Splashback Options

budhabob

Hi All,

Currently renovating a house, and trying to do as much as possible ourselves to keep the costs down.

Will be fitting a new kitchen in the next few weeks, and neither of us particularly like tile splashbacks. We are thinking either acrylic or glass (i appreciate acrylic wont work behind the hob).

Just wondering if anyone has an experience of them, or if someone could recommend suppliers they've used by PM?

Thanks in advance,

Rob

jlm29

budhabob wrote: »

Hi All,

Currently renovating a house, and trying to do as much as possible ourselves to keep the costs down.

Will be fitting a new kitchen in the next few weeks, and neither of us particularly like tile splashbacks. We are thinking either acrylic or glass (i appreciate acrylic wont work behind the hob).

Just wondering if anyone has an experience of them, or if someone could recommend suppliers they've used by PM?

Thanks in advance,

Rob

I have a splashback and I LOVE it! One of all the things in my kitchen, it's one of my favourite! I would recommend going to non-splashback specialists for prices. I got mine from a glass and mirror shop, and it was just because I happened to ask that I found they did splash backs. It was significantly cheaper than going to a splashback specialist shop!

budhabob

jlm29 wrote: »

I have a splashback and I LOVE it! One of all the things in my kitchen, it's one of my favourite! I would recommend going to non-splashback specialists for prices. I got mine from a glass and mirror shop, and it was just because I happened to ask that I found they did splash backs. It was significantly cheaper than going to a splashback specialist shop!

Could I ask what part of the country you are in, and if Dublin could you PM me who you went to?

jlm29

budhabob wrote: »

Could I ask what part of the country you are in, and if Dublin could you PM me who you went to?

I'm not in Dublin, I'm in tipp, so I can't help with a recommendation!

KFiddles

I'm also in mid-reno and doing glass splashbacks. Any glass and mirror supplier can do it.

Sleepy

What kind of prices are you looking at per metre of splashback?

budhabob

Sleepy wrote: »

What kind of prices are you looking at per metre of splashback?

Would be interested in costs aswell. Doing alot of renovation work, so to keep costs down doing alot ourselves.....so tiling spaceback would work out pretty cheap....but glass / akril type splashback would look better i think

jlm29

budhabob wrote: »

Would be interested in costs aswell. Doing alot of renovation work, so to keep costs down doing alot ourselves.....so tiling spaceback would work out pretty cheap....but glass / akril type splashback would look better i think

I can't give you measurements off the top of my head. I paid €900 I think. My kitchen is 19ft long, and the units run the length of one wall. There's a tall unit with the oven at one end, and a tall larder press at the other, and the splashback runs the length of the wall between them, if ya get me!

Edited to add- We got the same glass behind the sink in the utility, and the €900 included this. I think it was €750/€150 kitchen/utility. It depends on cutouts etc. There's a certain charge per plug, for example!

budhabob

jlm29 wrote: »

I can't give you measurements off the top of my head. I paid €900 I think. My kitchen is 19ft long, and the units run the length of one wall. There's a tall unit with the oven at one end, and a tall larder press at the other, and the splashback runs the length of the wall between them, if ya get me!

Edited to add- We got the same glass behind the sink in the utility, and the €900 included this. I think it was €750/€150 kitchen/utility. It depends on cutouts etc. There's a certain charge per plug, for example!

Spot on cheers, we were looking at Akril as an option, costs about 350ish for a 3000mm x 600mm section, €100 for fitting, and €20 per plug

http://www.in-house.ie/index.php/walls-floors-doors/akril

Rowley Birkin QC

I'm also looking at glass splashbacks, any recommendations for Dublin?

Akril won't work due to distance to hob.

budhabob

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

I'm also looking at glass splashbacks, any recommendations for Dublin?

Akril won't work due to distance to hob.

No, we went with tile in the end. Budget based decision really, as we could do the tiling ourselves.

Rowley Birkin QC

Thanks, got two quotes today. One for €670 all in and the other for €960 ex.VAT.

% wise, would tiling be significantly cheaper?

budhabob

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Thanks, got two quotes today. One for €670 all in and the other for €960 ex.VAT.

% wise, would tiling be significantly cheaper?

We spent about €100 on tiles, adhesive, grout, a few tools....and did the fitting ourselves.

Not sure how much you would spend on tiling labour.

Rowley Birkin QC

budhabob wrote: »

We spent about €100 on tiles, adhesive, grout, a few tools....and did the fitting ourselves.

Not sure how much you would spend on tiling labour.

Cheers. I'm kinda of sold on the splashback at this stage but we'll see. Thanks again.

budhabob

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Cheers. I'm kinda of sold on the splashback at this stage but we'll see. Thanks again.

So were we, love the look, but budget was pretty stretched at that stage. Best of luck with it.

PaddyONeill

Rowley Birkin QC wrote: »

Thanks, got two quotes today. One for €670 all in and the other for €960 ex.VAT.

% wise, would tiling be significantly cheaper?

Could you PM me who sent you the 670 quote please?

Carlosthejakal

We used these for our splash back and they were recommended by our kitchen supplier Poggenpohl.
There is even plug socket cut outs and it all looks seamless.
They did a great job and also did loads of other jobs for us like glass for our table top, mirrors for the bathrooms and glass shelves for the showers.

Great to deal with and I recommend them highly

http://www.churchtownglass.ie

listermint

Surely just getting a large piece of shatter glass and either spraying the rear or painting the wall behind it would be significantly cheaper than the prices quoted here.

Is it because you are using the term splashback where the money suddenly dials up

Rowley Birkin QC

listermint wrote: »

Surely just getting a large piece of shatter glass and either spraying the rear or painting the wall behind it would be significantly cheaper than the prices quoted here.

Is it because you are using the term splashback where the money suddenly dials up

Possibly but there's a lot involved in the measuring, cutouts (sockets, switches etc.) transport and the fitting took hours to get a seamless finish. Happy enough to leave it to someone who knows what they're doing when it's such a visible thing in the kitchen.

Happy enough with how ours worked out.The wall behind was getting very tatty before getting this sorted.

Carlosthejakal

Carlosthejakal wrote: »

We used these for our splash back and they were recommended by our kitchen supplier Poggenpohl.
There is even plug socket cut outs and it all looks seamless.
They did a great job and also did loads of other jobs for us like glass for our table top, mirrors for the bathrooms and glass shelves for the showers.

Great to deal with and I recommend them highly



http://www.churchtownglass.ie

Here is our kitchen