Serving West Valley City, UT
Kitchen backsplashes in West Valley City, UT
Subway, mosaic, slab, and stone, cut clean around outlets and the range.
- One place to describe your project
- Independent local installers do the work
- No obligation to hire anyone
Check local availability
Tell us about your tile project. We review each request by hand and, if an independent local installer is available, we put you in touch. Submitting does not guarantee availability.
We do not do the work. Independent local tile installers do, and you contract directly with the one you choose.
Backsplash work in West Valley City covers a wider span of kitchen ages than anywhere else in the valley. A Granger or Hunter kitchen from the post-war years usually still has a short counter splash glued to the wall, outlets set low, and boxes that sit shy of the finished surface. The newer subdivisions out toward 5600 West and 6400 West are already full height, so the question there is layout and how the last course lands under the wall cabinets. The installer measures the wall before quoting anything.
What this covers
- Subway tile, standard and stacked layouts
- Mosaic sheets, including glass and pebble
- Slab and large-format backsplashes
- Natural stone, marble, and travertine
- Full-height tile behind the range or hood
- Outlet, switch, and window-return cuts
What affects the scope
Every tile job is different, and the independent installer who does the work sets their own price. These are the things they will usually need to know before they can estimate:
- The run of wall being covered, and whether it is a partial or a full-height backsplash
- The tile format, since mosaic sheets and large slabs are opposite kinds of labor
- Natural stone, which cuts and seals differently than ceramic or porcelain
- How many outlets, switches, and returns interrupt the field
- Whether an old backsplash has to come off first, and what it takes with it
- Whether the pattern needs to be laid out to center on a range or a window
Worth asking any installer directly: are you licensed and insured for this work, what waterproofing system do you use, what is your estimate and what does it include, when could you start, and what happens if something is not right afterwards? Related reading: What does tile installation actually cost?
Kitchen backsplashes across West Valley City
Requests come from across Granger, Hunter, Chesterfield, and the neighborhoods around Valley Fair Mall and the Maverik Center, along with the newer streets running west toward 5600 and 6400 West.
Questions
Frequently asked
How much does kitchen backsplash tile cost in West Valley City?
Scope usually comes down to whether the old counter splash and its adhesive have to come off first, how many outlets and switches fall in the tile field, and whether the tile runs full height behind the range or stops at the cabinets. Taylorsville Tile Co. does not set prices. If an independent local installer is available for your job, that installer gives you their own estimate and you agree it directly with them before any work starts.
Can new tile go over the existing 4 inch counter splash in an older Granger or Hunter kitchen?
It can, but the added thickness has to be accounted for. Tile plus mortar over an existing splash pushes the finished surface forward, and in those kitchens the outlet boxes and the cabinet returns are already close to flush. Once the wall moves out, the outlet covers no longer sit flat and the boxes need extenders. Taking the old splash off is cleaner, though on that vintage of drywall the paper face often tears and needs patching before tile.
More in West Valley City
Kitchen backsplashes elsewhere
Ready to tell us about your tile project?
Tell us the job and we will check whether an independent local installer is available. No obligation.