Shoul You But Tile Right Up Against The Wall
I ve mentioned this before.
Shoul you but tile right up against the wall. U will wind up cutting the tiles to keep the line straight. If the granite has been installed with no 4 inch backsplash the granite has probably been pushed up against the wall itself. The caulk on the other hand is flexible and will not result in this problem. There s no better word for them.
However wall tile installation has its own set of rules that you dare break at your own risk. The backsplash tile must have a perfectly level and flat area to land against to avoid slipping. Don t do it it s awkward. After all the penalty for poorly installed wall tile is a lifetime of having to look at the stuff.
Place a full size tile on the field tile nearest the wall. When you have a backsplash on the back wall at your kitchen countertops and you don t need to put a backsplash on the short side walls because there will be no water or grease splattered there anyway then please. If you need to allow for an expansion gap put a spacer between the tile and the wall before making your marks to fit around outside corners. Expansion is the exact reason you would not want to go with the grout.
Butt it up against the wall. The wall isn t straight so you have to start with a straight line in the middle and go from there. Align the side edge with the side edge of the neighboring tile. Awkward that s what they are.
So let s look at the basics of wall tile installation that will make everything go a lot smoother less frustrating and less costly. Yes there should be room for grout and what you do is remove the existing baseboard then tile then put the baseboard back down to hide where the tiles but up to the wall. Mark the tile where it touches the.