Mosaic Novelties

I saw tiles on HGTV once for a bathroom (I want to use them for a kitchen backsplash) they are small tiles but they are attached to each other by a piece of mesh on the back, and you just peel the paper off the back and slap it on the wall, then grout over [...]

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I have been searching for a kitchen backsplash for awhile and I finally decided on this particular tile. It’s a mosaic red, orange, and antique gold glass tile. I found this at lowes in a book. The book listed a interior designer, but I would like to know where she bought it! Please help! I [...]

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I’m about to tile my kitchen backsplash with glass tiles and was wondering how to deal with the electrical outlets. they will not be flush with the wall after the job is done. how do you make them flush and still be with code? longer screws? box extenders maybe? spacers? info much appreciated!

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how to cut glass tile for kitchen backsplash

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Is glass tile easy to do as a kitchen backsplash? I’m not sure if I want to try it on the wall directly and mess up, so I’m thinking if I could just apply all the glasst tile on some thin plywood or something.. where the plywood is the exact measurement as the backsplack I [...]

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THIS IS MY FIRST TILING PROJECT. I AM INSTALLING A KITCHEN BACKSPLASH ON SHEETROCK USING 4.5" X 4.5" PORCELAIN TILES. USING OMNIGRIP MASTIC APPLIED WITH A 1/4" X 3/16" V-NOTCH TROWEL. THE TILES HAVE A WAFFLE PATTERN BACK. MY CONCERN IS DO I HAVE TO FILL IN THE WAFFLE DEPRESSIONS, WHICH ARE ABOUT 1/16" DEEP,BY [...]

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Is Tumble stones tiles a good selection for a kitchen backsplash and if so how often does it need to be sealed?

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I am planning to do my kitchen backsplash and when I came to Lowes they carry a lot of beautiful unglazed porcelain tles but not many glazed ones. I wonder if we could use these unglazed tiles and seal them with sort of sealers. Can I do that? Could you recommend some sealers to use? [...]

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lan to install 18X18 travertine as kitchen backsplash over existing sheetrock. Have some experience with ceramic tile in flooring and backsplash. Should I use thinset or mastic to bond the tiles to the sheetrock? For the bonding material recommended, what size trowel notch? How close can I install the tiles to each other, i.e., how [...]

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Not sure if this is within your realm, but since you know plastering, maybe it is. In a rental unit I have, the tenants want me to replace the kitchen backsplash, since new countertops were installed. They have come up with this idea that the lady at the house there wants to tackle at her [...]

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We are going to be tiling our kitchen backsplash and we plan to do the tile from the countertop all the way up to the cabinet base. I have seen many posts about how to tile around outlets, (how you have to extend the plug out) but our problem is that we have a three-switch [...]

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