Warning: my DIY backsplash tile fell off the wall 3 days after I installed it
I was standing in my kitchen in Austin last Saturday morning, making coffee, when I heard this crash. Three of my brand new subway tiles (the ones I spent 6 hours cutting and spacing) had popped right off the wall and shattered on the floor. Turns out I didn't clean the drywall dust off before applying the thinset, so the bond was basically useless. I had to scrape all the old mortar off, vacuum everything, and re-tile that whole section - took another 4 hours. Has anyone else had tiles fall off because of a stupid prep mistake like this?