Beadboard backsplash regret!
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Do you like your beadboard backsplash?
Comments (46)Wow! Found this discussion a year after it was going on and it was very helpful! We're remodeling our kitchen now, it is small (8 X 10), I'm getting new cabs in "cinnamon spice", and a granite counter top that is a speckling of browns, tans, gold-ish colors with black specks (I have no idea what the call it). I have an exposed cement :( chimney stack that we have decided to tile over with sheets of 2 X 2 tumbled white/off white marble. I was really not sure on back splash and we were thinking tile - but I thought of bead board last night and think it will go really well if painted the "off white/pumpkin" Laura Ashley color I found....See MoreBeadboard backsplash
Comments (21)I have a solid wood, tongue in groove beadboard backsplash that has been in for almost 5 years. I like the look and like being able to easily hang pictures on the wood but a few things to keep in mind are how to handle the areas near the sink and behind the stove. I have soapstone behind the sink and the slightly higher back guard on the range to prevent any issues in those two areas. Because my backsplash is solid wood I have had issues with movement in the wood during the winter which has led to a good bit of recaulking and painting, I actually just redid ever seam last week. Using a high quality plywood veneer beadboard would prevent these issues. I do not have a problem with gunk build up, I used a semi gloss paint which is very easy to wipe down. And, because I have a flat trim piece where the backsplash meets the counter, I do not have the grooves right at counter level to deal with keeping clean or caulking....See Morebeadboard backsplash - anyone have one?
Comments (17)I love the "country" look of using beadboard as a backsplash, and have been researching it online for a while. I just am not sure which product would be best to use, and if it would be okay to use it behind the stove. My stove is an electric slide-in type- with the control panel on the back. There is only 16 inches between the top of that panel and the bottom of my range hood, so I really think that beadboard would be okay...? My main concern with using wood or mdf beadboard is the shrinking/expanding that I have read about-- causing cracks in the seams where the individual panels meet, but is that *really* an issue indoors, where the temperatures don't have extreme changes... ? One other worry for me is behind the sink, which does get occasional water splashes... I have been looking at the PVC beadboard-- looks like it would be very easy to install, but again, I'm not sure about the contraction/expansion issue.... and I am not sure if it will look too "plastic-y"... Any thoughts on these issues from anyone?...See MoreBeadboard as a backsplash? Big mistake?
Comments (65)"I suspect that in those $$$ kitchens with "professional" ranges without backguards, they just toss in a few metal studs behind the cement fiberboard/tile." -- The clearance requirement is usually greater than 6". Technically, on a 2×4 wall, with a metal stud as a thermal bridge, the OTHER side of the wall would also have to be cement board... Now that Chess has tried to make everything clear as mud ;) the OP still seams confused. "Either way, apparently I need to be very aware of safety issues in whatever I place behind the stove area." - It is not about "whatever" you place behind, but maintaining the clearance DISTANCES mandated in the installation instructions, regardless of which material you use as a surface treatment to the wood studs. It makes no difference "what", be it shiplap, beadboard, drywall, stainless steel, or tile....See Moretimber.j
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