Tiling above sink

quad_red

Hi folks,

Did our kitchen with an extension last year. Money was tight and we went over budget so had to cut back. One of the places we cut back was tiling.

Now I'm concerned about the lack of a splashback around the sink. I was thinking that I could do some tiling myself. At least do a row two tiles high behind the sink for the length of the counter (may 3 metres).

Have watched a good few DIY things on youtube but I'm pretty nervous about ballsing this up.

Would love advice on the following:
* If I put a row two tiles high, would a second wave going the full height (by a professional tiler) blend in with existing tiles (if we kept the same grout and tiles?)

Cheers,
Quad

Sleeper12

2 rows of tiles isn't the hardest thing to do but it's much harder if you have to cut around sockets, light switch or cooker switch.
You'll get a tiler to do it for 150 to 200

Calahonda52

OP:tiling full height in a domestic kitchen is not really necessary and is something I would think long and hard about: it can be very overbearing.
Instead of tiling, perhaps look in places like IKEA at their splash back solutions
http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/products/kitchen-products/wall-panels/

I have used the grey one and it works well

Also just look at the simple designs here
http://www.ikea.com/ie/en/rooms/kitchen/

You can get a tiled effect if you like, they are easy to work with and if you do decide to tile later its not a million dollar investment to undo, as long as you don't paste it all up with loadsa Tec 7

recipio

If you are tempted by mosaic tiles be very careful. I tiled a 2' high splashback which looked fine - until I turned on the unit lights and found they had 'buckled' slightly.It was completely invisible in daylight, believe me.:rolleyes: