Please help! Installers ruined thousand dollar quartz backsplash :(
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Comments (21)So many great ideas. I do love that 3rd pic of Boxer's. It's pretty icy which I thought I didn't want but it kind of sparkles but without beings crazy busy. I was looking at safer taupes with a mix of cool and warm but my cabs are oozing with warmth so an icy cool bossy backsplash might suit my space. DH did an about face this afternoon. He admitted he didn't care for the peach, which I don't either, and said if i added more of the replacement glass and even a darker glass (my plan) it would be ok. I said ARE YOU CRAZY? No way I'm doing this now. I don't want to 'get my way' knowing he hates it. Told him I'm not being stubborn but as much as I wish he didn't care about any of it I can't do something he doesn't care for at all. Please don't tell him this but after more consideration maybe he's right... maybe, just maybe I would tire of the F&I faster than other choices. I don't know I question everything now even more than before. If I tire of the F&I years from now I could never admit it; I'd have to bite my tongue! Like I said, don't tell him any of this ;) Poohpup your DH might be an even trickier situation if you're not certain what he will potentially loathe! Mine did take some pics at a big box today that we're lovely but more tumbled travertine and slate type. I like all those just maybe not for this space. Fouramblues I looked at the pic you just posted. I really like that as well. I'm starting to feel a little better overall. So now I have some homework to do tonight. I'm going to find the silvery stuff and look at morepics as well as that line of Ann Sacks and the Complete Tile and any others mentioned here. Sonoma Tile has some beautiful choices as well and the fact theyre made within about an hour from here is a pretty cool thought. I've got homework to do while DH watches Sunday night shows I hate. Thank you GWers!...See MoreTile guy refused to install my arabesque backsplash"
Comments (54)I just finished my first backsplash tiling install and it is an arabesque. Installation was a royal PITA, but NOTHING compared to the GROUTING !!! I did try to use the "Icing Piping" method to prefill the spaces, but it wouldn't flow well and I think being closed up may have contributed to it hardening up too quickly. Plus, having to use sanded grout (1/4" spacing) made it a mess as it started to lose plasticity and flow. We did 3 walls, 5', 7' & 9', with stepped heights (different height top cabinets) and lots of outlets and switches. I can totally understand if the tiler quoted a price without Arabesque being specified. People will spring this kind of thing on a subcontractor unexpectedly and be upset that they can't get a 4 day job done for the one day quote. I don't know if that is the case here, but I saw it when I worked in finish carpentry, and also in my current occupation as a toolmaker....See MoreHELP! Backsplash installed today .. think i hate it
Comments (78)SO HAPPY WITH MY NEW BACKSPLASH!!!!!! LOVE IT..WE STILL HAVE TO GROUT (am going with white) AND PUT IN LIGHT MOLDING UNDERCABINETS AND GLASS IN DOORS ECT ECT BUT THE TILE GUY WAS HERE FRIDAY AND phewwwwwwww I LIKE IT!!!!!!my husband would have killed me if i didnt... I TOOK THESE PICTURES TONIGHT AND THEY DONT DO IT JUSTICE....WILL TAKE SOME IN THE DAYLIGHT....THE TILE HAS A CRACKLE FINISH ITS FROM HORUS ART THE TIFFany SERIES... IN BIANCO... HERES A FEW SHOTS...AGAIN THE LIGHTING ISNT SHOWING ITS BEAUTY HERE....ALSO ANY THOUGHTS ON KNOBS...I WAS THINKING BRUSHED STAINLESS LIKE THE FAUCET OR EVEN CRYSTAL WITH BRUSHED NICKEL... MORE DECISIONS... THEY NEVER END... BUT ITS ALL GOOD AND I FEEL BLESSED TO GET THE CHANCE TO HAVE THESE KIND OF DECISIONS TO MAKE......See MoreIs it safe to use quartz as a backsplash behind a range?
Comments (89)This thread has been very informative for me as we are just starting a kitchen reno, so thank you to all contributors. We plan to do a quartz backsplash, including behind a 30" wide residential gas cooktop (not a range or stove). Please bear with me as I continue to explain! I looked at the specs of the cooktop I was planning to order. Based on those specs and assumption the new quartz countertop depth is 25.5" (I know assumptions are risky, but since 25.5" is what we have now and considered standard, I'm going with that for this example), my calculations are: 25.5" (countertop depth) - 21.25" (cooktop depth) - 3" (min distance from rear wall) - 1.875" (min distance from counter front) = -0.625" Which means I'm 5/8" short, and this isn't taking into account the thickness of the quartz backsplash, which I believe should not be included in the 3" from rear wall guideline from the cooktop manufacturer. Sorry if I'm hurting anyone's brain with math today! Just looking for some validation my logic is correct in how I should be calculating. And also curious if my belief the distance from the rear of the cooktop to the front of the quartz backsplash (not wall) should be 3." I plan to look for a different cooktop, hopefully one that is closer to 20" deep and add the backguard just to be safe (thanks to @Elizabeth Alvarez Sell for sharing her backguard photo)!...See MoreJoseph Corlett, LLC
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