Hi Everyone,
I went out to our house yesterday (we are building in Brisbane and have about 5 weeks left until practical completion) as our S/S told me that our glass splashback had been installed in the kitchen. It's locked up and I was just going to peek through the windows but a kind contractor left one of the back windows unlocked.
I was a bit shocked to see the splashback as it had joins in it. Two joins to be more specific. I don't have any pictures yet as I didn't have a camera, but we have a galley style kitchen with overhead and underbench cupboards where the cooktop sits. The glass splashback is 3.2 metres long, with two joins where the overhead cupboards sit directly above.
When we did our color selection our consultant told us that if the area to be covered was under 3.6 metres, the splashback would not have a join, and it would be one piece of glass. I also rang the interior section yesterday just to double check this, and she was correct. Because ours is 3.2 metres, we expected no joins and this was the reason why I selected the splashback. Had it had joins, I probably would have gone with tiles as I absolutely did not want a join, but now I have two!
Now, I have reported this to our CSR and SS and they are checking up on it for me. I am angry at myself for not getting this in writing at the time. I'm not sure what the outcome will be. I'm also not sure if it does really look bad or whether I don't like it because it's not what I was expected. The reason I wanted a glass splashback is because you get a lovely sense of a clean, clear open space and I just don't get this with it having the joins in it. If I wanted joins, I would have chosen tiles.
Has anyone else been in a similar situation? I'm not sure whether I'm being petty here. There are a few other things in regards to our house that I have been willing to compromise on, but I am absolutely not wanting to compromise on this, I was really excited about being able to have this feature in my kitchen and now it hasn't turned out how I was expecting it to.
Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for your help!