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Tiling a bowed wall?!

7 years ago

We just had beautiful quartz counters installed. AFTER, I noticed that a section of the backsplash wall is bowed out....and the lasers cut the quartz to fit the bowed shape. Assuming I can’t fix/cut the drywall, what do I do about the backsplash tile? Small? Subway? Any other thoughts?! TIA

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millworkman
7 years ago
Float it flat.
Melissa R
7 years ago
depending on how badly it is bowed, if it's really bad the tiler/you can build up the un-bowed part of the wall with some mortar or if it's just a little bowed you can adjust the mortar as you tile
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
7 years ago
Best to use a mosaic or other small tile that can have a bit of flex or as mentioned building up the wall to make it flat this will require a good tile setter.

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