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Did you get the wall socket holes measured and cut out for you in the glass before fitting?

What adhesive did you use to hang the splashbacks?


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Yes all cut outs have to be done before hand as the splashbacks are toughened. Some companies don't toughen their splashbacks and that's why when comparing quotes one might seem a lot cheaper than the others but it's much easier to break them and also from heat behind a hob. B&Q were selling untoughened splashbacks and had a lot of complaints when they went pop.

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I guess a lot of the cost would go into the cutting of the glass as well as the glass itself if thats the case, I have rung a few companies and all offer a cutting service "at a price" :?
What adhesive did you use to hang the splashbacks?


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Depending on where you are prices will differ but expect to pay between £170-£200 a square meter. This price includes toughened glass, cutting and a painting colour of your choice (Note it's not any old paint used so don't expect to get it clear and paint yourself) on top of this expect to pay £35-£50 per cut out (i.e. sockets), then if any areas you want templating (like around a curved extractor fan) there are further set-up costs. Lastly fitting.

Splashbacks are to be fitted with a low modulus silicone (this won't eat in to the paint), Something like Silirub 2

The all-in price for the glass in the kitchen shown is around £1k from memory.

Glass splashbacks (done correctly) have a higher material cost than your average tiles but have a much cheaper install costs.

lastly please be aware there are minimum charges per piece which is normally 0.3 of a meter, so say you have some boxed in pipes you want to go around, even if the area of each peice of glass is 0.1sqm you would have to pay for 0.3sqm per peice.

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:45 pm 
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Excellent, thank you very much for all your info it's been a great help to me and once again an amazing kitchen by yourself created, SUPERB!!!


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