Kitchen wall/splashback tiling, edging question

Prenderb

Hi all,

We're planning a bit of kitchen tiling at the moment, between the worktop and the upper units. What's the "done thing" at edges, eg horizontally at the worktop level and vertically where tiles meet cabinets? I've seen the edging strips, mostly quadrant style, that seem to be made to finish off a section of tiling where it stops and the wall continues untiled, but not much that would do the other type of intersections.

Would most people just grout at these places?

dodzy

Prenderb wrote: »

Hi all,

We're planning a bit of kitchen tiling at the moment, between the worktop and the upper units. What's the "done thing" at edges, eg horizontally at the worktop level and vertically where tiles meet cabinets? I've seen the edging strips, mostly quadrant style, that seem to be made to finish off a section of tiling where it stops and the wall continues untiled, but not much that would do the other type of intersections.

Would most people just grout at these places?

1. Top horizontal ( where tiles meet underside of cabinets. Cut tile as close as possible to cabinet. Grout as normal.

2. Bottom horizontal ( tile meets worktop ). You could use same as above. Personally, I prefer to use a neat bead of silicon ( as close to either worktop or tile colour as possible ) to avoid grout cracking from counter movement.

3. Vertical edge ( tile meets untiled surface ). Options here include the usual colour coded quadrant tile trim. I prefer to use the aluminium right angled beading. Looks neater when done.

0ph0rce0

If your in dublin and need a tiler, i'm always there to help fellow boardsies, free of charge of course as long as its not 2 bathrooms and a kitchen, thats taking advantage

jimf

0ph0rce0 wrote: »

If your in dublin and need a tiler, i'm always there to help fellow boardsies, free of charge of course as long as its not 2 bathrooms and a kitchen, thats taking advantage

fair play to you not many around now so decent

ps you dont have a twin brother in limerick by any chance

Prenderb

Thanks all, I think your suggestion makes sense Dodzy - I couldn't find a trim that seemed designed for the worktop/wall junction so a bead of silicon (probably over the grout) is probably what we'll do there! @0ph0rce0, thanks for the offer but I'm outside the geographical area of your terms and conditions :P

0ph0rce0

jimf wrote: »

fair play to you not many around now so decent

ps you dont have a twin brother in limerick by any chance

No twin

Davy

dodzy wrote: »

3. Vertical edge ( tile meets untiled surface ). Options here include the usual colour coded quadrant tile trim. I prefer to use the aluminium right angled beading. Looks neater when done.

+1

Just looks well around windows etc rather than the quadrant

whizbang

Try not to grout any joints. i.e. where tiles meet the worktop, cabinets, and also wall corners.
The grout will crack, Also the sealant often wont stick to the grout, and there wont be enough space in the crack to seal properly.

Prenderb

whizbang wrote: »

Try not to grout any joints. i.e. where tiles meet the worktop, cabinets, and also wall corners.
The grout will crack, Also the sealant often wont stick to the grout, and there wont be enough space in the crack to seal properly.

Is this suggestino that I leave the last joint between the tile and the cabinet/worktop "dry" and seal it with silicone?

0ph0rce0

Prenderb wrote: »

Is this suggestino that I leave the last joint between the tile and the cabinet/worktop "dry" and seal it with silicone?

honestly in all my years of tiling i have never seen grout cracking between the cabinets, but that's just me. If its done well there wont be cracks

650gs

Well wood can move it happens all the time, the trick is to put a bead of silacone along the worktop before you tile as the face of the work top is not sealed then you put a strip of masking tape along the work top then one along the tiles leaving the gap you want, when you run the silacone along the joint you can run your finger along to take off any excess after ten min or so remove the tape and hey presto a nice straight line