How To Tile An Uneven Kitchen Wall

We re doing a kitchen remodel and we re prepping to have a tile backsplash installed on one wall from the countertop to the ceiling.

How to tile an uneven kitchen wall.

Cut a wooden batten so it s just longer than half the wall you re tiling. Vacuum to remove dust. The mortar is spread. Spread grout over the wall tiles with a grout float a rubber tool used for spreading grout.

Plastering the walls is the best way to ensure that the walls are nice and even. Level those uneven walls. Hold the float at a 45 degree angle to the wall to push the grout into the joints between the tiles. Patch any holes or cracks with spackling compound and sand the entire surface with medium grit sandpaper.

The area of the wall to be tiled minus the area of the window is 37 square feet. Remove any remaining dust oils and grease from the wall with tsp tri sodium phosphate or an ammonia based cleanser. For an uneven concrete floor a floor leveller will solve all your problems. Scrape the wall to remove any texture and to create a flat surface.

Place tiles and spacers along its length and mark onto the batten. Step 2 mark the horizontal midpoint of the wall with a pencil. Even though it s n. Back buttering is a trick used for tiles of uneven thickness like ungauged slate or handmade tiles extremely large tiles or for tiles being installed on an uneven surface.

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