There's a crew at my place doing demo right now for some tile work. We're doing the entry, kitchen, dining area, hallway and bathrooms.

In the current kitchen, the tile only goes in a few inches under the dishwasher, then it's just bare concrete. I was going to do the same with the new tiles, but my father says I should go all the way back. It's only another ~ 5 sf, so it's not a cost issue.

What did/would you do?

 

If it were me I would just go completely under. You will have to readjust the rear dishwasher feet so it sits level.

 

+1, I tiled my kitchen last year tiled the whole way back, same for where my range is. One thing I would look into is to see how much you will have to adjust the feet on you dishwasher to get back under your counter top. I learned this after the fact. I had to adjust my curtain dishwater so far down, that the kickplate or bottom cover no longer fits. I have to see if I can trim mine down. Would really like to get a new dishwasher as the one that came with the house is a POS.

 

All the way for flexibility and the fact it will be easier to move the appliances in the future.

 

All the way back it is. Thanks for the input.

+ reps for all

 

yeah, go all the way.

 

go all of the way.

 

Do It! all the way

 

Instructions were given to go all the way under. Though, the cheering to go all the way might inspire the need to post in D&R after tonight

The real PITA is the cable. Since it's a condo built in '69 ( x2), the cable was added after construction. It runs under the living room carpet and gets split to the living room and master bedroom. Well, it needs to cross the tile to get to the bedroom, so I'm having them notch the slab just enough to get the cable across a jamb. Not the best way to do it, but being on the first floor with radiant heat in the ceiling doesn't lend itself well to doing anything else.

BTW, demo made one mell of a hess!! Dust everywhere. At least that is mostly done - other than the master bath. They should have a majority of the tile laid today, then grout tomorrow, once we decide on a color.

More information you didn't ask for - the tiles are 13" with 1/16 spacers all in standard grids. We thought about doing diagonals in the master bath, but the tiles are too big/bathroom too small and it wouldn't look right.

 

Well, the main work is done and overall it looks pretty good. However, there were some issues that need to be discussed/resolved with the contractor before they get paid.

 

pix!

 

Hopefully coming soon. Still have a lot of painting to do, but I might take a couple pics of the kitchen to show the tile floor, granite counters, tiled backsplash and new SS appliances.