Split face tiles

On my opinion not good but it’s the individuals choice taking a socket and test it against tile will help you decide

Cut out normally,then bevel Edgdes so slightly recessed. Steve

Hi Christina, Having plug sockets on split faced tiles are possible and does look ok once finished. The plug socket fronts can either be set back and flush with the front of the tiles, or it can be proud and sat on the front of the finished tile. Personally I’d suggest, set back and flush because then the actual plugs aren’t as noticeable. So you can see the full effect of the tile profit.

That’s a difficult one! The nature of split face means there will be a slightly uneven surface. My best advice is to select the most even of these materials, undo the face of the electrical socket and cut to just behind. Wait for the adhesives to Sri and then tighten. Any gaps to the sides that still remain, using a new nozzle from a white silicone, don’t cut any of the tip off and make the finest bead around the face plate( use a matching grey if you have metal effect). This will perfectly mask any areas where the unevenness of the split face highlights. Good luck Simon

With split face tiles they look great the only issue is as you obviously bring the sockets forward and your tiles aren’t all the same thickness the socket front won’t touch every where on the tiles

They wont look the best as uneven paten but if you unscrew socket and cut tile flush with back box then grout before socket goes on they can look ok falling that choice a retro tile that suitable for slash backs

Unfortunately they look great but not practical due to the unevenness of the tiles. If you do go ahead, you can use a sealant to cover the gaps or use the grout.

Due to the nature of the tiles the sockets wont be flush to the tile and you would see gaps all around. If you cut around the socket it might be a bit neater.

Often we have this dilemma. Most of the time is impossible to have the socket on top ,so we have to compromise and cut as best as we can around the socket.

They will look horrific in my opinion, but my opinion doesn’t count. This would be your decision.

Rather than placing the socket over the tiles as I would normally do, I'd have the socket sunken into the split face tiles. so these are applied around any switches etc. due to these tiles pedtruding from the wall at different level there is no other way of doing it without having a wonky looking socket with gaps.

You could either; sink the socket in so it runs almost level with the tile/s, or have it sitting proud, but then you would want to fill the space level with grout or silicone.