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Tiling

Can you tile straight on to a typical gloss wooden windowsill?

Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 2.38 PM

I am redoing my kitchen and want to tile around the window. There is currently a 25mm gloss painted windowsill. Can I just tile straight onto that or do I have to a. remover the windowsill and replace with something else? b. remove all of the paint first before tiling or c. remove the sill and tile straight onto the wall? Many thanks for your opinions.

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3 Answers

Julian Sidney Tiling

Rating: 5 out of 5
Harwich
Decorator giving tiling advice, no, no, no. If you tile onto the windowsill, painted or rubbed down, moisture from the tile adhesive will get into the wood or MDF sill and expand, leading to your tiles lifting. Remove the sill completely and replace with plasterboard or cement / moisture resistant board.
Answered1 April 2016
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Hildenborough Decorators

Rating: 5 out of 5
Tonbridge
As Julian said
Answered16 February 2024
1

Anonymous user

Yes as Julian has said remove it,if you tile it, it will crack and keep cracking if you regrout it due to movement bad advice from the decorator.
Answered3 April 2016
1