New Range Hood and Backsplashes on my Class B
It's been a busy few days here....got my range hood on Saturday and it had clearance issues. It was longer front to back which is not that bad, but also had sides that extended beyond the top of it (which was flush on my old hood ). My neighbor is a welder and metal worker and he helped me trim and pound down the sides so it will fit flush. Yeah!!
Here is the Kitchen "Before" Pic
First I had to clean out the ancient shag carpet and remove the light that was on the wall behind the range.....
I will use the lights wiring to wire in the new hood...
much cleaner now.....
New range hood
Fan and light, yeah!
One clearance problem solved!
Here are the Backsplashes- I am going with adhesive tiles on the right hand wall and paint above them and putting a panel behind the stove:
Then I had to shape patterns and trim to fit the area:
and check the fits:
Light sanding to prep for paint and adhesives:
Then masking for the paint:
I chose a light colored faux stone finish:
two coats applied and when dry I carefully attached the tiles and painted to their borders:
They attached easily! Then the panel and for this I bought double sided tape which was NOT easy to work with- almost impossible to get the backing off of it because it was so thin!!! Then when you got the backing off it would stick to itself and try to ball up. Frustrating!!
Let the paint dry overnight before installing my new range hood the paint is still a little tacky because of the heat and humidity, but I think it is dry enough....
First connect the wires and check the fan and light, I use Butt connectors to attach the wires from the old light fixture to the hood:
All Works!
Then I used boxes to hold it in place while I got the first couple of screws in and it was tough to do solo, but I got it in!
Cleaned up and in- project finished!!!!!
Side view showing my new Oregon Scientific Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer- I am using the Outdoor sensor in my fridge to monitor temperatures:
As you can see, my fridge is working really well on house power on this quite warm day!
Hard work, but very rewarding to lighten up the all wood paneled interior and start to put my stamp on my rolling home.
Here is the Kitchen "Before" Pic
First I had to clean out the ancient shag carpet and remove the light that was on the wall behind the range.....
I will use the lights wiring to wire in the new hood...
much cleaner now.....
New range hood
Fan and light, yeah!
One clearance problem solved!
Here are the Backsplashes- I am going with adhesive tiles on the right hand wall and paint above them and putting a panel behind the stove:
Then I had to shape patterns and trim to fit the area:
and check the fits:
Light sanding to prep for paint and adhesives:
Then masking for the paint:
I chose a light colored faux stone finish:
two coats applied and when dry I carefully attached the tiles and painted to their borders:
They attached easily! Then the panel and for this I bought double sided tape which was NOT easy to work with- almost impossible to get the backing off of it because it was so thin!!! Then when you got the backing off it would stick to itself and try to ball up. Frustrating!!
Let the paint dry overnight before installing my new range hood the paint is still a little tacky because of the heat and humidity, but I think it is dry enough....
First connect the wires and check the fan and light, I use Butt connectors to attach the wires from the old light fixture to the hood:
All Works!
Then I used boxes to hold it in place while I got the first couple of screws in and it was tough to do solo, but I got it in!
Cleaned up and in- project finished!!!!!
Side view showing my new Oregon Scientific Indoor/Outdoor Thermometer- I am using the Outdoor sensor in my fridge to monitor temperatures:
As you can see, my fridge is working really well on house power on this quite warm day!
Hard work, but very rewarding to lighten up the all wood paneled interior and start to put my stamp on my rolling home.
