Kitchen backsplash advice

[JackieVivas]

Hi guys,

Gonna tackle my kitchen splash back this weekend, bought 3 meter square of 8x4 white beveled tiles and a bag of adhesive
The splash back involves one right angle in the wall, and a bit of a riser up to cooker hood, and 4 sockets...
Any advice? Do I start with the tiles hard up to the counter? Or do I space off the counter? Do I start from center of cooker hood and work outwards?

It's a skimmed wall so nice and flat.
Oh and what size trowel teeth is recommended? Cheers

 

[tpt]

photo might help, but in general;

Yes start from the centre of the cooker hood and work outwards as thats most likely to be your focal point BUT you should dry lay out to check that it doesnt leave you stupid (tiny) cuts on either side, and then continue dry laying out to make sure the cuts work well around the sockets (ideally but not massively important) and when getting into the corner and other edges.

Start from the worktop as long as its level, check this before you start, and again work dry layout upwards to make sure that if you start from the worktop (and in 99% of cases you should) it doesnt leave bad cuts at the top.

When dry laying out, dont forget to allow for the spacer!

trowel wise, as long as the wall is flat go for a 6 or 8mm trowel.

Bagged adhesive isn't required for this size of tile, might be worth changing it for a good quality tubbed adhesive

 

[JackieVivas]

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• JackieVivas
• 31 Oct 2013
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hi here's the photo.... Thanks fir advice, ill post another photo when it's done

 

[jctilingservices]

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• JackieVivas
• 31 Oct 2013
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hi here's the photo.... Thanks fir advice, ill post another photo when it's done

cooker hood is ya focal point, put a pencil line at the centre, dry lay ya tiles with spacers inc, that will tell you if you need to start centre of a tile on mark or edge of tile on mark, then work ya way up the wall exactly the same. Tubbed addy is best

 

[tpt]

Agree with what jc said.

mask off your hob too, adhesive and grout scratches when you wipe it off!

 

[JackieVivas]

Jobs done, few little mistakes but I think overall for a first timer I'm happy enogh... Thanks again

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• JackieVivas
• 2 Nov 2013
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• 2 Nov 2013
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[tpt]

Looks good well done

 

[Skimmers]

they look like the undergound tiles/metro tiles looking good there did you need to get longer socket screws?

and acrylic primer