Counter top brackets

14 years ago

That is a terrific detail - so good and proportionally snazzy that I suspect they are custom fabricated but still hope that perhaps they might be available to ME! Can you tell me the source.

Thanks so much
Pam Cartwright

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Side3

13 years ago

Hello, I am doing a Back-painted glass backsplash in my kitchen. You need Starfire, or "low-iron glass" so your color will be truer. regular glass has a green tint to it. You can order special paint from Glassprimer (website same name) that will bond to the glass. Many colors to choose from- any Benjamin Moore or Sherwin Williams color they can match. The glass must be templated (local glass shop can do this for you and install it as well, similar to installing a mirror). It does not give nearly the depth or translucence if you simply paint the wall behind the glass. This makes a fantastic backsplash that is easy to clean, No Grout Lines! And the opportunity to make a wonderful color splash- Good Luck
The glass should probably be tempered behind the cook-top. So 1 template glass, 2 paint glass with glassprimer, several fine coats, 3 install yourself with acid free caulk/ or have glass company out to install it for you. Also look at "back-painted glass backsplash"on houzz for more examples of this cool backsplash.

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Increation
14 years ago
Hello Pam. These particular brackets - with a matt aluminium finish - were sourced from Häfele UK.
deanalee123
13 years ago
Pam, It looks like similar brackets are available to the public at Federal Brace.
http://www.federalbrace.com/Alpine_Elevated_Counter_Support_ppsqo_VHV22929YTW_VHV118YTW_VHV6YTW_VHV22929YTW.aspx
sonocontenta
Original Author
13 years ago
Wow! You're right. These WOULD have been excellent...but I went another route - w/ a Hafele bracket but one that supported a glass top angled from the counter top. These are terrifc, however. Waiting for my NEXT project :-}
deanalee123
13 years ago
Do you have pictures? I came across you by looking for ideas to add a tier to my counter. How'd yours come out?? :)
sonocontenta
Original Author
13 years ago
We're in construction and I'll send a picture when installed. We have a looooong counter - 13 ft to make a galley kitchen (on entrance into) but expand the 'horizon' in a small townhouse aparatment. We are using the brackets to set a 48" glass bar counter at one end...here is the Hafele link http://www.thehardwarehut.com/catalog-product.php?p_ref=276205

Best
Pam
deanalee123
13 years ago
I cannot get over the price! We should be in the bracket business :) I didn't investigate the differences but look at the similar ones I recently found at Ikea . How can the price difference be so huge!!??
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40051196/
I look forward to seeing your new kitchen. Check out my kitchen...any advice?
Thanks
~deana
khart77
13 years ago
So the back splash is painted walls and then just tempered glass over the painted walls, or is the back of the glass painted with this color? I am trying to decide if just painting the wall and then installing tempered glass would give me pretty much the same look as purchasing colored tempered glass. Thank you:-)
aquatime
13 years ago
I love this color and look. I am also wondering how to do this in the Unided States? Do you purchase colored safety glass? or paint and install safety glass? what color is this?
aquatime
13 years ago
Thank you. I hope you post some photos of how yours turned out. This is my favorite color and backsplash but I am dubious whether I would find some one who could do this work on the West Coast of Florida?
Peter Day
12 years ago
Hi Increation. Love your work. We are doing our kitchen in Paris in similar colours, and we'd like to do a backsplash in a similar blue. Do you have a RAL reference or a colour matching reference that we could use to try and find the colour here?

Many thanks
Peter
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Increation
12 years ago
Thank you for those kind words Peter! I will have to ask our designers, so let me get back to you for that reference this week.
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Innovate Building Solutions
12 years ago
Increation - this is a "wow" kitchen - very nice work!