over tiles as you dont know how well the tiles are stuck on and definetly dont ever tile over two layers of tiles because of weight ratios and safety issues.If you need any help with anything tyhen pm me and i will gladly help you out,just ask m8.

you arent wrong, i def need to understand substrates better

 

[Colour Republic]

sounds like a good idea if i want to get everything perfect. at the moment i have just started out with tiling so probably will go for an option that doesnt involve taking out the kitchen..i dont think im skilled enough to do that yet, maybe something to perfect in the future

I really can't see how you are going to get even a half decent finish without taking down the wall units and extractor hood - I take it the kitthen fitters installed both these over the existing tiles

Believe me it will be easier to do it this way round rather then boarding round them - All you need is a bit of confidence! You Can Do IT! just think of the wall units as a set of shelfs and the extractor as a large wall light - it really isn't much more complicated than that

 

[jag000]

No that i'm questioning josh's skills but I think this would be maybe a bridge too far for a new tiler.

At least with pb he will be left with flush wall's

agreed, i need to concentrate on perfecting things that i have learnt so far and mastering the basics, i have used pb before so i am a bit more confident that i can do a better job with it

 

[jag000]

I really can't see how you are going to get even a half decent finish without taking down the wall units and extractor hood - I take it the kitthen fitters installed both these over the existing tiles

Believe me it will be easier to do it this way round rather then boarding round them - All you need is a bit of confidence! You Can Do IT! just think of the wall units as a set of shelfs and the extractor as a large wall light - it really isn't much more complicated than that

yes they installed them onto the exisiting tiles, i could probably take off the wall units without too much problem, im a bit worried about the extractor though

 

[Colour Republic]

yes they installed them onto the exisiting tiles, i could probably take off the wall units without too much problem, im a bit worried about the extractor though

The top part of the hood will come off no problems (the long square ducting), you may find two small grub screws holding it on right at the top, undo these and the ducting will just slip off, when you've done this you may find either a normal single socket and the extractor pluged into it (just unplug then un-screw the hood), or you may find it wired into a switched fuse spur, either way you can do this yourself or if it really does worry you a sparky with disconnect and reconnect for minimal amounts of money.