$350 DIY Subway Tile Backsplash From A to Z

What do you think of putting double sidded tape for tileing. My friend did his backsplash with it, and it looks great. It has been 3 years and still on.

Wondering what to do. We have hired a contractor and they used keri-board shower pan, wall, and curb. the drain is sitting 1/4th to 1/3 inch higher than the mosaic tiles and you can tell its not even pitched properly.. they did deep pitch around the drain but not across the whole shower pan, it looks like a rollercoaster around the walls, you can feel dips across the ground, some tiles are on angles where its not level with some overlapping.. they are saying that the grout will fix it but unless they completely grout over the tiles by 1/3 inch.. I don't see how that would fix anything.. not sure what to do.. they installed like 36 by 60 inch tiles on the wall but there is huge void gaps behind the tiles. any recommendations.. they said I'm not a contractor and don't do it on a daily basis so I need to trust them..

Question. Why even cut the drywall out and put cement board when you’re going over the drywall on the top?

Jeff, what are your thoughts on SimpleMat from Home Depot as an alternative to thinset over drywall?

I feel that if you are happy with it stop part so HARD I destroyed many a Drawing by wanting perfection and ruining the whole thing it's such a terrible habit to pick up and you should get rid of it really fast cause it's gonna make life so much easier.
Great Video as always Jeff easy to listen to voice as much explaining and showing as anyone could need the Cameraman is getting better by the Video and you two seem more insync every Video so he focuses on stuff you talk about before you get their it's so smooth. <3

Crowdsourcing information on products and materials is such a smart idea! 💡

Always enjoy watching ( or mostly listening) to your videos, peeking up now and again to watch while I draw or play a phone game. Your info is well placed,and your voice is very relaxing. 🥶🖤🔔👍🏻❣️

"Maybe your water's wetter, I don't know.." My favourite line in this video. Jeff, I could watch you build a house from the ground up with the way you entertain your audience.

Monsieur Jeff, if you ever get asked to build a gabled awning over a front door with wooden brackets instead of beams, and you wonder if anyone would appreciate a video of you building it, know that there is one person who would appreciate it (and that person is me... I would like to see a video of you building an awning... I'm shamelessly trying to coax you into making that video).

Do you cover how to install those wood countertops?

You really are the man. Renovated 75% of my house using your videos as a guide. Have been waiting to do backsplash while some of the settlement takes place (did some jacking and reinforced the basement floor) and now that its finally set, I was getting ready to look into back-splash installation...BAM a full video on the process. This channel probably saved me $10,000 on our house.

Jeff, did you not film the install of the countertops? 🤔 I have been anticipating your install techniques and advice, 😀

Newbie here. Why cut the drywall out to remove the old tile, rather than just demo the tile out and then patch and fix any damaged drywall after the tile demo?

Hey Jeff where can I locate the products you sell? I know I bought 4 inch gimbal lights of your website about 3 or 4 years ago. However I can't find where you sell all your products now I just see Amazon links

Too many ads.

Jeff, the pre-roll ad was for KILZ and said sponsored! I know you always joke that you're not sponsored by them, but it looks like they listened.

I know Jeff said why in the beginning, but I couldn't find it again. Why couldn't you use the adhesive with this back splash, and am I able to use the adhesive for a back splash if it's drywall, or do I need to undo the entire thing and stick in hardy backer or something like that?

"So many reasons why i dont use or buy pre-mixed grout" --> doesnt mention a single one ;/

What laser level is that!

I have a home that was built in 55 that needs a lot of work it has floor joist and i need to level the kitchen I’m in Florida and it only has about a 6” crawl space any ideas Jeff

Did he paint the outlets twice? Even when he has tape?

Bob Ross of home reno

Hate premixed grout too Jeff. Usually end up with messy residues on the tiles no matter how hard I clean them.

I like how he show the mistakes to, that way I don’t just think it only happens to me 😂

Helpful. Brilliant. Thanks, Jeff.

Hi Jeff, I used Schluter All-Set to set ceramic tile on primed drywall. I think that was a mistake because the all set dried out very quickly. In fact, days later 4 tiles popped off. I tried scraping the all-set off so I could reset the tiles but it took the paper layer of the drywall off as well, so I stopped doing that. Can I just use some Simple Fix or maybe Liquid Nails or epoxy to reattach the tiles to the old all-set?

Did you use the grout float to set the depth? You mentioned it but didn't show in the video. How much pressure do you use? Is it just a light tap all over? Do you work from left to right, bottom to top?

aren't you supposed to put spacers in those?

Thanks for the video! Everybody wear a mask when mixing thinset. It’s very dangerous to breathe in!

Watched all your tiling / backsplash video, and completed first back splash. Thanks for the tips and demo turned out pretty damn good for a first tiling job!

Using the grout float to set the depth is a nice touch to avoid lippage and give a uniform set.

I was always told to cut the tiles upside down. So that if you do happen get those little weird chips, they’ll only on appear the bottom side. 😊

Honestly I should've just done this cause sanding grout suuuuuuucks and it was just one small spot 🤣

I really like your videos. Question if anyone is around to answer. Is it necessary to mud the drywall joints?

the previous owner of my house covered the texture of the walls with plywood in the kitchen, then added the backsplash to the plywood. I don't want to take part the whole kitchen (cabinets are mounted over it too), it's been okay for 4 years. So Can I try to remove the tile from the plywood and just lay the new shit over it? Or should I cut it out like this and replace with the backerboard?

QUESTION: Should I use a metal trim edge or the tile trim for the edges at the end of the tile run?

What kind of notch and what is the size of the smaller trowel? It's showed so fast it's hard to see and no measurement given. Great video.

Wetter water is better water!

You do all this so effortlessly. Your cuts are great. Maybe you could send a hologram down here and do my tiling.😅

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❓❓❓Is the easiest DIY backsplash smaller tile on the mesh backing? Does anyone know?

A response would be greatly appreciated 😊🌟

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Love your videos, man. But this video convinced me to use pre- mixed grout next time.

You First Mistake, Not just replacing all of the backing/drywall. You could had saved so much time and hassel by doing that instead of peacing and patching it together