With the windowboard in place and um, kind of painted, it was time to finish off the backsplash behind the sink and cabinets. Not that I didn't like having a tea towel permanently behind the sink to catch the water, it's just that I din't like having a tea towel permanently behind the sink to catch the water.
So out came the tiles, cutter and all the accessories. The concern here was "did I order enough tiles?" On a straight wall it's easy - measure length by width and add 10% for off-cuts (and oopsies). As you can see, I had a normal wall and bits and pieces of pieces of 5 wall faces. Calculating that exactly would have been well beyond my mathematical ability. So some rough guesses, some tile conservation/recycling and a little luck will hopefully work out.
I've done enough tiling now (see the bathroom) to be pretty good/efficient at installing them (typed with one hand while patting myself on the back with the other). The challenge is always the not-so-straight cuts. In this case, I had 2 wall outlets to cut around. This is where the tile saw and Dremel really come into their own. Scoring and breaking wouldn't have been able to cope.
The work in progress, ready for the cutouts. And yes there is an "oopsie" in the countertop. I swear it came that way.
The cutouts in place around the sockets now.
The next tough part was cutting around the edges of the windowboard. To do this, I also used the Dremel with a tile bit to shave off and round the edges.
And finally came the grouting to finish things off ...
Edges were finished off with 11mm stainless steel edging nicely mitered to form a corner.
So there you have it. The tiling is nearly complete and the tea towels are back to their normal duty of drying dishes.
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