I'm an electrician by trade but do mostly commercial work. What I did not like about the outlets on the back splash was many times I've seen them not even and split between tiles. This sloppy work is most likely why homeowners are looking for options. When I did my own kitchen (#1) I had the cabinets built with a large reveal (1.5 inches) so I could mount surface wiremold boxes under the cabinets facing down. Looked great without switches and outlets on the tile backplash but a real hassel to use.(Had to bend over to plug in appliance and used a lot of the 2 foot cord.) Kitchen #2 I worked with the tile setter and left the wire hanging out of the wall where I wanted the outlet. Tile cutter cut opening exactly in center of tile and then I went back and used a old work box. Also put outlet in first tile with cover resting on countertop. Screwless covers that are a close color match. Beautiful job! Kitchen #3 is going to be a glass tile backsplash. I was thinking of using plugmold between the countertop and first tile. Not under the cabinets! The plugmold by being mounted on the sheetrock and not the tile would make the plugmold semi-recessed. Paint plugmold if needed to match glass tiles.

Thanks for the heads up - I checked an mine are not included - I am not sure if they were made by LeGrand but definitely not a match.

I did not get the quick-connect splices but I can get them at Lowe's. I'm only going to install one strip under a 34" long upper cabinet. Would I still need the quick-connect splices? The wire I'm going to use was previously an electrical outlet in the kitchen so I'm going to assume it is a GFI (but I'll check to make sure). Thanks!

Posted by: davidr on Tue, Mar 21, 06 at 18:31 Uh, guys ... plugmold comes in both flavors, corded and hardwired. Look here (link). I have a strip of the corded type in my workshop. Great stuff. ---------------------------------------------------------- RE: plugmold in a kitchen Posted by: maxthedog on Wed, Mar 22, 06 at 14:20 thank you, and yes, I have used this product and yes, I do have experience with Plugmold. ---------------------------------------------------------- My apologies to maxthedog. Peace. Marco