Kitchen tiling - how high?

DebtSniper

Hi all,

I will soon have my kitchen tiled. I think I will probably have the walls part tiled. ie. not right up to the ceiling.

Is there an optimum height up to which walls should be tiled? I plan on tiliing all four walls.

Regards.

wallbash

Its your house , your kitchen and your tiles
Do what you think looks best .


But remember you will be tiling ?? above work tops, so its got to look right there.

christineperseus

I did mine to the bottom edge of the top cupboards.
Check that all your plug sockets are at the same height - one of mine isn't and it really anoys me.

DebtSniper

wallbash wrote: »

Its your house , your kitchen and your tiles
Do what you think looks best .


But remember you will be tiling ?? above work tops, so its got to look right there.

If only I knew what looks best. I don't trust my own judgement!

cattie

DebtSniper wrote: »

If only I knew what looks best. I don't trust my own judgement!

Could you draw a grid on one of the walls to give you a visual idea of how high to take the tiles to?

As others have mentioned, from the work unit up to the base of the wall cabinets is usual, but for other parts of the wall, such as over oven & hob I think it looks better up to the extraction hood & makes for ease of cleaning with any cooking splashes etc.

Also, consider what tiles you are using before deciding, dark tiles can close a room in if there are too many of them, whereas light tiles or an assortment of multicoloured tiles give a feeling of space and/or warmth & wouldn't give the same claustrophic effect that perhaps dark tiles would over a large area.

Peteo

up to the bottom of your cupboards makes sense.

remember the idea of tiling is to have an easily cleanable (wipable) surface where cooking splashes, food etc might go so it makes sense to cover any area of wall that might get splashed from your work surfaces