Subway tile uneven sides
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Comments (7)Thanks. By running continuous shims, are you talking about REMOVING the countertop, shimming, and re-installing the stone? The stone installer already ran shims all over the place and all corners of the base cabinets were so off (by an inch in some spots) that they did what they could do. The higher corner section is now level, but the side on the left was so much lower, the shims & caulk are nearly 3/4" bet cabinet tops and stone. They installers weren't the same guys who did the template, so the installers were shocked at how unlevel it all was. I figured the cost would be way too high to have the cabinets leveled, so as long as the countertops were level... Then, I noticed the height difference on either side of the range....See MoreHelp? Need to tile backsplash on very uneven wall....
Comments (6)I think the problem here is it sounds like the base wall is lath and plaster. Removing ONLY the part between the counter top and cabinets is a bit of a challenge. If it were sheet rock it would be a "no brainer" to remove. That is probably the reason why previous owners did such a patch job on the wall in the first place. I'd look into removing any wood and replacing that with sheetrock, then using the proper sheet rock mud or plaster, filling in all and giving it a good skim coat. That is what I would do so it could be painted, I would not even try to tile over the patch job you described. Like Bill pointed out, you are unlikely to end up with a flat enough surface to get a good tile job unless you use very small tiles. While you volunteered to set tiles, is repairing/rebuilding the wall something you even want to deal with? For me, setting the tiles is always the easy part of the job - in remodeling projects, preparing the surface so it is suitable to put tiles on is usually were all the work is....See MoreNeed advice. Subway tile on uneven kneewall
Comments (15)I will spare you the long version but here is some important notes. This has taken a turn for the worst. After doing research on all the work that has been done so far a few things came up that need to be completely redone. First, they installed tile directly to purple board with no waterproofing membrane. They only used redgaurd for the shower floor and on the seat, but also built the seat out of regular plywood. So all the tile need to come out and be replaced after redgaurd goes up everywhere. Secondly, the wall 1 foot above the kneewall on the right hand side sloped inwards aggressively. If this section is mudded and feathered to level we can retile all the way back up and it will be flush and true. Other issue we saw was that they installed 1/4" wonderboard to the 3/4" existing plant subfloor only to support porcelain tile yet to be installed. They used a mortar bed to adhere the wonderboard to the planks and now Im not sure the best way to increase support for the tile without doing plywood and then like kerdi on top. Its going to create some really high tile and interfere with bedroom to bathroom threshold. As of right now I had the owner come out, gave him all the info, photos and tech sheets of everything done incorrectly and told him I will not accept anything other than a tile tear down fix and retile. Thinking hes figuring out how much we're both into the project so that we can settle up and part ways. This all was on top of some seriously f*ed up finishing work that I had to hire an outside company come to fix costing my an additional 1,000. A lot of lying as well but I will spare those details. Thanks for the help everyone....See MoreBacksplashing subway tile, uneven countertops.
Comments (11)I would take my time, and not rush and get those cabinets level. If it involves removing a section of countertop, I would have the countertop people come and do that. Have you put a level on the other side. Is it possibly, not level, and thats why the right side is 1/4 higher? If not, then the right side needs to be removed and made to be level with the left side. It is something you will notice forever, if you dont do it right....See MoreRelated Professionals
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