We recently replaced the old Corian backsplash in the kitchen with new glass and stainless tile. For those of you who are thinking about doing the same, here is what we did. After we removed the Corian and wallpaper we took off the inside window trim ring. We then put the tile up, grouted and caulked. We used Locktite Clear Power Grab All adhesive to install the tiles. To compensate for the thickness of the tile around the window, we used 1/4" spacers with the longer screws. Next we used 1/4" x 1/4" Buna-N Square rubber gasket to fill in the space left between the window and the trim ring. Overall we feel the new tile updates the kitchen and it cost us about $200.00 for the entire project.
Howdy Bob and Faith,
Boy, it looks great!!! Did you use a hand-held tile cutter to make the narrow cuts??
We're thinking of doing the same upgrade...
Thanks for your help, Dave A
We used a diamond coated Dremel blade. In most cases the tile cracks along the cut after a couple of passes.
Howdy Bob, Thanks for the reply.. Dremel sounds great!! Fixin' to go to the Big Blue Box Store and look at options....
Dave A
when I did ours (previous posting a while ago) I did not remove window trim but curved a length of Schluter tile edge to butt up to metal and around all edges of tile. I did left side too as there is still room to drop the micrp down if it has to come out. Nice job.
John H
Hi Bob & Faith,
That looks great. Thanks for the pictures.
Raymond
Great job Bob and Faith. It's a great upgrade!
Richard B.
Nice job Bob. Thanks for the inspiration!
see ya
ken
Very Nice!
Very impressive !
Looks great. Funny, I was just in Lowes yesterday morning looking at tile to see what might work for a backsplash in our coach. Yours came out very nice.
Thanks All For Your Generous Comments!!!!!!!!!!!!!
VERY NICE!!
some stores don't carry the diamond blades for Dremmel. This is a must have and they are expensive. Any other blade is a compromise.
Great job! I was thinking about doing mine as well. Question---I noticed that you did not do the side wall by the refrigerator. My side wall is thin Corian. If I repalced that with tile I was told I could not get my microwave out, but I just replaced my old microwave, so that sould not be a big issue. Have you thought about doing countertops as well? I have the white Corian tops and want to replace when I retile backsplach....thoughts? Thanks!!
Steve,
We changed out our micro about a year ago so hopefully it won't be an issue any time soon. More important for me is the lack of rigidity with the wall. Down the road I may cut out the planned tile area, to recess the tile and stiffen the area. I would not be a happy camper if the micro quit and the only way to remove it is to rip out the tile.
We live in the coach full time. Corian is a very durable surface. If it was me I would change the countertop to a different Corian color instead of tiling.
when I tiled the back splash I also did the left side (removed the corian)and used it on the left side of buffet-opposite wall after cutting it to size.
my Micro has a piece of 1/4" ply on its left side so tiling with the mosaic was not an issue for removing it (although I have not had to yet) That wall is thinnish but the tiles have not got any issues and grout has not cracked in my trips the last 10 months. I am glad I did that wall as it gives a completed look to the whole corian top.
John H