Behind the hob
The most common glass splashback: one panel from the worktop to the extractor, where splashes and steam land every day. Toughened glass takes the heat of a hob, and behind a gas hob the gap the hob maker asks for is kept.
Glass splashbacks in 20 colours, made to measure across London
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- Warranty set out on your quote
- Made to order from your template
Plain colour glass splashbacks in 6mm toughened safety glass, back-painted in one of twenty colours, each with our own code and the RAL colour it is painted to. Templated once the worktop is down, with every socket and switch cut out before the glass is toughened, then fitted to the wall in as few sheets as the wall allows.
The colour range
Twenty glass splashback colours, each with its own code
Every colour has our code, which is what goes on your quote, and the RAL colour the glass is painted to, which is what the glass maker works from. Not in the twenty? Send us any RAL number and we will check it with the glass maker.
Whites
The core of the range, and the colours most kitchens choose.
- GWX-001Pure WhiteRAL 9010 Pure white
- GWX-002Bright WhiteRAL 9016 Traffic white
- GWX-003Warm WhiteRAL 9001 Cream
- GWX-004IvoryRAL 1013 Oyster white
Beige and greige
Warm neutrals for oak, cream and painted shaker kitchens.
- GWX-005Light BeigeRAL 1015 Light ivory
- GWX-006GreigeRAL 1019 Grey beige
- GWX-007TaupeRAL 7006 Beige grey
- GWX-008Stone BeigeRAL 1001 Beige
Greys
From the palest grey to anthracite, for handleless and modern kitchens.
- GWX-009Light GreyRAL 7035 Light grey
- GWX-010Silver GreyRAL 7001 Silver grey
- GWX-011Mid GreyRAL 7040 Window grey
- GWX-012Anthracite GreyRAL 7016 Anthracite grey
Black
Deep, glossy and dramatic, especially behind a hob.
- GWX-013Jet BlackRAL 9005 Jet black
- GWX-014Soft BlackRAL 9011 Graphite black
Feature colours
For a kitchen that should have one strong colour in it.
- GWX-015Sage GreenRAL 6021 Pale green
- GWX-016Olive GreenRAL 6003 Olive green
- GWX-017Navy BlueRAL 5011 Steel blue
- GWX-018Dusty BlueRAL 5014 Pigeon blue
- GWX-019Dusty PinkRAL 3015 Light pink
- GWX-020TerracottaRAL 8023 Orange brown
One sheet of colour, and nothing to scrub
A glass splashback is a sheet of toughened glass with the colour painted on the back, bonded flat to the wall. From the front you see colour behind a polished glass face: no grout lines, no tile joints, and a surface that wipes clean in one pass, which is the reason most people choose it for the wall behind a hob.
Toughened glass cannot be cut or drilled once it has been toughened. Every socket, switch and edge is therefore measured on site and cut while the glass is still ordinary glass, then it is toughened to size. That is why a glass splashback is templated after the worktop is fitted, and why the sockets have to be where they will stay before we measure.
Glass also goes well with stone. A quartz or granite worktop with a coloured glass splashback above it puts colour in a kitchen where the worktop stays quiet, and the wall behind the hob is one sheet with nothing to scrub.
Made to order once the wall is templated. The timing and the payment stages are set out on your quote.
- Glass
- 6mm toughened safety glass
- Colours
- 20, each with a code and a RAL number
- Finish
- Back-painted, polished edges
- Templated
- After the worktop is fitted
Where it goes
Behind the hob, along the run, and beyond the kitchen
The same glass for different walls. The position decides how many sheets, how many cut-outs and which colour works.
The full run
Glass from the worktop to the underside of the wall units along the whole kitchen. Long walls are made in more than one sheet, with the joins placed where they are least seen, usually at a corner, an appliance or the edge of a window.
Around a window
Glass can run up to a window reveal and stop cleanly at it, or return along the sill. Each return and edge is templated, because a window is rarely square to the worktop below it.
Utility rooms
A wipe-clean wall behind a sink and a worktop, in a colour that suits a room you would not tile carefully. The same glass and the same templating as the kitchen.
Bathrooms
Behind a basin or along a vanity, where water sits on the wall. Pair it with a stone vanity top from our bathroom worktops page, and the glass takes the wall above.
With a stone upstand
A low upstand in the worktop stone, with the glass above it, is a common mix. The stone takes the junction with the worktop, and the glass gives the colour. The stone side is on our stone splashbacks and upstands page.
What is involved
From a bare wall to a fitted glass splashback
Glass is measured last and cut first, because a toughened sheet cannot be altered on site.
- At quotation
Choose the colour
Pick from the twenty, or give us a RAL number. Tell us where the glass goes and which hob sits in front of it, because that settles the clearance and the number of sheets.
- Before template
Fit the worktop and finish the wall
The worktop goes in first, because the glass sits on it. The wall is plastered flat and dry, and the electrician has put every socket and switch where it will stay.
- On site
Template the wall
We measure the wall as built: its height above the worktop, every socket and switch, the window reveal and any corner that is out of square.
- Made to order
Cut, paint and toughen
The glass is cut to the template, every cut-out made and the edges polished while it can still be worked, then it is toughened and painted on the back in your colour.
- Fitting day
Fit and seal
Bonded flat to the wall with an adhesive made for painted glass, the sockets refitted over their cut-outs, and the joint with the worktop sealed with silicone.
The parts that decide it
What makes a glass splashback work
A sheet of glass looks simple. The care is in the measuring and in the wall behind it.
Toughened before it reaches you
Toughened glass is several times stronger than ordinary glass and, if it ever breaks, it breaks into small blunt pieces rather than shards. It is the only glass we fit behind a hob.
Nothing can be cut on site
Once toughened, the glass cannot be trimmed or drilled. A socket moved after the template means a new sheet, which is why the wall and the electrics are finished before we measure.
Low-iron glass for pale colours
Ordinary glass has a slight green tint that shows most through whites, creams and pale greys. Low-iron glass is clearer, so a white stays white. We recommend it for the pale colours.
The wall shows through
Glass is bonded flat, so a wall that bows or has lumps shows as a ripple in the reflection. The wall needs to be flat, sound and dry. Old tiles can stay only if they are flat and firmly fixed, which we check at template.
Where the joins go
A long wall is made in more than one sheet. Joins are placed at a corner, an appliance or a window edge wherever the wall allows, and every join is a straight, polished edge.
Matching the worktop
A plain colour picks up one tone from the worktop: a warm white with a cream quartz, an anthracite with a black granite. Bring the worktop name, or a sample, and we will suggest colours from the range.
If a socket moves after the template
It happens: the electrician moves a socket, or a new extractor arrives with a different outline. Toughened glass cannot be cut on site, so a sheet whose cut-outs no longer line up has to be made again. Tell us before the glass goes into production and we re-measure. That is why we ask for the electrics to be finished, not planned, before we template.
Before we template
What has to be ready, and what is not ours
Most of the first list is the wall. Glass shows every fault behind it, so it has to be right first.
Have this in place
- The worktop fitted, because the glass sits on it
- Walls plastered, flat and dry, or old tiles flat and firmly fixed
- Every socket, switch and spur in its final position
- The hob and extractor chosen, so their clearances and outlines are known
- Your colour chosen from the twenty, or a RAL number
What we do not do
- Plaster, skim or tile the wall, or take old tiles off
- Move or wire sockets, switches or the extractor
- Cut or drill toughened glass on site
- Promise the colour on screen matches the glass exactly
- Fit glass closer to a gas hob than the hob maker allows
Questions
Glass splashbacks: the questions worth asking
If yours is not here, ring and ask. You will get a straight answer rather than a call-back from a salesperson.
01What colours do glass splashbacks come in?
Our range is twenty plain colours in five families: whites, beige and greige, greys, black, and feature colours such as sage green, navy and terracotta. Each has our own code (GWX-001 to GWX-020) and a RAL number. If the colour you want is not in the range, send us its RAL number and we will check it with the glass maker.
02What is a RAL colour?
RAL is a standard colour system in which every colour has a four-digit number, such as RAL 9010 Pure white or RAL 7016 Anthracite grey. Glass makers paint to the number, so the colour you choose is the colour that is made. Each colour in our range shows its RAL number next to our code.
03Can a glass splashback go behind a hob?
Yes. It is toughened glass, which takes the heat of a hob, and behind the hob is where most glass splashbacks go. Behind a gas hob, the hob maker sets the gap between the burners and the wall, and we keep to it.
04How thick is a glass splashback?
6mm toughened safety glass, painted on the back. It is thin enough to sit neatly on the worktop and strong enough for the wall behind a hob.
05Can you cut holes for sockets in a glass splashback?
Yes, but only before the glass is toughened, which is why we template the wall with every socket and switch in its final place. Toughened glass cannot be cut or drilled afterwards, so a socket moved after the template means a new sheet.
06Can a glass splashback go over tiles?
Sometimes. Glass is bonded flat, so the surface behind it must be flat and sound. Old tiles that are flat and firmly fixed can stay; loose, uneven or heavily textured tiles have to come off first, and that work is not ours. We check it at template.
07Do glass splashbacks go with stone worktops?
Very well. Many kitchens have a quartz or granite worktop with a plain glass splashback above it, often over a low upstand in the worktop stone. Bring the worktop name or a sample and we will suggest colours from the range that pick up its tone.
08How much does a glass splashback cost?
Each one is quoted for your wall: its size, the number of sheets and cut-outs, the colour, and whether it is low-iron glass. Send us the measurements, or photographs with rough sizes, and we will send a written quote.
Where we work
Glass splashbacks across London
We template and fit across Greater London and out into Essex, Hertfordshire, Surrey, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. The glass is made to your template and fitted by our own installers, wherever the job is.
Next
What usually happens either side of this
Every job runs through more than one of these. Follow the thread rather than guessing which order things go in.
Splashbacks & upstands
Cut from the same slab run as your worktop, so the match is real.
Read the detailInstallation
Fitted by our own installers, scribed, joined, sealed and cleaned down.
Read the detailBathroom worktops
Vanity tops, shelves and window returns, cut to bathroom depths.
Not sure where you are in the process?
Worth reading
If you are weighing stone against glass
A stone upstand under the glass, or stone instead of it: the two guides on stone at the wall.
Stone behind the worktop, or tiles
A slim stone upstand, a full-height stone splashback or tiles. What genuinely differs between them, why the grout line is the real reason people move to stone, and where tiling is still the better answer.
Read the guideHow high an upstand goes, and what sits above
A kitchen upstand is a low strip of the worktop stone, commonly around 100mm high, standing on the worktop against the wall. It is cut from the same slab, siliconed to the worktop rather than grouted, and priced by the linear metre, with tiles or paint above it.
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Next step
Send us the wall and we will price the glass
The colour you like, rough sizes of the wall and photographs showing the sockets and the hob are enough to start. The quote costs nothing.
Free, no obligation
Ask for a glass splashback quote
Your details and the wall. A person reads every request and sends a written quote for the glass.
Received
That has reached us, thanks.
We read every request ourselves and reply with any questions about the wall, then a written quote for the glass.
Look through the twenty colours while you wait