- Tiling around light switches. We thought we did a great job of making sure we left enough room for the light switches to be screwed back in — we have some room for improvement. Not a huge deal, will take a little bit of extra time to drill holes into the tile.
Use Bosch 1/8″ Carbide Tipped Drill Bit to slowly drill into the tile. - Patience. It is going to take you 3x longer than you think it will take to to make the exact cut you need.
- Pre-Mixed Materials. We used pre-mixed thinset and grout. Saved a ton of time and you knew you had the right level of consistency.
- Presealed Grout. The grout we used is already sealed, which saved us a ton of time at the end of the project.
- Patterned tiles aren’t easy. We laid 1/3 of the backsplash in the time it took my dad to make the cuts for the design over the range.
- Planning. Spend the time up front to lay everything out and make sure you like the flow before laying tile.
Sarah Elsea 