I just put in a tiled kitchen backsplash. I now need to put on the window casing on the bottom of the kitchen window. It will sit on top of the tile. The window sill extends out beyond this bottom piece of casing.
How would you approach attaching this piece of casing?
I have a few ideas but I’m not sure what’s best. I can nail through the sill on an angle into the casing, alternating the direction of the angled nails. I can glue it to the tile. I can try to nail through the face of the casing and hit the grout between the tiles.
Thanks for any suggestions.
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Take off the tile behind the apron. Nail the apron to the framing.
Mike Hennessy
Pittsburgh, PA
I typically drill pilot holes at grout joits and hand nail skirts. Then a couple of shots with the nail gun through the stool down into the skirt.
A small bead of adhesive on the back of the skirt doesn't hurt either.
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
You are talking about an apron, the trim that sits below the stool and matches the rest of the window trim (casing).
Unless it is some special or intricate patter, i would almost always just not have it there, and do the same in a bath with tiled walls.
You would probably be just fine doing it your way with glue and nails. Drill some holes in the tile and nail or screw at those locations.
Agreed, don't use a piece of trim there. Or at most use a small piece of trim to hide the top edge of the tile, and use 18 ga brads and glue to fasten it to the underside of the sill."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
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You don't find the window to look "out of balance" without an apron?
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
Depends on all the trim and tile taken as a whole. "Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
You make a valid point.
In a kitchen............especially if there is a tile or tumbled marble back splash then my answer would be no.
I mean who doesn't tile a backsplash anymore? And if you have a 4' splash and then tile the remainder, there isn't a whole lot of room left over in between.
In a bath, we're usually putting a towel bar beneath the window so...........
It does look a little odd. I've done it and seen it both ways.
Never been called on it.
Ditto, but if you feel there must be something there because the tile has small to large gap maybe a 1/2 or 3/4 cove under the sill to cover the gap, that you can nail right to the sill.Usually there is a sink below a kitchen window if that is the case I would minimize any wood trim, to the point of using a granite or marble sill that compliments the tile. You can get marble door sills at some tile centers, If the window is narrow enough one of those may work.Wallyo
predrill and use trim screws.
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Edited 1/6/2009 12:52 pm ET by rez
Thanks for the suggestions.I had actually meant to leave out a few pieces of tile to leave room for nailing but got focused on getting the tile to look just right - and forgot.Looks like I will go with the pilot hole and hand nailing. I'd love to use trim screws but I don't know of anywhere local that sells them (Ottawa, ON).It just doesn't look right without the apron (thanks for giving me the right name) on there.Thanks again.
Edited 1/6/2009 1:50 pm ET by Caleb
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