Does anyone have a glass splashback?

invisiblecabbage

quick, try and get to Ikea. When we did our kitchen 2 years ago they did glass splashbacks, reasonable price must most importantly they slot into a rail you fit to the wall and that means you can a) remove to clean b)remove to replace should something happen to it ... inevitable!! You would just need to check they are ok for cooker heat.

simpywimpy

I used www.finefit.co.uk based in Oldham, Manchester. Very quick service. Came and measured as well as fit and all made to measure. Very pleased with both service and price

nickyx

I used Adplan Glass, they cover south east England, measured and fitted, very good service.

misskool

thanks all, we had an offcut from out worktop fitted as a splashback in the end.

Doozergirl

seneca wrote: »

great looking kitchen. that's just the kind of look we're going for (white with a light-ish aqua splashback) here's a few quick questions -

where's the kitchen from? (looks like a howdens, white or cream?)

Is that black granite? who did you use?

did you measure for the splashback or did they make a template? (I guess it can be tricky to measure for sockets + taking into acount the number of pieces of glass)

Thanks, yes it's the Howdens Glendevon Cream.

Granite Worktop from http://www.thegraniteandmarblecompany.co.uk/ - really nice people!

We gave the glass people the measurements ourselves; it wasn't hard as the sockets weren't in, we had them put in to match the holes in the splashback.

You need to make sure your walls are straight! If they are not then you will need smaller pieces to forgive any lumps and bumps, or have the wall plasterboarded first. I've just done another one and the walls are all over the place! We've had to have extra cuts put in - it doesn't really affect the aesthetic but it's a pain to go back and cut the glass. The one in the pic was a new plasterboard wall and just went straight up without breaking a sweat!

adrian_bond

hi everyone,

im currently trying an experiment with glass splashbacks. im renovating my kitchen the money saving way by doing as much work as possible myself and using sales / deals as much as possible. i work for a marine / yacht glzing company and can buy glass ready cut and toughened from them. im going to make my own splashbacks in glass and paint them myself.

im now trying different types of paint as its important that the paint be durable and water resistant as well as having a good adhesion to the glass as its got to be stuck to the wall! so far ive tried two samples of paint. ronseal quick drying tile paint (brilliant white) and plasticote briliant white spray paint. they both give a very nice aqua look very much like Dozzergirls link

http://www.photobox.co.uk/my/photo?a..._id=1973719391

once that paint has fully dried im gonna silicone some wood or metal to each sample and see which as the best strength. i will keep you all posted if anyone is interested as it could be an awesome money saving tip if it works. to do my whole kitchen walls and window sill in float glass (toughend) clear (not optiwhite low ion glass) and paint it myslef will be incredibly cheaper than buying direct from a splash back supplier. of course the only colour availiable by using float glass is aqua, but if anyone wanted to do another colour, optiwhite would be the key!

if anyone has any comments then pleas let me know! i will update soon!

john1969

Hi,

If you use the glass behind gas hob it should be toughened. Otherwise the glass will crack.

Good place for glass and splashbacks is mycolourglass.co.uk

Hope that helps.

JJ

paulcourtyard

I have been reading the posts with interest.
I have to declare an interest first as I run dgsplashback.com
But that should not preclude me from giving advice.

If you want just a single colourful piece of Glass behind your Hob, then these can be bought cheaply on places like Ebay. But please make sure you only buy the Toughened Glass ones. There are a number of Small Glass merchants selling products such as Laquorbel, which is a pre lacquered sheet of Glass sold in standard colours to Glass Shops to enable them to sell Splashbacks. Unfortunately when Toughening the Glass is taken up in temperature to around 690 centigrade which would burn off the paint and lacquer. So they are just sold as annealed Glass, this will crack when subjected to heat like behind a hob or stress at places like plug socket cut outs.

If you are thinking of having Glass all the way round, then please use a reputable Splashback specialist as you do tend to get what you pay for.

For some idea of what they can look like take a look at our Gallery

The above link may be removed but we are always happy to give free advice, even if you are not considering using us as a supplier. We are very keen to make sure our industry moves forward with a good reputation.

Paul