Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Mar 24, 2014 1:09 pm Our glass splashback in our kitchen is going to be 4.2m long, which is too long for it to be in one piece. Our 900mm cook top is centred on the 4.2m long bench top. So I was thinking that we could have a different colour splashback just by the cooker - so instead of trying to hide a join making the difference stand out more. We have chosen an almost black splashback and I was thinking we could make the one behind the cooker a silver. So it would be 1.65m of black, 900mm of silver and 1.65m of black again. What are your thoughts? Would that ruin the look and the point of it being glass? Would you just have a join through it? My build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=68002 Re: Glass Splashback - too long... help? 2Mar 24, 2014 1:26 pm I really like this idea! I too would hate to have a visible join running smack bang through the middle of (what looks like) a single piece of glass but this is a great way around it. You could even have a patterned splash back behind the cook top if you wanted. We went with large rectified tiles so we didn't have to worry about any of these issues, but I like your thinking! Building with Dale Alcock Homes in Aveley Our thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=63880 And yes, my pants are indeed fancy. Re: Glass Splashback - too long... help? 3Mar 24, 2014 1:31 pm My two cents, I wouldn't go for two colours. I understand you are faced with a bit of a dilemma, but I would be hesitant to make a feature out of the issue. You will likely end up drawing attention to a fact that would otherwise have been covered by a subtle join. I think most quality workmen would be able to make a nice, neat join. If you are open to alternatives to glass, you could go for really big gloss tiles with a flat edge. I don't know what the technical name for them is, but essentially these tiles are designed to fit together with a very minimal gap to give the illusion of it being one solid piece. My brother has chosen tiles like this for his kitchen. Unfortunately I can't show you the end result since all my brother and I have are slabs, but you could look to google/houzz/pinterest for inspiration. Good luck deciding Re: Glass Splashback - too long... help? 4Mar 24, 2014 1:42 pm I think the tiles you are talking about Pan is the rectified tiles fancy pants mentioned above. Basically rectified means each tile is perfectly squared thus allowing the minimal grout joint. Re: Glass Splashback - too long... help? 5Mar 24, 2014 1:50 pm TiredHalo I think the tiles you are talking about Pan is the rectified tiles fancy pants mentioned above. Basically rectified means each tile is perfectly squared thus allowing the minimal grout joint. Oh so they did. When I started typing my response there was no other comment on the thread. Fancypants snuck in there! Re: Glass Splashback - too long... help? 6Mar 24, 2014 6:30 pm This afternoon I popped into our splashback provider. They can do our colour in 4.5m lengths which is great news!! No need for a join or for different colours. My build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=68002 Re: Glass Splashback - too long... help? 7Mar 24, 2014 7:14 pm Even better! Building with Dale Alcock Homes in Aveley Our thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=63880 And yes, my pants are indeed fancy. Not sure if that works? I was told the issue is the headspace clearance requirement on step 4. My builder is proposing shifting the beam 310mm towards the kitchen...I'm… 2 2536 It will be neat but you won't have much freeboard. At least they are not weep holes. Are you in a high intensity rainfall region? The regulatory slope is only required… 3 8265 Firstly, if your house is still under builder's warranty (10 years in Victoria) you should have no need to crawl into roof space but let the builder handle it, unless you… 3 5638 |