Fitting a stainless steel splashback

[Jameswren]

I have a stainless steel splashback to fit to a painted wall and don't want to use screws.

Are any adhesives or silicone suitable?

It's 600mm x 750mm and 1.2mm thick, so quite heavy

 

[jj4091]

Does the bottom edge rest on a work top or something similar?

 

[foxhole]

http://www.themetalstore.co.uk/products/splashback-fixings

 

[Burnerman]

Adhesives are fine so long as the wall (and the splashback) are dead flat.....if they arent I'd still go for screw fixings, personally.
John

 

[phatboy]

That's one hell of a kitchen you are fitting this in! I assume its split into sections of up to 5metres?

For glass splashbacks I have used silicone as recommended by the supplier.

Usually they need no support once in place as the silicone grips well. Where I have been a little unsure I have used a scrap of wood screwed into the wall above to hold it in place for a few hours.

If the wall isn't 100% level, then just apply thicker silicone to make up the difference. This works for a couple of mm.

 

[foxhole]

That's one hell of a kitchen you are fitting this in! I assume its split into sections of up to 5metres?

 

[phatboy]

Original post has now been edited, originally said 75m.

Nice of the OP to not mention the edit.

 

[Jameswren]

Very sorry - I did indeed edit the measurement.

Thanks for the advice, looks like lots of people recommend silicone.

I don't want to rely on the upstand for support but can do that - I need to run a silicone need between the splashback and extractor so that'll help too.

If I'm using silicone I'll put a sheet of ply against it then wedge that with some lengths of timber to hold it while it goes off.

Thanks for the advice.

 

[Jameswren]

All done.

Used a couple of wedges on top of the upstand to even-out the gap between the upstand, splashback and extractor fan. I put a load of silicone in the back splashback, applied to the wall then rested a length of timber to hold it.

It's not fallen off yet.