Viking Range Burnt Ceramic Tile Backsplash

5 years ago

Our kitchen remodel was completed about 4 years ago. Slowly over the years the tile behind the range has started to yellow and melt in spots. The tile is ceramic and according to the original contractor was the correct type for behind the range. I’m trying to determine if I need a different back guard before I replace the tiles. Or if the tiles are the problem. Any help is appreciated.

The tiles are Tabarka Studio Lombardia 3. https://tabarkastudio.com/hand-painted-terracotta/nord/lombardia-3/

The range is a Viking Gas 3”. https://www.vikingrange.com/consumer/products/product.jsp?id=prod8750162

The range is a

Before I replace the tiles I want to find out if I should get a raised back guard

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Lisa Cook
Original Author
5 years ago
Thanks. That’s what I thought from googling but wanted another opinion before I went and spent the $ and did the labor.
kaseki
5 years ago
I am surprised that ceramic tile could melt at the temperatures likely at these positions.

Of course as other threads here have noted, the wall behind the tile has to be non-combustible for 6 inches in depth. That means no sheetrock and no wood studs without the back guard in place.
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Lisa Cook
Original Author
5 years ago
This is great information. I wish the contractor and designer would have shared this before we installed but now I know how to fix it myself. I appreciate everyone here helping me out.
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Fractured earth tile and ston
3 years ago
That is not ceramic tile. That is Tabarka tile which is hand painted terracotta!
venmar
3 years ago

and I hope the original poster did get a metal backguard riser for the range because the symetrical areas of tile dicolouration and on rear slotted metal seems to indicate the oven vents are/were causing this two years ago and probably still.
ifoco
3 years ago
Tabarka tile is DEFINITLEY a ceramic product. I would think it is the glaze that became damaged from excessive heat not the tile.

The decorating industry for some strange reason has their own definition of ceramics though it is not correct. following are items that fall under "Ceramics" which includes Porcelain, a clay, often referred to as the Queen of clay because it has no contaminates (iron and other organic material) Terracotta falls under earthenware. It is a ceramic product fired albeit low that has been around for eons.

The Terracotta Army in Xi'an, China are life size figures that were hand made, painted and fired.

The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting him in his afterlife.

Science Learning Hubhttps://www.sciencelearn.org.nz › resources › 1769-w

What are the 5 main types of ceramics?
- Earthenware. For thousands of years, potters have used ovens to fire earthenware. ...
- Stoneware. Earthenware is the earliest form of ceramic, followed by stoneware. ...
- Porcelain. ...
- Bone China. ...
- Glass Ceramics. ...
- Fire Bricks. ...
- Silicon. ...
- Silicon Carbide.