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   basswood | Mar 05, 2005 11:43pm | #1

   Option 3 should work (1/4" backerboard is very common). The drawbacks include cutting outlet openings into backerboard (only a minor issue), the added wall thickness (1/4" CBU + 1/4" tile)--this will likely require longer outlet screws and outlet box extensions, and you may have exposed CBU at the edge (can be covered w/ moulding or thicker deco rope tile, or cut down o/s corner tile, or even careful use of caulking or grout).

   If you are just a bit more ambitious option 2 is probably better.

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   WayneL5 | Mar 06, 2005 12:56am | #2

   You get so little moisture on a backsplash that you can use regular drywall as a substrate.  It's done all the time successfully.

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   calvin | Mar 06, 2005 01:49am | #3

   You could also knock off the loose high spots and skim coat the rest of the crap.  Find the easy way, all will work.

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   Quittin' Time

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   CAGIV | Mar 06, 2005 05:00am | #4

   I'd go with option 2, drywall is cheap and easy to install.

   option 3 would work, but it means extension rings on the outlets and dealing with the edges, which is going to involve more material and time then just cutting out and replacing the problem area.

    

   

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   Don | Mar 06, 2005 07:33am | #5

   CAG: Unless, of course, you use Susan Susanka's (I think) idea of Plug Strip at a 45 degree angle tucked up in the back corner of the bottom of the cabinets. Then there are no boxes to mess with.DonThe GlassMasterworks - If it scratches, I etch it!

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   lydensden | Mar 06, 2005 09:38am | #6

   Thanks for the feedback. I'll go with opt. 2. Sounds like less hassle. Another decision I need to make is what kind of grout to use, sanded or unsanded. What holds up the best and is more stain resistant? Again, thanks for the info.

   Bryan

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   JeffBuck | Mar 06, 2005 12:05pm | #7

   grout "sanded vs unsanded" is based on the thickness of said grout lines.

   1/8th is the divider ... less than 1/8th ... nonsanded ....

   more than 1/8th ... sanded ...

   1/8th ... your call.

    

   "what hold up best/stain resistant ...."

   epoxy grout.

    

   then again ... that's a whole'nother ballgame ... me, I don't think it's out of the realm of a skilled diy'er ... but ... there are lotsa pro's that avoid such products due to their potential problems ...

   but, for the second but ... it's a backsplash. Y should anyone be scared?

   Jeff  Buck Construction 

      Artistry in Carpentry

           Pgh, PA

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   andybuildz | Mar 06, 2005 05:48pm | #8

   I just went over the drywall in my kitch backsplash with 1/4" Hardiback.
   I just felt like for some weird reason.

   The secret of Zen in two words is, "Not always so"!

   When we meet, we say, Namaste'..it means..

     I honor the place in you where the entire universe resides,

   I honor the place in you of love, of light, of truth, of peace.

   I honor the place within you where if you are in that place in you

   and I am in that place in me, there is only one of us.