Tiles round plugs etc

Christof · Post by **Christof** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:58 pm

Evening chaps & chappets.

My kitchen has just been installed and I am now going to do 2 rows of tiles round the top of the work surface just to finish it off nicely.

I have done tiling in bathrooms etc but have never cam accross things like plugs etc. I know I will have at least 3 double plug sockets where they are pretty much bang in the middle of my tile !!!!!

Can someone please give me some guidance / tips for this.

Also, am I right in thinking to leave out the PVA before tiling ? I always thought this was the thing to do untill I came accross this site.

Thanks all.

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:07 pm

This might help-

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/tilin ... h_back.htm

If your adhesive instructions tell you to use PVA then you should use it, but if it does not say then do not use it.

It is not critical in Kitchens like it is in bathrooms as they do not normally get as wet.

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Christof · Post by **Christof** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:15 pm

Thanks bud.

However, these are smal tiles and the ones I have are quite big, as I say they are pretty much in the middle.

Is there any way to get the cut out of the middle without affecting the surrounding area of the tile ?

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:17 pm

did you watch the embedded video?