Glass Backsplash
in Oakville.

If a designer or contractor is running your renovation, we work to their schedule and their finish selections. This page is the Oakville side of our kitchen glass backsplash service.

A wall of glass instead of a wall of grout

A glass backsplash is one or more large panels fixed to the wall between the countertop and the upper cabinets. With back-painted glass, the colour sits on the back face, so the surface you touch and wipe is smooth glass with no grout lines to stain. For white, cream and pale grey we recommend the same back-painted panel made in low-iron glass, because ordinary glass would tint those colours green. And where a kitchen is narrow or short on daylight, a mirror backsplash reflects the window light back into the room.

Oakville homes, from heritage to estate

The kitchens we see change with the neighbourhood. In Old Oakville, the 1920s and 1930s heritage houses between Trafalgar Road and Sixteen Mile Creek often have walls that are slightly out of plumb, so we measure the wall as it actually stands rather than as a drawing says it should. Glen Abbey and West Oak Trails are mostly family homes built from the 1980s to the early 2000s, where a glass backsplash fits naturally into a mid-cycle kitchen update. North of Dundas, Joshua Creek and Iroquois Ridge have estate homes where finishes tend to be slab-grade, which is exactly where low-iron glass earns its place. We also work in Bronte, Kerr Village and the streets around downtown Oakville.

We template after the countertops are installed

The countertop is the bottom edge of the backsplash, and no countertop sits perfectly level against a perfectly straight wall. If the glass were measured from the cabinet boxes or from a plan, every small difference would show as a gap along the counter. So the order on an Oakville kitchen job is simple: cabinets, countertops, electrical boxes in their final position, then our template. If you are replacing the counters, book the template for after the new tops are set, not before.

Back-painted glass or mirror

Back-painted glass gives you one calm, solid colour from end to end. It suits a kitchen where the counter has strong veining or the cabinets carry the design, and a mid-tone colour is forgiving between cleanings. Mirror does something different: it doubles the light from a window and makes a tight galley feel wider, but it also reflects everything in front of it, including the underside of the upper cabinets and whatever is sitting on the counter, and it shows water spots and fingerprints sooner. A useful test is to stand at the counter and decide whether you want to look at a colour or at a reflection of the room.

Outlets, switches and the range

Every outlet and switch on the backsplash wall needs a cutout in the glass. Where a panel is tempered, its openings have to be made before tempering, because tempered glass cannot be cut afterwards. That is why the cutouts are located from the on-site template instead of being marked and cut during the install. Behind a range or cooktop we use tempered glass, and the clearances around the cooking surface come from the appliance and range hood installation instructions rather than a rule of thumb. Have the model numbers ready at the template visit.

What sets the price of an Oakville backsplash

Kitchen glass backsplash work starts from a $1,200 minimum job. Above that, the price depends on the length and height of the run, how many panels it needs, the number of outlet and switch cutouts, whether you choose low-iron glass or mirror, and how exact the colour match must be. After the site measure you get a written quote, so you know the number before anything is ordered.

Measured by the owner, installed by our own crew

Lux Glass has been in business since 2008 and was incorporated as Lux Glass Inc. in 2014. The person who measures your Oakville kitchen is the person who oversees the installation: Bojan Stojic, with 18 years of experience. We are WSIB insured and carry $5,000,000 in Commercial General Liability coverage.

Get a quote for your Oakville kitchen glass backsplash

Send us a photo of the wall, the approximate length of the run, the number of outlets and switches, and your countertop and cabinet colours. Request a quote through our contact page or call 416-897-0767. For background, read about Starphire low-iron glass and our glass care guide, see all of our Oakville glass services, or return to the main glass backsplash page.