Kitchen splashback tiling in Hammerwich, Burntwood. Metro, mosaic and full-height tiling cut cleanly around sockets and finished at the worktop.
The most visible run governs the pattern; the cuts go to the ends.
Symmetrical either side, with the faceplate sitting flat against the tile.
A joint that moves needs to stay flexible.
Adhesive chosen for where it is going.
Trim, bullnose or full height - agreed with you before anything goes up.
Most splashbacks are a day, grouted the next morning.
Hammerwich is a small village and the kitchens tend to be in older properties, which means walls that lean, worktops that are not perfectly level, and unit runs that need the tiling to hide the difference rather than advertise it.
The setting out is done from whatever the eye lands on first - usually the run behind the sink or the hob - and the compromises are pushed to the ends where nobody looks. With metro tiles in a running bond that matters more than people expect, because a long straight joint shows every millimetre of a wall that is out.
The worktop joint is siliconed rather than grouted. It moves with heat and steam, and grout in a moving joint cracks, then lets water behind the tiles.
Hammerwich kitchens are often in properties where the room has been extended or knocked through at some point, which usually means one wall is newer than the others and sits on a slightly different plane. Tiling across that junction needs the setting out to absorb the difference gradually instead of arriving at it all at once in the corner.
Sockets are where the care shows: tight, symmetrical cuts so the faceplate covers the edge, and nothing packed out behind to make the switch sit proud. Tiles that sound hollow when tapped, grout that keeps cracking in the same line, or a floor that flexes underfoot are worth looking at before they are tiled over.
Yes, though running the whole wall usually looks more deliberate and costs little more. In a Hammerwich kitchen where the hob sits on an outside wall, we check the wall is sound and dry behind the tiles before starting, because a cold external wall behind a hob is where condensation tends to show up first.
Often, if the tile is still made. Bring us the name or a spare and we will tell you honestly whether a match will look like a match or like a patch.
Worktops clear is enough; we sheet everything else.
We tile around it neatly, or you can have it off and refitted afterwards for the tidiest finish.
Tell us the run and we will work out the quantity including cuts, plus a few spares worth keeping.
Yes, and make the wall good before the new ones go up.
Hammerwich, Burntwood, Chasetown, Boney Hay and nearby.
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