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[QUOTE="Rachel81, post: 894589, member: 50019"] [ATTACH=full]96097[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]96098[/ATTACH] Hi. Hope you can help me with a few things. I’m new to tiling and to save myself some money I’m planning to tile a kitchen splash back with light grey bevelled metro tile and white grout. As you can see I have removed the existing tiles, the skirting board which sits on the worktop (not sure of the correct term for this!) and also the stainless steel backsplash behind the cooker hob. Came off quite easy and not much damage to the walls - just a few holes to fill. I will tile the wall to the left behind the sink (just slightly higher than the bottom of the cupboards), along the wall behind the cooker up to the cooker hood and the small bit of wall to the right of the cooker to the edge of the work surface. Do I need to do anything to the walls that have previously been painted in order to help the tiles stick properly? Where would be the best place to start tiling? Behind the cooker in the middle and then work upwards and outwards? I understand I’ll need to first lay out the tiles to make sure the cut offs at the edge are not too slim. Would I just carry the tile on when I get to a corner or would I be best to start again measuring from the centre and working out towards the edges? Also how do I tackle the small wall surface on the left in the first photo with the outside corner? I presume it’s best to use an edging strip to cover the edge that sticks out but not sure how these work - Would this simply fit over the bevelled edge of the tile? What are the options to make the top edge and side edges where the tiles end look finished? When tiling inside corners do you take the tile right up to the end of the wall and then overlap the tile with this on the next wall? If so do you overlap left over right or doesn’t this matter? Is it ok to have bevelled edge to bevelled edge in these corners or best to line them up so that you end up cutting the bevelled edge off? I will also remove the cupboard pelmets, cut them down and refit over the tile. Is there anything else I need to consider? Many thanks Rachel [/QUOTE]
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