[Help] Kitchen - Plastic splashback / wall covering

wardy wonder land

Active member

Dec 10, 2007

763

• Aug 30, 2019

• #1

So instead of tiles in our new kitchen, we want that colourful plastic sheet covering

anybody recommend suppliers and / or fitters please ?

 

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Argartu

Active member

Jun 5, 2014

253

• Aug 30, 2019

• #2

No offense but IMO the plastic/acrylic coverings look pony, I'd suggest going for glass instead.

Southern Counties Glass are excellent and offer a full template/fit service, or supply only if you want to do it yourself.

Failing that Altro's stuff is pretty decent.

 

Triggaaar

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Oct 24, 2005

50,206

Goldstone

• Aug 30, 2019

• #3

Argartu said:

No offense but IMO the plastic/acrylic coverings look pony, I'd suggest going for glass instead.

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If the budget won't stretch to glass, just have it plastered and then painted with a gloss finish. It'll look good, wipe down well, and you can repaint it every few years.

 

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golddene

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Jul 28, 2012

1,930

• Aug 30, 2019

• #4

Toyed with the idea of acrylic when renovating our bathroom, finally decided to use porcelain tiles as acrylic panels looked dodgy to fit especially if walls are not exact and expensive when all edgings and fixings were considered. when refitting our kitchen I used matching worktops and upstands with the only splashback used being a bespoke coloured glass panel for the wall behind the hob, used a good quality vinyl matt paint for the newly plastered walls and ceiling and 14 months later it still looks great imho, mainly because Mrs G's efforts, so she says!
Looked on Amazon and ebay for acrylic panels as seemed more reasonably priced there.