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Tiled Kitchen Back Splash

We had a new Kitchen back-splash installed at FOT.  Very pleased with Ricky's quality installation.

Bill & Deanne Brown
'03 U-320 Previous Owner in Houston

Re: Tiled Kitchen Back Splash

Reply #1 –
Very nice. Hope to do that to ours someday.

Mark
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Mark and Tanya
Milton , Florida
US Navy Veteran (DV)
1999 U270 Special 40' CAI , 2015 Jeep Wrangler Sahara

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Reply #2 –

  Hello Bill,
  Tile looks great.  We are planning to do a similar upgrade.
  Can you tell me if the Corian backsplash was easy to remove ?
  I would like to do the job myself but I don't know how difficult removing the corian will be .
      Thanks--Jim
Jim & Doreen
2003 U320

 "Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen"
― Louis L'Amour

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Reply #3 –
Jim I removed our corian a few years ago to tile back and it comes off fairly easy. It is just siliconed on wall. Use a long thin saw blade to shove behind and move around. Once you start to "peel" it off the corian piece will come away.
JohnH
Coachless, now use aircraft. 2003 Ford Travelair TC280 class C. Super shape. Just for 1 yr .
1994 Ford E350 ClassC,total renovation inside and out. Now sold.
2000 U295  36' Cummins 350 c/w Banks Stinger, Resonator upgrade,Solar, LED lites.Residential fridge with slide out pantry. Build 5674. Sold
ex 92 GV 022C ored Cummins. Sold
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treat everyone as you would like to be.

Re: Tiled Kitchen Back Splash

Reply #4 –
Looks great, I'd like to do mine one of these days, it's one the round to it list.
Bruce, Linda, and Macy
Zoey RIP 1/20/19
1999 U295 40' build #5400
2017 silver Jeep Wrangler, 1260 watts of solar on top
Moving around the country

Re: Tiled Kitchen Back Splash

Reply #5 –
That looks really nice.  Definitely on my list.
Jerry & Nanci
1999 U270 34'WTFI
2011 Malibu
A smart man knows what to say, a wise man knows when to say it.

Re: Tiled Kitchen Back Splash

Reply #6 –
Quote from: John Haygarth –
Jim I removed our corian a few years ago to tile back and it comes off fairly easy. It is just siliconed on wall. Use a long thin saw blade to shove behind and move around. Once you start to "peel" it off the corian piece will come away.
JohnH
                            That info is very helpful. I will add the tile upgrade to my ever expanding list.  Thank You, John. 
Jim & Doreen
2003 U320

 "Too often I would hear men boast of the miles covered that day, rarely of what they had seen"
― Louis L'Amour

Re: Tiled Kitchen Back Splash

Reply #7 –
Quote from: jtm2014 –
  Can you tell me if the Corian backsplash was easy to remove ?
  I would like to do the job myself but I don't know how difficult removing the corian will be .
      Thanks--Jim

Here are our DIY backsplash tiling projects

Another DIY project, tiled the kitchen backsplash

Tiling the bathroom backsplash

The Corian on the back wall comes off very easily since on ours its on top of the wallpaper.  So you simply score the wallpaper with a sharp knife along the Corian edge and it will come off with a little prying. 

The Corian on the side wall (on ours it is the side of the refrigerator cabinet) is a bit more of a challenge.  That is adhered directly to the luan and you run a good chance of tearing that up during the removal but it can be easily patched.

To remove that I (Steve) started at the front with a couple of wood / plastic wedges and just worked my way back.  It came off in two or three sections and it only splintered the luan in a few areas.  I (Steve) repaired those areas with filler and then covered the entire area with super thin hobby plywood that got a fiberglass resin coating.  Not sure all that was needed but the side was was a bit to flexible to tile for my taste so wanted to beef it up, 6 years latter, no cracking anywhere.
Learn every day, but especially from the experiences of others. It's cheaper!  - John C. Bogle

2000 U320 36' non-slide / WildEBeest Rescue
2003 U320

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Reply #8 –
Jim,
The Corian sheets were very difficult to remove from the fridge side.  Mine was excessively glued and it took 2 guys with long blades to pry off.  The paneling near the plug delaminated and a 0.25" plywood backing board installed.  The sheet directly behind the stove was also difficult.  It broke into pieces while being pryed off again involving 2 guys.    I sure it depends on how much silicon they used during build..... Bill
Bill & Deanne Brown
'03 U-320 Previous Owner in Houston

Re: Tiled Kitchen Back Splash

Reply #9 –
I agree that it would depend on amount of silicone but in the 4 coach's that I have done this job I have not broken Corian or mirrors. I use a 24: crosscut saw blade and run that behind panel to cut thru' glue. yes the side one by fridge is a bit more dicey but still very doable. Just take your time. I have removed mirrors in bathrooms too with this method and not broken one.
JohnH
Coachless, now use aircraft. 2003 Ford Travelair TC280 class C. Super shape. Just for 1 yr .
1994 Ford E350 ClassC,total renovation inside and out. Now sold.
2000 U295  36' Cummins 350 c/w Banks Stinger, Resonator upgrade,Solar, LED lites.Residential fridge with slide out pantry. Build 5674. Sold
ex 92 GV 022C ored Cummins. Sold
ex 95 GV240 cat 3116. Sold
2017 Mini cooper s & 2016 land Rover LR2 HSE  LUX.
jhaygarth@aol.com    SKP #130098
treat everyone as you would like to be.

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Reply #10 –
We also recently did a backsplash. The colorful Mexican tile is our style. I think we'll do the other side of the sink when we get back from our current trip.
jor
93 225
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99 320
 

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Reply #11 –
Ours was done by previous owners, two back.

Susan
1998 Foretravel U320 4200/tag RCFE no slides
James and Susan
Alex (14) and Elizabeth (13)
Gigi (mew) and Torty (mew)