Browse Forums Kitchen Splashbacks 1 Jan 05, 2009 8:39 pm I have been trying to decide what to do for the splashback when we renovate our kitchen. I have fallen in love with glass tiles.
Oh how beautiful they would look against a stone benchtop, picking up the flecks of colours in the Quantum Quartz Ice! But here’s the catch: they cost about $30 per 300x300mm piece. Wow! That’s about $330 a square metre, or ten times the cost of the floor tile I have selected. Has anybody used these? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Seems to me that all the usual benefits of a glass splashback (ie no grout) are negated by the fact that you’re using grout! I don’t think a solid glass splashback would cost much more, but I prefer the tiled look because the house is 50 years old and a modern solid glass splashback may look out of place. Perhaps I will just go with ceramic tiles… which would save me about $1000. Can anyone offer any advice or share their experience? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Glass vs ceramic tile splashbacks 2Jan 05, 2009 8:54 pm We have glass tiles for our bathroom splashback and I love them.
Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ But I wouldn't have them in the kitchen for exactly the reason you mentioned: greasy splashes on grout is never nice. We renovated our old kitchen and had white ripple tiles with white grout for our splashback. The first time we cooked a stir-fry there were brown specks everywhere. After a few years, the grout was quite discoloured and I had to pretty it up before selling. I suppose you could use a grout sealer to make it easier to clean if you have your heart set on the tiles? Maybe ask the tile company.... Re: Glass vs ceramic tile splashbacks 3Jan 08, 2009 12:47 pm if its an older house then tiles are a goer.
I wouldn't bother with the glass tiles, if you were to pay that much for the tiles the full glass splash would be the obvious option instead. However i wouldn't go a small tile, maybe a larger rectangular shape instead. This means less grout to clean and if you have a long kitchen it will help accent this feature Also as an option are large 600x600 tiles or 500x500 tiles. You may only need 10 if these babies and the effect is quite unique, especially if they are a tuscan terracotta or french cream colour...wow I have also seen kitchens where the splashback wall has been painted in a mural or simply a textured finish eg. mottled copper and then covered with a piece of unpainted starphire glass. Looks amazing! The glass has to be fixed to the wall differently than the norm but well worth the finish. Kitchens are like finger prints, no two are ever the same!! SmartPack did the kitchens for Channel 9's Home Made TV Show Re: Glass vs ceramic tile splashbacks 4Jan 08, 2009 11:43 pm we have chosen 'white' glass tiles for our splashback. We fell in love with them when we saw them in several different display homes. I spoke to my brother about them, who is our tiler, and he said the grout will be fine just make sure to SEAL IT BEFORE ANY USE!!
Here is a pic of what we saw in a display home Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And this is our kitchen colour choices. This tile is a 200x100 but we have chosen the 300x100 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Glass vs ceramic tile splashbacks 5Jan 09, 2009 12:15 am Hi The tiles in the first pic titled 'Matrix C007-14 Mouse glass splashback.jpg' look similiar to the ones we have chosen, only ours are not glass.. they are normal ceramic tiles and we got them from Beaumonts in the standard builders range..
this may be a cheaper alternative.. -Sha Looking for advice on whether this variation in tile colour is acceptable. The large tile on the left was used in my main bathroom renovation 1 year ago. My ensuite… 0 8489 Hi Kaiser85, We are building with Firstyle Homes. Our build has just started, slab pour is on Saturday (hopefully!). Their standard range is pretty good. We did our… 1 6482 |