Worktop tile trim

[diycooper]

Getting above kitchen worktops re tiled.

There was a tile trim.along worktop. Upon removing tiles there is a 15mm gap at back of worktop which is what trim was for.

I cannot find these trims. Anyone know where to get thrm or another way of doinv it to cover the gap ?

Thanks

 

[diycooper]

This would work and match the crome l trime I have. This site doesbt show prices amd these seem hard to find anywhere else.

Anyone know a website what sells them for delivery ?

 

[foxhole]

Photo too poor but most tile shops should sell what you need .
Don’t usually trim the base only the top of tile .

 

[flameport]

or another way of doinv it to cover the gap ?

Build out the wall 15mm using cement backer board.

 

[simplesteve]

Fill out the gap between the wall and the worktop with strips of cardboard from the tile boxes. Pack them tight and your first row of tiles will sit on them no problem.
If you’re using big heavy tiles and the gap is worrying in places, then put said cardboard in a thin batch of tile adhesive and make your own ‘paper mache’ like when in school.
It all sounds very unorthodox, but it works !

( whatever you do, don’t put trim on the bottom:- how you gonna silicone that ? )

 

[diycooper]

Build out the wall 15mm using cement backer board.

Was thinking this the gap is 15mm tile I have got are 7mm. What size trims do I get. I know there is 12.5 mm and 20mm but these will not work

 

[diycooper]

Fill out the gap between the wall and the worktop with strips of cardboard from the tile boxes. Pack them tight and your first row of tiles will sit on them no problem.
If you’re using big heavy tiles and the gap is worrying in places, then put said cardboard in a thin batch of tile adhesive and make your own ‘paper mache’ like when in school.
It all sounds very unorthodox, but it works !

( whatever you do, don’t put trim on the bottom:- how you gonna silicone that ? )

You do not silicone with the trim it seals it.

 

[diycooper]

Fill out the gap between the wall and the worktop with strips of cardboard from the tile boxes. Pack them tight and your first row of tiles will sit on them no problem.
If you’re using big heavy tiles and the gap is worrying in places, then put said cardboard in a thin batch of tile adhesive and make your own ‘paper mache’ like when in school.
It all sounds very unorthodox, but it works !

( whatever you do, don’t put trim on the bottom:- how you gonna silicone that ? )

Tiles are metro . Worried about the finish using cardboard to build out that much. Still would need to get bigger trim for sides I think

 

[simplesteve]

The trims won’t seal it :- I’m assuming there’s a sink somewhere in the worktop that will need silicone on the bottom row of tiles behind the taps ?
With an 8mm notched trowel ( condensing to 5 or 6mm after you have pressed in) + a 7mm tile, you are only a couple of mm short ( thickness of a silicone bead ).
You could even take that up with some small “ dabs “ on the back of the tiles at the biggest gap. It’s hard to advise without knowing how plumb your wall is.
However, given the fact that it is Metros you are fitting, I’d be inclined to fix the wall properly before you start- either thin plasterboard or 6mm Hardie.
With respect, a ‘newbie’ tiler will never be able to pull off a 200x100 metro brick effect wall on a substrate that is not plumb or straight ( i.e. not curved on the horizontal plane) without highly visible Lippage.

 

[RrogerD]

Is it only the first row being retiled?
Normally, you'd start at the worktop and work upwards