Glass Backsplash
in Burlington.

We come west along the QEW from our Oakville base, and the glass is templated by owner Bojan Stojic himself and installed by our own crew. This is the Burlington branch of our glass backsplash installation service.

Burlington kitchens, neighbourhood by neighbourhood

Headon Forest and Millcroft are 1980s and 1990s subdivisions where builder-grade finishes are being upgraded, and swapping a tired tile backsplash for glass belongs naturally in that kind of renovation. South of New Street, in Roseland and the older lake-side streets of Aldershot, mid-century brick homes have been opened up into bright rear additions, and premium tile and stone are common enough that low-iron glass deserves a look. Burlington Waterfront brings condo and townhome kitchens, while Tyandaga, up against the escarpment, has larger lots and larger homes.

How back-painted glass gets its colour

The paint goes on the back of the glass, so the colour is protected and the face you clean is plain glass. Because you see the colour through the glass, it looks glossier and a little richer than a painted wall. To pair it with your cabinets, judge it against a cabinet door, the countertop and the floor together, in your own kitchen light, not from a small chip under store lighting. Three approaches work well: match the cabinets for a built-in look, go a few shades darker for depth, or pick a colour out of the countertop's veining.

When mirror is the better backsplash

Mirror makes sense in a kitchen that is short on daylight, such as a condo or townhome kitchen with one window at the far end. It throws light back into the room and makes a narrow layout read wider. The trade-off is upkeep and reflection: mirror shows splashes, fingerprints and water spots before a coloured panel does, and it reflects whatever sits on the counter. If your counter is usually busy, back-painted glass is the calmer choice.

Countertops first, glass last

We template the backsplash after the new countertops are installed and the range, the hood and the electrical boxes are in their final positions. The counter edge is rarely perfectly level and the wall is rarely perfectly flat, and the glass has to follow both. If you are redoing a Headon Forest or Millcroft kitchen in stages, the order is counters, then the electrician, then our template. Measuring any earlier only means measuring twice.

Long walls and where the joints go

A single panel can only be so long before it becomes impractical to fabricate, carry in and set safely, so long runs and L-shaped layouts are made from several panels. We put joints where they read as intentional: at an inside corner, beside a window, or in line with a cabinet edge, and away from the middle of a sightline wherever the layout allows. With back-painted glass, every panel on one wall should be made together so the colour is identical across the joint.

Glass behind the range

The panel behind a range or cooktop is tempered safety glass. The clearances around a gas or electric cooking surface are set by the appliance and range hood installation instructions, so we plan from your model numbers rather than from a general rule. Outlet and switch cutouts come from the same template and are made before the glass is tempered, since tempered glass cannot be cut afterwards.

Burlington pricing and who does the work

Backsplash work starts from a $1,200 minimum job. The final figure depends on run length and height, panel count, cutouts, colour, and whether you choose low-iron glass or mirror. We measure on site and give you a written quote before anything is ordered. Lux Glass is owner-operated by master glazier Bojan Stojic, who has 18 years of experience, and we are WSIB insured with $5,000,000 Commercial General Liability coverage.

Get a quote for your Burlington kitchen glass backsplash

Tell us the length of the wall, how many outlets and switches it has, and your cabinet and countertop colours, and add a photo if you can. Request a quote through our contact page or call 416-897-0767. You can also browse our Burlington glass services, the main glass backsplash page, and our neighbourhood notes on Headon Forest and Roseland.