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28mm worktop - gap below wall tiles
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dancenzo
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After searching for ages I have finally found a glass effect laminate worktop I like but it only comes in 28mm thickness. We currently have 38mm worktop so there would be a gap between the new worktop and existing wall tiles. I can't afford to retile and got the tiles cheap somewhere so not sure I could get any more. Any ideas as to how I could fill the gap without it looking a mess? I saw this worktop in a magazine and they had a row of long rectanglar glass tiles above the worktop but don't know where to get these or if it would look funny with the other stone effect wall tiles above.
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You could try glass mosaic tiles - just cut a single strip to fill the gap.
Some tile ranges have thin border tiles too - they might do (but I suspect they'd be pricey).
If you have bigger oblong tiles which overlap the ones above, it might look odd ... unless you can take off a row of the existing tiles and make the new ones look like a border. If you do that - then glass tiles might look good ... it's quite trendy to have glass feature tiles amongst stone effect ones.
Original Style do glass tiles in lots of colours and sizes - but they're pricey too.I write blogs about kitchens ... and I design kitchens for a living ... I just love kitchens!0 -
As you only have 10mm to fill, I would say it wouldn't look right if you try to fill the gap above with tiles or strips etc. I would think about raising the worktop up by installing a 10mm riser under the worktop. You could cover this riser with the same laminate as the worktop and make it look like a bevelled edge of the worktop, or you could have the riser covered with a strip similar to the units and the overhang of the worktop will hide it.0
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You might want to have a look at these website about tile borders: www.tileborder.co.uk, it seems that they have some information about border tiles and dado rail tiles.You could try glass mosaic tiles - just cut a single strip to fill the gap.
Some tile ranges have thin border tiles too - they might do (but I suspect they'd be pricey).
If you have bigger oblong tiles which overlap the ones above, it might look odd ... unless you can take off a row of the existing tiles and make the new ones look like a border. If you do that - then glass tiles might look good ... it's quite trendy to have glass feature tiles amongst stone effect ones.
Original Style do glass tiles in lots of colours and sizes - but they're pricey too.0 -
As you only have 10mm to fill, I would say it wouldn't look right if you try to fill the gap above with tiles or strips etc. I would think about raising the worktop up by installing a 10mm riser under the worktop. You could cover this riser with the same laminate as the worktop and make it look like a bevelled edge of the worktop, or you could have the riser covered with a strip similar to the units and the overhang of the worktop will hide it.
That would be my solution as well.;)0 -
Raise the legs on the units, or jack up the units and put 10mm chipboard underneath the legs. You'll need a wider plinth underneath as well (potentially), but if that's not available buy some colour matched end panels and make your own plinths out of them0
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Do they sell matching upstand that you can put at the back to cover the gap?0
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