Backing for Glass Splashback

[macca2]

It's a bit like woodwork. The better the preparation, the better the finish.
Our wall was plastered, so the glass fitted absolutely flat on the wall and only required a very thin bead of clear sylicon to seal the edges.
I can't imagine the finish you would get around the edges with any kind of build out from the wall.

[jimc]

All the splashback people who wuoted our job stated the background wall colour does not matter a toss because the painted finish on the glass is a solid colour...even white.

The crowd I went through, who I can highly recommend are Imperite Perfections in Bayswater...phone 97620331. They were well priced and had a huge selection of colours including metalic automotive finishes.

We had over 6.5 square metres of glass installed with a metallic finish installed for $2700(5 panels). That included 6 power point cutouts!

[utopiabloom]

Hi

Just wondering if anyone has tried painting the wall in a water proof/mould shield coloured paint and then putting clear heat proof glass over the top?? would it work?? would it be cheaper??

Cheers

Bloom

[gorotsuki69]

vgolfer, I have a very light blue glass splashback and my wall looked 10x worse than yours. I had a line cut into the wall for the gas cemented over and exposed brickwork and plaster. I simply painted the wall white as instruceted by the glass guy and the stuck it on with silicon. He didn't care about the irregular surface as long as it was white.
No shadows, even colour throughout, no problems

[release r]

Don,t worry about iregular walls to much,as long as you can get a vertical strip of silicone about 600mm apart(use strips of 3or 6mm mdf to build out if needed) When it can be suported by bench top, this is plenty.Iallways request walls be sealed and it is better to be of a similar colour/shade. Do not have anything other than vertical beads of nuetral silicone.There is no absolute correct way of fitting splashbacks,it just depends on which way the tradie/company finds what works best for them


maca