Remodeling a bathroom, using 4x4 ceramic wall tiles and have an old porcelain wall-mount sink.QUESTION: Do I put screws through the tile and put the mount OVER the tile, hanging the sink that way OR do I hang the sink on the untiled wall and tile around it?Thanks for your help!
Tile 1st and mount the hanging bracket on the tile. Best to make sure there is studs or a mounting plate behind the dry wall to screw into. Caulk around the sink after mounting to prevent water from going between the sink and tiles. Any questions you can e mail me through my avatar and check my qualifications there. GL
TJ is right -- not only will it look better, if you tile around it water splash from the sink will eventually permeate the grout and damage the wall. Plus the sink can later be removed for an upgrade without damaging the wall,
1-locate studs / eye balling as well for centering of bracket 2- cut hardwood strip to match wall mounting bracket' {2x as thick as tile, this allows for a good thick bead of caulking counter sunk, so to speak around behind the sink, thus hiding the sealer /after step #10 } 3-drill screw strip to wall, being conscious to : set the screws so they are offset to sink bracket's screw placement. 4- attach wall bracket 5- practice hang sink/ checking the fit 6-NOW, draw a pencil line tracing the sink 7- remove sink 8-TILE TIME [LOL] Now you can tile up to the bracket [wasting tiles].NO! Now it gets easy! This method reduces your tile cutting. 9- Tile the wall, using FULL tiles up to the pencil mark {if it is :LESS than 1/2 a tile to the Line , slap a full tile on , if you want 10- { 1/2 a tile inside the trace mark is plenty, if you don't want to be bothered cutting you don't have to . Note: Leave the edge here , till your done all your other tile ,'cause you might have good 1/2 or 3/4 pieces that you can trim it with}...Or just go back and put full tiles to cover. Hope this helps! ..hang sink,caulk top,done!
Definately take the toilet off then tile then put the toilet back on. If the sink can't be removed you will have to tile up to it and probably have to cut tiles to fit near the base. If the tile doesn't look right near the base you can put molding around the sink cabinet to hide the imperfections. But definately remove the toilet.
