A New Backsplash in Six Hours
I've wanted to install a tile backsplash in my kitchen e'er since I wrote an article about them nearly two years ago. Well, I finally got around to it last weekend—and the results are spectacular.
I used a new product called Tile Mat Prepare that I bought at Lowe's instead of a canned tile adhesive or thin-set. You cutting the Tile Mat to fit the area, then peel off the back and stick it to the wall. When you're ready to tile, you peel off the clear protective moving-picture show and adhere the tile directly to the super-sticky Tile Mat. Information technology's prepare for grout immediately. But at $xl per curl, the Tile Mat is expensive (I needed two rolls), and then I wouldn't have used it for a larger tile project.
I used a subway tile that had spacer nubs, and so I could set the field tile very speedily. A decorative accent (I used "rope") over the first course added involvement. The time-eater was cutting tile to fit around outlets and switches—4 of them in all. A tile pro provided a peachy tip—place the box extenders in the outlet boxes earlier you set the tile. That manner, you won't inadvertently cover part of the box and have to chip out tile later to insert the box extenders. (Extenders are required when the boxes are i/iv in. or more behind the finished wall surface. Tile plus backer is often more than that.)
Altogether, the project took me six hours and toll almost $160—a heck of an investment!
—Brett Martin, Associate Editor
These are my boring walls before I tiled them.
Wow! What a difference 21¢ tiles brand!
Source: https://www.familyhandyman.com/article/a-new-backsplash-in-six-hours/
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