Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
"Vass" writes:
Best to tile up to the wall?
or install units and tile up to the legs of the units because I'm using
plinths to hide them?
latter is cheaper but is it the right way to go?

I tiled to the wall. I'm expecting the tiles to last longer than
the rest of the kitchen. A "professionally" installed kitchen
tiled up to the plinth, except in the gap for a washing machine
where they go right back to the wall. The effect of this was to
leave insufficient height for some standard washing machines
under the worktop, as the units are all standing on a lower floor.
The nice thing about DIY is you can do it properly.

So, the washing machine plus tile thickness plus a reasonable gap at the
top is where your worktop should go. One tile above that the bottom of
the sockets, and 2 tiles above that, the bottom of the wall units.

I've always got lucky with the WM but it's easy to see how it could be a
sting in the tail