How To Tile A Kitchen Splashback

Knowing how to tile a kitchen splashback is essential for keeping your worktops clean and tidy.

When using a sink, water and other liquids can potentially splash onto your walls, ruining the paper and/or paint.

Knowing how to tile a kitchen splashback properly allows you improve your workspace, and can potentially save you money.

If you are unsure about anything listed below, it is worth contacting a qualified tradesman who will give you the pointers that you need.

Understanding the steps needed to tile a kitchen splashback involves knowing which tools are needed for the job.

• Mastic
• Sand Paper
• Notched Trough
• Plastic Spacers
• Grout
• Plastic Sheeting
• Rubber Grout Float
• Sponge
• Grout and Tile Sealer
• Back boarding

Knowing how to tile a kitchen splashback will ensure that your kitchen is more durable, and easier to clean.

1. Lay a piece of back boarding on the place you wish to work on
2. Hand sand the surface of the boarding/wall lightly, ensuring not to remove any paint
3. Wipe away any dust with a damp rag
4. Lay out the tiles adjacent to the wall – this will enable you to measure where the tiles will be
5. Record where the centre will be, on the wall, by making a mark on the edge of a middle tile
6. Apply the mastic to the wall using a notched trough. Hold the trough at an angle, use a sweeping motion and ensure to start at the bottom of the wall.
7. Take the centre-most, bottom tile, and press it firmly into the mastic that has been applied to the wall prior to this
8. Using spacers, enable yourself enough room to leave a uniform gap between each tile
9. Continue these steps along the bottom of your working area, moving out from the centre
10. When the bottom is completed, continue these steps one row at a time, all the way to the top
11. Allow the mastic to dry overnight
12. After the mastic is dried, cover areas around the workspace with plastic sheeting
13. Using the rubber grouting float, apply grout evenly over tiles, a section at a time
14. Use the edge of the float to scrape off excess grout, moving diagonally to avoid disturbing the gaps
15. You can ensure the grout has set sufficiently, when you apply pressure with a thumbnail, and no impression is left
16. Rinsing the sponge often, wipe down the tiles diagonally to clean them up
17. Once the grout is cured, you may apply the tile sealer with a sponge
18. Be sure to wipe off any excess within 10 minutes, before it sets

You should now know how to tile a kitchen splashback. Again, if you are uncertain about anything listed above, be sure to contact a qualified tradesperson.

Knowing how to do it properly can save you time and money, as well as providing you with results of a professional standard.