Kitchen splashbacks - coloured glass v tiles?

Edinburghlass_2

Thanks for that honey06, you've helped me make up my mind, glass it is!

seneca

Thanks for that honey06, you've helped me make up my mind, glass it is!

me too!

just need to find somewhere, preferably local (birmingham are) that does them. Anyone know of any decent online suppliers?

It seems glass is a really popular material in kitchens. I'm considering using it for our gas hob and cooker hood canopy

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1735139

one thing about splashbacks though - most diy stores sell them as sheets, so are you meant to just butt them up next to each other? If you have a long run of units there will be a few joins. Otherwise I imagine it would be very expensive to have one long continous sheet.

Edinburghlass_2

I've just been reading that thread and I'm beginning to despair of all the cleaning I'll need to do to keep everything looking tip top

I have the same cooker hood (link by Tomsmum), never had one before so I don't know anything about cleaning them but I will let you know how I get on. It was £99 in the bargain area of B&Q if you want to look in your local store. White ceramic sink was another bargain basement item from Focus and I've ordered a white tap from Ebay for £22 compared to the same tap in B&Q selling at £49.

CKdesigner

Hi, I wouldn't get glass panels from a DIY store. Like all things if its worth doing its worth doing properly. They really need to be measured and supplied by a specialist company as Mr Willetts described.

I think you will find glass companies rather like granite companies that the better ones only supply trade customers and not direct to the public.

Anyway, good luck.

seneca

Edinburghlass - I like the way you are going about getting a kitchen; a bit from here, a bit from there. I'm doing the same! (glad to know I'm not alone!) I'm still a way off from ordering the actual units etc, but I'm forever on the lookout for good deals for the rest of the things, and boy are there a lot. Whoever said planning a new kitchen was easy? Surprisingly, well maybe not in these tough times, there are plenty of bargains out there. It's just a matter of being patient and looking.

kitchens do require a degree of cleaning/maintainance whatever materials they are made of. I'm beginning think glass is one of the easier ones to clean.

There should be a kitchen forum all to itself

Edinburghlass_2

My installation starts a week on Monday and I go away for two days on the Tuesday :eek:

Units are being ordered from Howdens, worktop from http://www.idsurfaces.co.uk/, still can't make up my mind if I go for basic white socket covers/switch plates so will probably just use white to start with. Light fitting from Argos as I have a voucher from there although Focus were reasonably priced for what I wanted.

And this week I'm going to Ikea to check out the myriad of bits and pieces suitable for the inside of cupboards, hanging rails, door handles etc. Once its underway I'll do some before and after pics.

honey06

hi seneca,

if you get ones from somewhere like b&q they will be off the shelf in standard sizes. they were only just beginning to stock them when i was looking. if you get them from a glazier as I did they will be made to measure, and will be a single sheet along each wall. the joins are butted together and sealed with clear sealant.

edinburghlass- dont despair, cleaning doesnt seem too big a job

i used Cheadle Glass. they are a company in Stockport, so perhaps not that close to you, but they were really helpful - they may supply to your area, but I'm sure would help source someone closer if not, I would certainly recommend them anyway

mandragora_2

Hi there - we looked carefully at all the options when re-fitting our kitchen earlier this year - loved glass splashbacks but soooo expensive. In the end, my OH (who is a very competent DIYer) got a stainless steel splashback made by a local firm (sheet steel, laminated onto hardboard, I think) for behind the cooker and fitted it himself, and then, our real find/inspiration - he approached a local firm that makes laminates - the guy had hundreds of colours to choose from, and so we got a perfect match for our (expensive!!) Corian worktops, and had the laminate firm make us up boards to size for the area we would otherwise have tiled or used splashback for. My OH fitted them to the walls with neat, chrome topped fixings, and the whole thing looks great. Six months on they look as good as new - when you thinks about it, the walls that you'd put tiles/splashbacks on don't get much traffic or wear and tear, and all they really need is to look neat, wipe clean easily and be able to withstand the steam/stains that might get splashed onto them. If anyone's interested, I'll give more precise details but I'd need to ask him - he's out at the mo, and to be honset, I pretty much just let him get on with it!

chezzam_2

Devotee - was that £150 supply and fit ? If so can i please have the details of where you got this quote from please as i think this is very reasonable.:rotfl:

mackiem_2

I'm after a aluminum splashback, my neighbour paid £2,000 to poggen pohl for hers. Her's are a matt finish and one wipe and its clean looks more ideal than glass splashback.