Our kitchen is in desperate need of updating. The units themselves, however, are ok. It's the tiles that are the problem.
Is it possible to remove the tiles without affecting the units and work surfaces and simply retile? That would seem to be a much more cost effective way of updating without having to rip the whole thing out and starting again.
All advice gratefully received!!

Are the units fastenend to the tiles or have the tiles been cut up to the units ?

There are defintely some tiles that have been cut around the units (at the end i think). Along the middle part of the units there may be some tiles behind.

usually yes

GT - you usually find the tiles will be cut around the units but in the middle the tiles will be slipped up the back of the wall units.
Therefore you should remove all the tiles, make good the walls, and come back to the forum to ask your next move.

yea you should be able to no probem as above though , remove old tiles , prep walls , re-tile any probs then get in touch again

I preffer to rip tiles off the wall and then cut plaster board out of areas that were tiled and resheat. (I always make sure I cut up to a stud otherwise I need to peice in a new but of timber to provide adequate support behing plasterboard for every join)

Tape over the joints with mesh tape and skim over joints.

Sand the filler over the joints to get a smooth finnish.

Prime over the area to be tile with primer g by Mapei.

Now ready to tile

If you remove silicone from untis / worktop etc you will be able to see if the tile goes behind these fitting or whether it has just been cut.

If the tiles dont go behind any fitting you can just rip of the tiles and then my advice would be to cut out plaster board and resheat similar to the pics I posted (except you could leave the untis and work top in place)

Dont worry, take a hammer to them all they will come off!!!.
Splashbacks are always tiled after installation of kitchen, just make sure you protect your work surfaces, cooker, sink etc, use gloves and goggles most important for DIY. P.s generally when you get the first tiles de-bonded, the rest should literally fall off.