Why are glass upstands and splashbacks in a kitchen so expensive?

duncan_philips

We ordered a similar glass splashaback (3000x455mm) for our kitchen and the cost was less than £300.

mycolourglass.co.uk is the website. There are lots of companies out there but this one really gets the job done.

Hope this helps.

Duncan

Shaanbles

Not sure if my post is too late; but I'm also getting glass splashbacks. 2M x 450cm and 2.8M x 450cm in red with 4 cut outs. best quote is around £500 from Warfield Glass. Allders who supply the main kitchen outlets in the area were £1200.

Keep calling glaziers and I'n sure one of them will be more reasonable.

Good luck

dazarooney1987

All the prices so far seem so expensive! I got my cooker hood from Premier Range and in the process was shown some splashbacks which were nowhere near the prices given here! Here's the link:

http://www.premierrange.co.uk/glass-splashbacks

Innys

dazarooney1987 wrote: »

All the prices so far seem so expensive! I got my cooker hood from Premier Range and in the process was shown some splashbacks which were nowhere near the prices given here! Here's the link:

http://www.premierrange.co.uk/glass-splashbacks

I think you'll find those are splashbacks for behind the hob only.......the total length of worktop I was looking to have splashbacks above was around 6m - much more than the width of the 60cm hob.

paulcourtyard

These Glass Splashbacks look fantastic and if you have professionally installed reasonable quality tiles the price is comparable. These people give a good service at reasonable prices give them a look just google dgsplashback. You have to be prepared to pay the going rate though. There are a number of companies selling inferior products for less.

devotee

paulcourtyard wrote: »

These Glass Splashbacks look fantastic and if you have professionally installed reasonable quality tiles the price is comparable. These people give a good service at reasonable prices give them a look just google dgsplashback. You have to be prepared to pay the going rate though. There are a number of companies selling inferior products for less.

What is an inferior glass splashback? I've had one installed and as far as I know, it's either normal toughened glass (with the green tinge) or optiwhite, painted in any colour you like and foil backed. Mine was made of white glass, painted in white, had about six socket cutouts, wall cupboard height, 3m long with an extra upstand of 2m and it cost me about £500 from a local glass supplier (templated and installed by them).

Happychappy

Hi, I used a firm called Finefit, they do a template service and fitting if required, I did my whole kitchen for £850 with toughened glass and choose the colour from the Dulux chart, really pleased

phill99

paulcourtyard wrote: »

These Glass Splashbacks look fantastic and if you have professionally installed reasonable quality tiles the price is comparable. These people give a good service at reasonable prices give them a look just google dgsplashback. You have to be prepared to pay the going rate though. There are a number of companies selling inferior products for less.

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greenface

AFAIK you just dont need Toughened glass (you dont always need toughened glass as its stuck properly to the wall its ok not toughened in some areas but in areas around the cooker or any permanant heated items it also needs to be pyro-float (heat/fire proof)Take advice first but most kitchens can do a self template but always remember where its butting up to and if its butting into glass or wall.(internal external angles etc) Once its toughened you cannot cut it down. K-Seal(wirral) do a good service and deliver all over the country.

wopdiddly

All toughened glass splashbacks are more or less the same, shop around online there are many people doing them now.