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David321

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#255525 16-Aug-2019 07:54

Hi all,

I am currently renovating my kitchen, some of the work I am doing myself, and most have been done by trades people. All I have left to do is add tiles above the bench and have a new floor put down, this is where i need some ideas.

Typically people tile up to the bottom of their raised cabinetry and then keep that height for each wall to have tiles, our problem is the cabinetry is quite high, and although it would not look to bad to tile up to the base of them, it would look silly to tile at the same height on the other wall we need tiled as there is no cabinets on that wall and the window comes down quite close to the bench (see picture).

My thoughts are to tile about half way up to the cabinets and the to keep that height along the other wall (the red line), meaning to top of the tiles would be just above the base of the window.

Does anyone else have some thoughts or a better idea?

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#2300164 16-Aug-2019 08:25

Under the cabinets you could do the entire wall as tiled or glass splashback, and on the windowed wall perhaps only tile up as high as the bottom of the window for the length of the bench?

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#2300165 16-Aug-2019 08:29

You'll definitely want to tile right up under the cabinets behind the hob, to work as a splash back.

If it were me I'd do that whole wall under the cabinets and then up to the height under the windows all the along that wall.

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#2300168 16-Aug-2019 08:35

If me, I'd tile as follows - up to the back of the cabinets on hob wall, then on window wall, to bottom of cabinet on left, then to window height for rest of wall.

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#2300169 16-Aug-2019 08:40

We had a similar layout to yours. BTW, don't hold back on power points - it looks like you only have a couple, we have three doubles and sometimes that doesn't seem enough!

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#2300179 16-Aug-2019 08:51

We have a similar layout to the two above. I recommend a one-piece glass splashback behind the hob. We have tiles and cleaning the crap out of the grooves & grout is a PITA. If not, pick larger tiles with a smooth, flat surface. Any texture will make cleaning them harder, and the larger they are, the less grooves to scrape splashes out of.

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#2300207 16-Aug-2019 09:46

The corners in the window framing are points where you can get some movement that can crack rigid tiles. Unless the tile backing has been put up without a join in this area use a layout like dafman's that puts the grout line where the crack will be.

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#2300215 16-Aug-2019 10:04

dafman: If me, I'd tile as follows - up to the back of the cabinets on hob wall, then on window wall, to bottom of cabinet on left, then to window height for rest of wall.

Yip, this, but also right up to the top of the extractor , + as others have said as many power points as you can squeeze in,

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#2300355 16-Aug-2019 11:30

BlueShift:

We have a similar layout to the two above. I recommend a one-piece glass splashback behind the hob. We have tiles and cleaning the crap out of the grooves & grout is a PITA. If not, pick larger tiles with a smooth, flat surface. Any texture will make cleaning them harder, and the larger they are, the less grooves to scrape splashes out of.

Just a side note, we used the epoxy grout for behind our hob and it works a real treat at remaining unstained. Regularly covered in gunk and not a single stain yet. Still has to be cleaned of course, which BlueShift is saying can be a pain.

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#2300415 16-Aug-2019 13:33

wellygary:
as others have said as many power points as you can squeeze in,

Is it too late to move those outlets? They're both right up against the wall/window frame, which means you can at best get a double in there, where I'd put in quads, especially in that corner where, as @dafman's photo illustrates, it's going to fill with electrical appliances.

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#2300448 16-Aug-2019 14:40

BlueShift:
We have a similar layout to the two above. I recommend a one-piece glass splashback behind the hob. We have tiles and cleaning the crap out of the grooves & grout is a PITA. If not, pick larger tiles with a smooth, flat surface. Any texture will make cleaning them harder, and the larger they are, the less grooves to scrape splashes out of.

Totally agree - it’s not just splashes but also air-borne oil particles which get into the grout and are near impossible to clean. Go with glass if budget allows - and definitely full-height up to the cupboards behind the hob, as others have suggested.

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#2300477 16-Aug-2019 15:32

eracode:
BlueShift:
We have a similar layout to the two above. I recommend a one-piece glass splashback behind the hob. We have tiles and cleaning the crap out of the grooves & grout is a PITA. If not, pick larger tiles with a smooth, flat surface. Any texture will make cleaning them harder, and the larger they are, the less grooves to scrape splashes out of.

Totally agree - it’s not just splashes but also air-borne oil particles which get into the grout and are near impossible to clean. Go with glass if budget allows - and definitely full-height up to the cupboards behind the hob, as others have suggested.

Agree. Glass is awesome and not as expensive as you might think.

If you do tile make sure you seal the grout and periodically reseal it. It helps a lot with cleaning.

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#2300487 16-Aug-2019 15:48

Funny this topic came up because we were thinking of renovating our kitchen area too! If you don't mind me asking, how much did your entire renovation cost from demolishing to fitting it all together? I'm assuming you're also calling in the trades you need and not getting a kitchen renovation specialist to do it for you? Where'd you find the trades if so?

Just trying to gather some info about costs etc.

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#2301093 18-Aug-2019 08:39

We're also just about to re-do a kitchen. Finding it very hard to get a handle on how much to budget. Any advice would be awesome!

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#2301150 18-Aug-2019 09:15

Chrisclarke: We're also just about to re-do a kitchen. Finding it very hard to get a handle on how much to budget. Any advice would be awesome!

Such a 'how longs a piece of string' question.

What is your definition for a 're-do'?
Are you doing the work yourself or are you out-resourcing it?
How much of the existing kitchen will be re-used?

We're having a house build at the moment and the initial budget for the kitchen was set by the builder at $20,000. We've extended this already and the house build hasn't started yet.

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#2301163 18-Aug-2019 10:44

Chrisclarke:
We're also just about to re-do a kitchen. Finding it very hard to get a handle on how much to budget. Any advice would be awesome!

It totally depends on how much you are getting done, without any details it's impossible to give even a rough price, that said for a full re-do I think it's safe to say you need at least 10-15k

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