Materials needed for tiling a Kitchen Backsplash


Of course you’ll need to place side by side, and in the description of the project and photos shown in this article I used 4 x 4 that followed travertine tiles, along with a full mesh of small glass tiles of assorted colors. I also used a tile adhesive versus a thinset mortar, tile backsplash doesn t get too wet, particularly since in my situation, I had a backsplash of granite of 4 inch sitting on granite countertops. In addition, be sure to buy 1/8 inch spacers and wedges to help keep the tile directly while the adhesive cures. In addition, picks up some newspapers and duct tape.


Preparing the Kitchen Backsplash tile


First remove all of the kitchen countertop and turn off power to the electrical boxes that sit above the benches. Then, remove the covers from electric box and attach electrical box extenders on electric boxes. This will ensure that the switches and electrical outlets are flush with the surface of finished tile after installing the shingles. Finally, establish Newspapers all over the kitchen countertops and tape them down, where necessary.

Then, using coarse Grit sandpaper, for example, 80 grit, sand the surface of the drywall backsplash. Don t you need to remove the painting. You re simply roughing up to the surface so that the tile adhesive to bind well to the masonry wall surface. Be sure to clean the area of backsplash with a damp cloth after sanding to remove any loose gravel walls.

After preparing the surface backsplash from side to side, finding the center of your desktop side by side with a tape measure, and then use a level and a straight edge for parallel and perpendicular lines form. These lines will serve as the reference rows for the installation of your side by side.



Wherever possible try to create your layout pattern side by side so that any cut tiles are hidden up underneath the kitchen cabinets and in the confines of the kitchen backsplash.


Time Kitchen Backsplash tile


Since the area kitchen backsplash is prepared, you can then start applying the adhesive side by side for the backsplash. Apply it in small patches, for example, only 2 to 3 m2 at a time and use the notched trowel to create grooves of 1/8 inch in it. Then, using their lines of reference of the Centre as a starting point, get to affix tiles to kitchen backsplash. If you have hard to reach places side-by-side execution, adhesive back butter tiles with a thin layer of adhesive before placing them on the wall. Continue to work its way across the kitchen backsplash area one line at a time.

Apply electrical box extenders before tiling kitchen backsplash.Rough up the backsplash area with sandpaper.Photos by Mark Donovan

With my kitchen backsplash tile project special I used mosaics from travertine of 4 x 4 for the two bottom lines, followed by a line of 3-inch small colored glass tiles and then finally capped off with a final line of 4 x 4 tiles slightly trimmed at the top. I then used some pieces of cut the lid out the open ends of tiles. In addition, I used Bull-nose side by side on the sides that’s confined to one area of the window that looks at our family room.


If you are installing a unique mosaic pattern, lay out the pattern on the kitchen countertop before applying it on the wall. This way you can make sure you have all the necessary parts before starting the application on the wall.

Tiled kitchen backsplash below and behind the microwave and stove, respectively.Freshly tiled kitchen backsplash with spacers still installed.Photos by Mark Donovan

How to install the tiles, make sure to apply 1/8 inch wedges along the bottom line, and then use tile spacers standard 1/8 inch in rows and columns side by side.


Side by side behind the kitchen stove


Side by side behind the kitchen stove presents its own unique problems. Don t you want necessarily side by side down the wall behind the stove, but you want to place side by side enough so that nobody can see the gaps in the tile if they look at an angle to the stove. My particular situation I attached a small plate of ledger was parallel and uniform throughout the gap in the area of granite backsplash. This way the first row of tiles on the stove had something to relax on while the tile adhesive cured.


After the first row of tiles established then removed the ledger card and installed an additional row of tiles below the first row and to the stove. I used tape to keep this specific line of tiles to the first row of tiles that had already created from the day before.


After you’ve installed all the pieces, allow 24 to 48 hours for the tiles set before rejoining them.