hi, thinking of buying a glass splashback or a toughened mirror, i saw Adlei glass www.adleiglass.com.au website and they do both. Has anyone used these guys? What do people think of mirrors as a splashback?
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Mel C
Browse Forums Kitchen Splashbacks 1 Mar 02, 2008 8:47 am hi, thinking of buying a glass splashback or a toughened mirror, i saw Adlei glass www.adleiglass.com.au website and they do both. Has anyone used these guys? What do people think of mirrors as a splashback?
thanks Mel C Re: mirror splashbacks 2Mar 02, 2008 10:27 am I saw a mirrored splashback in the kitchen of a display house, Believe it or not it looked fantastic, and made the room look bigger.
Guess you have to consider that every mark will look 'doubled'. Paula Re: mirror splashbacks 4Mar 02, 2008 3:02 pm Home Beautiful (March) has a kitchen with mirrored spashback in it and the designer was saying how effective they are at reflecting back light or possibly a view, and that they are "easy to clean"... but what she probably meant was they are easy to clean but you will need to wipe them over ALL THE TIME!
I guess it's not a lot different to glass splashbacks - just that you will see marks more. Ray. Second Time 'Round Re: mirror splashbacks 6Mar 02, 2008 3:28 pm royalblue bec I think they look great That's coz when you look, you see you Depends on how short you are. Even with a 650mm splash the top of the mirror would still only be at 1550mm...which is definitiely below my eye level...with angle of incidence/reflection I would end up looking at my stomach most of the time...maybe a great new tool for a weight loss program! Re: mirror splashbacks 7Mar 02, 2008 5:24 pm Would a mirror splashback deteriorate i.e. the backing, if it got wet?
We had a mirror above our bathroom sink in our old house, which was too close to the benchtop, and the water made the mirror go black. No doubt it wasn't sealed properly. I would want them to assure me that it would hold up against water i.e. sealed well and waterproofed. But IMO mirror splashbacks look pretty spesh . Re: mirror splashbacks 8Mar 02, 2008 6:56 pm I love the look of a mirrored splash back! You can be cooking and then keeping an eye on the kids behind you After 4 years - we're in! Re: mirror splashbacks 9Mar 02, 2008 7:03 pm stonecutter1309 I love the look of a mirrored splash back! You can be cooking and then keeping an eye on the kids behind you lol hadn't thought of that. Re: mirror splashbacks 11Mar 27, 2008 11:10 am I was thinking of something along those lines as well, I thought I'd go for either mirrored tiles (like ones you can get for bathrooms) or a mirrored splash back.
In the end I decided on Stainless Steel splash back. Clean lines, still shiny and nicer than tiles but hopefully a little bit less cleaning effort than a mirror would have been. I figured that apart from behind the stove the rest should stay relatively clean anyway. |