Hi,
I am new to the forum and a new home owner. I have a 50 yr old house with a horribly old kitchen that has a laminate/formica backsplash extending from behind the countertops all the way up behind the cabinets which i am planning to replace with tile.
I have read through most of the forums and noticed that an option has been to peel off the formica and skim off the glue residue and prime the dry wall.
my current backsplash is actually a formica glued to a wood baseboard about half inch of what looks to me like plywood. With the formica peeled off the surface is rough with glue marks but rather level. iam not sure if i should bother skimming of the glue and priming the area as i was told that ceramic shouldnt be placed on wood. Plus iam not sure what the detergents would do to the wood backing of the backsplash.
i have narrowed it down to 3 options:
1. screw 1/4 inch wonderboard over the old wood backsplash and tile over that, but this will take up at least an extra 1/2 inch from the counter top.
2. use liquid nail and glue the ceramic onto the current roughed up wood baseboard with the formica off. iam not sure if this will hold however.
3. remove the cabinets and pry off the old backsplash replace dry wall and place wonderboard over that. this would be my least desired choice as my cabinets look pretty decent and they are well aligned and i am not positive ill be able to get them back in the same way.
any help/advice is highly appreciated. i have attached some pic's.
thanks.
Dave
I am new to the forum and a new home owner. I have a 50 yr old house with a horribly old kitchen that has a laminate/formica backsplash extending from behind the countertops all the way up behind the cabinets which i am planning to replace with tile.
I have read through most of the forums and noticed that an option has been to peel off the formica and skim off the glue residue and prime the dry wall.
my current backsplash is actually a formica glued to a wood baseboard about half inch of what looks to me like plywood. With the formica peeled off the surface is rough with glue marks but rather level. iam not sure if i should bother skimming of the glue and priming the area as i was told that ceramic shouldnt be placed on wood. Plus iam not sure what the detergents would do to the wood backing of the backsplash.
i have narrowed it down to 3 options:
1. screw 1/4 inch wonderboard over the old wood backsplash and tile over that, but this will take up at least an extra 1/2 inch from the counter top.
2. use liquid nail and glue the ceramic onto the current roughed up wood baseboard with the formica off. iam not sure if this will hold however.
3. remove the cabinets and pry off the old backsplash replace dry wall and place wonderboard over that. this would be my least desired choice as my cabinets look pretty decent and they are well aligned and i am not positive ill be able to get them back in the same way.
any help/advice is highly appreciated. i have attached some pic's.
thanks.
Dave