More About Splashbacks

Cleaning recommendations

Painted glass splashbacks must be kept clean and free from surface contaminant build up.General non abrasive household cleaners recommended for glass are usually suitable as cleaning agents for your splashback

 

Pricing/Design Considerations

A typical piece of glass is shown below with all the aspects that we give consideration to when quoting.

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A. Range Hood Holes of any kind up to a diameter of 60mm. In this example there are four holes for mounting the range hood. 

B. On this diagram there are two corner notches. Overhead cupboards could go here. 

C. This is a side notch. Used for example to accommodate a capped wall returning off the main wall. 

D. Known as centre cut-out and used for standard power points or for example for multifunctional devices like air conditioning/intercom etc.

E. As D

F. This represents a seen/exposed edge of the glass.  That is to say all edges that are bound by objects (e.g bench tops, over heads etc) are not seen and therefore do not require polishing.  Any edge that can be seen side on are polished for aesthetic and safety purposes.

Cost saving and internal corners

With a view to trying to reduce the cost of your splashback, you might wish to cut the glass into two pieces at the point marked by the dotted line in the diagram above.  

The join would be minimal and you would save on the overall area.  To reduce costs even further, you might be able to move the range hood down to the same height as the overhead cupboards.  The area would then be smaller still and you would avoid the cost of the corner notches.

Quite often we have to cut glass around windows.  The diagram below refers:

This can be installed as one piece or split into 3 as shown to help reduce costs.

The reason to go with either scenario is as basic as aesthetics or strength of the glass.

The joins between each piece of glass are very clean and the gap is usually no more than 1-3mm wide.

External corners

It’s normal procedure for GLASSCAPES to overlap and butt-join external corners with one of the edges polished to keep this as neat and tidy as possible.  Unfortunately, mitred corners are too fragile, tend to chip, and more often than not, do not meet client’s expectations so professionally, we do not recommend doing them.