ᐅ Ikea tile backsplash or kitchen cabinets – which should be installed first?
Created on: 7 May 2014 10:24
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Sektionschef
Hello
I want to install an Ikea kitchen myself but I’m unsure about the correct procedure:
There will be a tiled backsplash on the walls, meaning wall tiles between the countertop and the upper cabinets.
I can’t lay tiles myself, so I want to hire a professional tiler for that.
Usually, I thought the backsplash would be installed first, and then the kitchen furniture would be assembled afterwards.
However, in my current kitchen it was done the other way around: it’s clear that the cabinets were installed first and the backsplash was added afterward. I actually find the second approach more sensible because the tiler can work more precisely and lay the tiles right up to the edges of the cabinets.
How did you do it?
Best regards
Sektionschef
I want to install an Ikea kitchen myself but I’m unsure about the correct procedure:
There will be a tiled backsplash on the walls, meaning wall tiles between the countertop and the upper cabinets.
I can’t lay tiles myself, so I want to hire a professional tiler for that.
Usually, I thought the backsplash would be installed first, and then the kitchen furniture would be assembled afterwards.
However, in my current kitchen it was done the other way around: it’s clear that the cabinets were installed first and the backsplash was added afterward. I actually find the second approach more sensible because the tiler can work more precisely and lay the tiles right up to the edges of the cabinets.
How did you do it?
Best regards
Sektionschef
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Sektionschef12 May 2014 20:14Thank you, now I understand what you mean.
However, this raises another question for me: which should come first, the tile backsplash or painting the walls?
I assume that if the tiler applies more adhesive towards the top, the excess adhesive should be scraped off and painted over. So, shouldn’t the tile backsplash be installed before starting to paint?
How do tilers handle this with wall tiles that are only installed up to about doorframe height? It’s the exact same situation there.
Regarding Metod wall cabinet installation:
In the assembly instructions for a wall cabinet, on page 12, item 11, you can see that some spacers are nailed to the bottom of the cabinets. I assume these set the distance from the mounting rail.
If the wall is tiled behind the cabinets up to that height, you could skip these spacers and the wall cabinet would still hang straight, but I don’t know the exact size (depth) of these spacers.
However, if you do it that way and use side panels on the wall cabinets (just like planned in my case), then I guess you would need to cut out the tile backsplash along the side panels, right?
It would definitely be simpler not to have the tile backsplash extend higher than the bottom edge of the wall cabinets.
Best regards,
Sektionschef
However, this raises another question for me: which should come first, the tile backsplash or painting the walls?
I assume that if the tiler applies more adhesive towards the top, the excess adhesive should be scraped off and painted over. So, shouldn’t the tile backsplash be installed before starting to paint?
How do tilers handle this with wall tiles that are only installed up to about doorframe height? It’s the exact same situation there.
Regarding Metod wall cabinet installation:
In the assembly instructions for a wall cabinet, on page 12, item 11, you can see that some spacers are nailed to the bottom of the cabinets. I assume these set the distance from the mounting rail.
If the wall is tiled behind the cabinets up to that height, you could skip these spacers and the wall cabinet would still hang straight, but I don’t know the exact size (depth) of these spacers.
However, if you do it that way and use side panels on the wall cabinets (just like planned in my case), then I guess you would need to cut out the tile backsplash along the side panels, right?
It would definitely be simpler not to have the tile backsplash extend higher than the bottom edge of the wall cabinets.
Best regards,
Sektionschef
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miss-marple17 May 2014 12:37Hello,
in our case, the walls were first plastered, then the tiles were installed, and lastly, we wallpapered and painted. When we put up the wallpaper, there was actually no leftover tile adhesive on the walls anymore, but during the tiling I only observed that the tile adhesive was applied quite generously. He probably removed the excess adhesive after laying the tiles.
However, our project was a renovation of an old building, converting an old laundry room into a kitchen. I’m not sure if the sequence is the same in new construction. I’ve also seen tiles installed flush with the wall surface, so they were probably installed before plastering.
Other than that, I don’t really know much about this, and mainly because my children, especially my son, used to watch closely during the work in the kitchen about 10 years ago, I learned a bit about the craftsmanship involved.
Since Faktum cabinets are not mounted on rails, I unfortunately can’t offer practical advice for the Metod installation.
We assembled the kitchen ourselves back then because Ikea didn’t offer assembly services yet. Some questions were answered through hands-on experience or only came up during assembly. But in the end, everything was fine and it has been in use for over a decade now. So, just go for it!
Best regards
in our case, the walls were first plastered, then the tiles were installed, and lastly, we wallpapered and painted. When we put up the wallpaper, there was actually no leftover tile adhesive on the walls anymore, but during the tiling I only observed that the tile adhesive was applied quite generously. He probably removed the excess adhesive after laying the tiles.
However, our project was a renovation of an old building, converting an old laundry room into a kitchen. I’m not sure if the sequence is the same in new construction. I’ve also seen tiles installed flush with the wall surface, so they were probably installed before plastering.
Other than that, I don’t really know much about this, and mainly because my children, especially my son, used to watch closely during the work in the kitchen about 10 years ago, I learned a bit about the craftsmanship involved.
Since Faktum cabinets are not mounted on rails, I unfortunately can’t offer practical advice for the Metod installation.
We assembled the kitchen ourselves back then because Ikea didn’t offer assembly services yet. Some questions were answered through hands-on experience or only came up during assembly. But in the end, everything was fine and it has been in use for over a decade now. So, just go for it!
Best regards
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löthar_122916 Jun 2014 16:05Hello,
I had the same issue last month. There was supposed to be a tile backsplash between the base cabinets and the wall cabinets. First, I anchored the METOD rails for the base cabinets, making sure to be very precise with the height and horizontal alignment. Then I added up 880 mm (35 inches) for the base cabinet height, plus 2 mm (0.08 inches) for the cross rail, plus 28 mm (1.1 inches) for the countertop, plus 3 mm (0.12 inches) for silicone. I temporarily placed matching chipboard strips on the METOD rails and glued the first row of tiles on top. Later, I measured 540 mm (21 inches) from the top edge of the tiles, plus 2 mm (0.08 inches) clearance, for the lower edge of the upper rails, painted the wall, and hung the METOD wall cabinets. Everything looks neat, nothing is crooked, and the 63.5 mm (2.5 inches) countertop goes all the way to the wall without sticking out unnecessarily. You cannot rely on the measurements in the METOD installation guide; however, I don’t have a tall cabinet that needs to line up at the top.
Best regards
I had the same issue last month. There was supposed to be a tile backsplash between the base cabinets and the wall cabinets. First, I anchored the METOD rails for the base cabinets, making sure to be very precise with the height and horizontal alignment. Then I added up 880 mm (35 inches) for the base cabinet height, plus 2 mm (0.08 inches) for the cross rail, plus 28 mm (1.1 inches) for the countertop, plus 3 mm (0.12 inches) for silicone. I temporarily placed matching chipboard strips on the METOD rails and glued the first row of tiles on top. Later, I measured 540 mm (21 inches) from the top edge of the tiles, plus 2 mm (0.08 inches) clearance, for the lower edge of the upper rails, painted the wall, and hung the METOD wall cabinets. Everything looks neat, nothing is crooked, and the 63.5 mm (2.5 inches) countertop goes all the way to the wall without sticking out unnecessarily. You cannot rely on the measurements in the METOD installation guide; however, I don’t have a tall cabinet that needs to line up at the top.
Best regards
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