Great Mates Tiling Our Kitchen Together

               Great Mates Tiling Our Kitchen Together

 At 80 years young and my Dad still has got it. He thought he had forgotten how to tile, but to his surprise he could still do it. It may have taken him 3 days but he still did it. He never ceases to amaze me.

Dad’s job was to glue all the tiles up and to grout. My Hubbies job was to cut the tiles. And boy did he do some amazing cutting, such lovely fancy cutting to go around our shelves. Amazing what you can do when you have the right tools for the job. 

Of course my Dad just has to joke around. 

Here is a handy hint from Hubby: place a plank of wood to keep our tile going straight and level with the bench especially when you can’t start at the top or the bottom of the wall. And it also helps to keep your tiles in place while they are drying.

Handy tip from my Dad: Instead of a plank of wood you can hammer in some nails just under to tiles to keep them in place as well. 

Here is the cutting of the tiles to match in with the shelf brackets. Like I said pretty fancy, just love it.

Don’t forget to use your plastic “T” pieces; they help to keep your tiles evenly spaced. But make sure when you are using old “T” pieces that they are the same size as the new ones. As we found that they are now slightly different sizing. 

FINISHED

 

A big thank you to my Dad and to my Hubby. I just love it and your amazing.