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Tiling

Can you still tile with a biggish gap between the wall and the worktop?

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 2.38 PM

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10 Answers

Anonymous user

Get a good,local plasterer off this site to visit you & give you a price to 'build out' the walls in corner to get them level for you. Should be a relatively quick,easy & inexpensive job to do. Carl.
Answered31 August 2011
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Anonymous user

My advice to you would be to get a proper kitchen fitter in and fit the worktops correctly as you obviously havent got a clue what you are doing
Answered31 August 2011
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Majestic Flooring Ltd

Rating: 4.9 out of 5
Plymouth
hi if you cant scribe the work top to fit, the best way might be to dot and dab plaster board to the walls to bring them out to meet the worktop so tiles can be done
Answered31 August 2011
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Anonymous user

Hi, Depends if you want a nice job or a nasty one. A chippy or a kitchen fitter would charge around £200 to fit worktops scribed to the walls. An inch is a huge gap for a worktop, can you not scribe the worktop to the wall a bit, tiles alone won't cover, but 10mm is possible... Check link...guy with a compass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4oKyAvBI6I Failing that an up stand on the face of the tiles would work but is cow boyish, or a plasterer to build out the corner, both won't be ideal. Good luck
Answered2 September 2011
1

D.J.P Carpentry Services

Rating: 5 out of 5
Bristol
Hi there, if you haven't used one already use th services of a carpenter/kitchen fitter to fit the worktops as they should beable to fit the work tops so that they are tight against the wall or at least a lot closer than a 1 inch gap. They would do this by either chopping out the render on the wall where the work top is currently tight against the wall so that it then slots in further or they would scribe and cut the back of the work top so that again it sits back tighter against the wall. Then if you still have a gap say of about 10mm, you could squirt expandable foam in the gap and when its dry cut it back flush so that the tiles have something to sit on. If i were you though i would hire a kitchen fitter to get the job done right. good luck.
Answered31 August 2011
1

Anonymous user

Depends if u want a nice finish or a crap finish to be. Honest
Answered31 August 2011
0

Canalside Heating and Energy Services

Rating: 5 out of 5
Uxbridge
Have a plasterer in to straighten the walls and square the corner with a layer of bonding plaster to eliminate most of the gap (not a gypsum skim), and tile away.
Answered31 August 2011
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D.A.PROPERTIES.

Rating: 5 out of 5
Leeds
hi, you purchase an upstand and tile on top of it. you can buy matching upstands to go with your worktops. or you could fill the gap, let it set and tile on top so the tiles do not slide behind the back of the worktop, and build it out enough to hide the gap, hope this helps. thanks damian.(D.A.PROPERTIES)
Answered31 August 2011
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Anonymous user

cut the wall and let the worktop into it were the worktop touches or cut the back of the work top to suit the wall or a combination of the two will bodge it nicely
Answered1 September 2011
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Anonymous user

you should be able to deal with a maximum gap of 15mm - tiles, adhesive and silicone bead any more than that it starts to get ugly!!
Answered6 September 2011
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