W1bb1y666
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Heyup all,
Has anyone installed one of Vanshades acrylic splashbacks? I'm at the point of getting ready to install the EVO furniture I've recently built and am struggling to get into my head the best order in which to do it. I'm trying to wrap my head around the units, the electrics, and the splashback all at the same time and am going slightly insane :-D I placed the units in the other day, just to get an idea how they fit and to mark out some wiring locations too (that's partly done already, there's a cable run behind the panelling leading to one of those common 12 way bladed fused disti boxes which is currently roughly located in the cupboard with the lift-up lid, behind the red X (I'm not even sure if that is a good place for it... but it is easy to access; a problem for another day). Mainly what's mashing my head right now is the Vanshades acrylic splashback itself.
Vanshades guide recommends using sikaflex, trimming down along both the horizontal edge so it sits on top of the worktop and the right hand vertical edge to sit flush against the tall section of the units. So, AFTER the units are fitted. https://www.vanshades.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Splashback-Instructions-compressed.pdf
This relies on me not botching the measuring/cuts in a rather expensive piece of plastic - from what I can gather, doable with a jigsaw, straight edge clamped and a fine toothed blade on slow speed (Makita B22 blade I was thinking of), but also requires me to consider where I need to put some conduit for cabling due to the next bit below...
I also need to install some kind of control panel for some 12v switches for fridge/lights etc, and maybe a single/double 240 socket, again requiring me to have to cut into the acrylic with, say, a multitool. Has anyone tried this without smashing the acrylic to pieces?
Just after some tips or ideas from anyone who might have done a similar job.
Cheers
Has anyone installed one of Vanshades acrylic splashbacks? I'm at the point of getting ready to install the EVO furniture I've recently built and am struggling to get into my head the best order in which to do it. I'm trying to wrap my head around the units, the electrics, and the splashback all at the same time and am going slightly insane :-D I placed the units in the other day, just to get an idea how they fit and to mark out some wiring locations too (that's partly done already, there's a cable run behind the panelling leading to one of those common 12 way bladed fused disti boxes which is currently roughly located in the cupboard with the lift-up lid, behind the red X (I'm not even sure if that is a good place for it... but it is easy to access; a problem for another day). Mainly what's mashing my head right now is the Vanshades acrylic splashback itself.
Vanshades guide recommends using sikaflex, trimming down along both the horizontal edge so it sits on top of the worktop and the right hand vertical edge to sit flush against the tall section of the units. So, AFTER the units are fitted. https://www.vanshades.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Splashback-Instructions-compressed.pdf
This relies on me not botching the measuring/cuts in a rather expensive piece of plastic - from what I can gather, doable with a jigsaw, straight edge clamped and a fine toothed blade on slow speed (Makita B22 blade I was thinking of), but also requires me to consider where I need to put some conduit for cabling due to the next bit below...
I also need to install some kind of control panel for some 12v switches for fridge/lights etc, and maybe a single/double 240 socket, again requiring me to have to cut into the acrylic with, say, a multitool. Has anyone tried this without smashing the acrylic to pieces?
Just after some tips or ideas from anyone who might have done a similar job.
Cheers
