The outer casing is cut with a hacksaw, the wires must be trimmed according to instructions (and nutted, etc) then the end caps are re-inserted. Save any spare outlet modules for future breakage, as they may change the design and be hard to come by. Casey

Yes, standard plugmold is hardwired and can be cut to length. Home Depot sells the plug-in kind which is not cuttable. I believe the shortest length is 3 ft. Another thing to keep in mind is that since the outlets are spaced at 6", you will only be able to have 3 on a 15" strip. I don't think they can be mounted directly onto granite, but onto the cabinet that is closest to it. Lsander (above) has angled plugmold. Mine is attached to a strip of wood matching my cabinets cut at a 45 degree angle. The back of this strip also hides some of the wire that was fished through. The "standard" colors are ivory and black rubber and stainless--this means a large electrical supply house should have them in stock or be able to get them readily from the Wiremold Company. You can get many other colors as a special order. Electricians hate to put them in because they are a PITA.

I don't see our angled Plug/wire mold when standing or when seated at our peninsula but I do see it if I look into the kitchen while seated at the DR table in the other room...but you really have to be looking for it b/c it's not something that jumps out at you when looking into the kitchen from the DR. I do not see it when standing in the DR or from the FR (which is even farther away). (From the FR, you can see it while seated if you search for it...it's too far away to be noticeable.) Our Plug/wire mold is actually installed lower than most...it's installed below the upper cabinets...below the extra inch or so the walls/front/back that are longer than the inside of the cabinet boxes. However, we do have 1" light rail installed under the cabinets, so it hides the Plug/wire mold from view when in the kitchen or sitting at the peninsula. (If I had it to do over, I would probably ask our electrician to install it directly under the bottom of the cabinet box, but it's not that big a deal. It would have meant 4 or 6 Plug/wire mold pieces instead of 2, so it might have cost a lot more, so maybe that's why our electrician installed it the way he did.) Plugmold - view from kitchen while standing Plugmold - view from peninsula while seated Plugmold - view from DR while seated BTW...here's a thread from 2008 asking about Plug/wire mold. I thought I'd link it here for two reasons (1) more information for those who are just learning about it and (2) linochka28 asked a question on it but since it's so old it did not reappear in the list of threads...so maybe s/he will see that I responded to him/her (and others can respond as well, if they have something to add) Here is a link that might be useful: Thread: Plugmold, Wiremold, etc.

Our backsplash is the same as the counters -- Neolith. We will have one low, horizontal wall outlet on the other wall where the coffee maker/toaster will be plugged in. The wall where we are considering the plug mold has the range, fridge and a short run of counters. There won't be any appliances plugged in here permanently so no risk of hanging cords.