I m planning on installing my own subway tile backsplash in our kitchen.
Remove granite slab backsplash.
Although getting a proper mitered edge can be challenging.
Thanks for the tip about gardenweb.
If cabinets above the backsplash limit the room you have to swing the hammer angle the putty knife and wedge a corner of the blade into the space between the backsplash and.
We have black granite countertops with a four inch granite backsplash throughout.
During this reno we also had to remove the 4 granite backsplash from the wall.
As mentioned most would opt for butt jointed installation.
I am getting into granite replacing formica and have existing tile backsplash.
When we had our granite kitchen counters installed a four years ago we had a four inch granite backsplash installed.
I d love to hear from someone that.
As i recall when it was installed it was siliconed to the slab below but not to the drywall behind it.
How to remove granite backsplash easily.
I was very nervous at first because this was new to me but it was much easier than i thought.
Ah getting rid of the backsplash is another perk of this option.
Same thickness as the granite slab.
To remove a 4 inch granite backsplash with tile above you may have to chip through some tile grout with the putty knife before you can get the knife behind the backsplash.
I can live with the granite they chose even if it isn t one i would have picked out myself.
A marble granite or quartz countertop slab continued to the wall is an extra cost but well worth the expense.
Just to make a note i was only removing the backsplash to put new backsplash up.
In fact since the eye is naturally drawn to vertical surfaces installing a slab backsplash even in a small area can achieve big results.
It s the one thing i really dislike about our kitchen.
Most granite if 3 centimeters which comes out to 1 18 inch or about one and three sixteenths inch.
The cement oftentimes breaks away as you are trying to remove the top from underneath.
So today i want to share.
But they cheaped out on the backsplash and just did 12x12 tiles of the same granite.
Countertop removal by leaving the tile backsplash is possible.
We do not do any granite backsplash fabrication.
I want to remove the existing backsplash so that the subway tile will go all the way down to the countertops.
This past weekend we started on our kitchen backsplash project.
We no longer find it visually appealing and want to remove it and tile the wall behind it.