should i tile around a cooker hood and chimney or tile the wall first then fit it?
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Definitely tile the wall first. Its much easier to tile a blank wall rather than one with objects attached to it. Plus if at some stage in the future you replace the cooker hood the new one might not be exactly the same shape/size and if you had tiled around it in the first place you will have a strange shape on the wall. Its like when you tile a bathroom......its so much easier to tile the walls before fixing the washbasin & loo etc..... theres no point making work.
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i believe i saw on "this old house" they did the same thing but with brick or rocks, either way, do the wall first. or go ask bob villa.
i believe i saw on "this old house" they did the same thing but with brick or rocks, either way, do the wall first. or go ask bob villa.
Chimney first and work around it next spreading out to the corners of your wall
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Definatly tile first.
I would say tile around after fitting. Save cracking tiles.
according to challenge tommy (lol) you put the fixtures in first then tile afterwards so that you can get a symetrical finish
definately walll first.... gud luck
I think it is better to tile the wall first and then fit in cooker hood and chimney. This would ensure that you do not have any rough edges or ends to worry about, as working towards a fine finish around this edges can be really cumbersome, particularly if you are not a professional.
I assume that it is a combined electric extractor hood unit with a chimney type box running up to the ceiling attached to it.The only way to do it correctly is unscrew the hood/chimney from the wall remove the old tiles (if any) fit your new tiles and then screw the unit back onto the wall after the tile cement has dry, using a masonory drill bit, preferably a new one to drill the tiles.
I would tile first but make sure the tiles were central so that it still looks right with the fitting on afterwards.
Tiling up to it will just involve a lot of cutting and fiddly grouting.
It also makes things easier if the fitting is changed at a later date as part of a make over.
Tile the wall first - much easier and neater
considering that most cooker hoods sit between wall units it is wiser to tile after the hood has been fitted