Yes, that is what the rest of the counter is made from. And the color of the board they sell at the bigbox store is exacty the same color (whitish) as the countertop they made 40 years ago! The thickness of the board is about 1 inch, but I was hoping to find a thinner board, however, that doesn't seem likely. I looked. The reason I wanted a thinner board was because I wanted to see if I could put up tile there. The sink leaves very little room behind it (about 1/4") once the board is in place. Is there any other type of material that could be placed behind the sink and covering the drywall about 8" high which (1) would take tile, and (2) is thinner than 3/4", and of course, which can be cut to size?
From: Bill Chmelik <Chmelik@earthlink.net>
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:54 AM
Subject: RE: [DIY] Backsplash by sink
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 8:54 AM
Subject: RE: [DIY] Backsplash by sink
Particle board with a Formica covering is what most counters were made from,
just make sure that there is no particle board exposed to water, that is how
backsplashes used to be done
ck
-----Original Message-----
From: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of clean_boost
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 9:02 PM
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DIY] Backsplash by sink
The drywall behind the sink is completely ruined. It has holes in it and
needs to be fixed. There is no backsplash there. I called in the painter,
and he does drywall, but he said that what he wanted to do is first replace
the piece of drywall that is bashed in behind the sink (it's about 3'wide x
10" high). Then he wants to put in a finished piece of particle board
finished with formica on top of that and put caulking all around the base so
there are no leaks. I'm not so sure that this will work.
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just make sure that there is no particle board exposed to water, that is how
backsplashes used to be done
ck
-----Original Message-----
From: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of clean_boost
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 9:02 PM
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DIY] Backsplash by sink
The drywall behind the sink is completely ruined. It has holes in it and
needs to be fixed. There is no backsplash there. I called in the painter,
and he does drywall, but he said that what he wanted to do is first replace
the piece of drywall that is bashed in behind the sink (it's about 3'wide x
10" high). Then he wants to put in a finished piece of particle board
finished with formica on top of that and put caulking all around the base so
there are no leaks. I'm not so sure that this will work.
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