It makes me paranoid that one day it will come unglued and kill me. Crazy I know.

I don't love quartz as it doesn't look natural to me so I don't know that I'd want to see more of it.

But a quartzite or marble slab with veining or movement, I love- I hands down prefer to see it up all the walls as well. More expensive but nicer looking so we did that for our bathrooms and kitchen.

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Anonymous wrote:You’re not supposed to use quartz behind the range, so you need to figure out a different treatment there. Some people do it but the quartz can scorch or crack.

I don’t like quartz enough to want it everywhere.

Silly. If the range could damage quartz, it would set fire to everything else.

Quartz is made of 90-93% quartz and 7-10% resin, which is plastic. It’s fine, because it’s still mostly real ground up stone, right? But that calculation isn’t by volume, it’s by weight. By volume, it’s more like 20-30% plastic, which is why you shouldn’t put hot items on quartz countertops.

The rear burners of gas stoves, and stoves that vent hot air from the back can discolor and scorch quartz. Induction and electric ranges are probably fine, but I wouldn’t want the edge of a pan to accidentally touch the quartz. AA

I think the faux veining is even more noticeable when it’s vertical.

Anonymous wrote:Looks clean and easy to maintain.

That's all I see as well. We plan to do this for ease of cleaning.

We did it with our quartzite and I’d do it again in a heartbeat. So easy to clean and no grout lines.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re not supposed to use quartz behind the range, so you need to figure out a different treatment there. Some people do it but the quartz can scorch or crack.

I don’t like quartz enough to want it everywhere.

Silly. If the range could damage quartz, it would set fire to everything else.

You can find plenty of photos online of damaged quartz behind ranges. I don’t know how often it happens but a PITA if it does.

Anonymous wrote:I regret not doing it as I just have painted wall and I cannot find a tile to match and a pain to install so we keep it painted.

Might consider a metal backsplash such as metal tiles you can attach with mastic, copper, stainless, etc.

Anonymous wrote:You’re not supposed to use quartz behind the range, so you need to figure out a different treatment there. Some people do it but the quartz can scorch or crack.

I don’t like quartz enough to want it everywhere.

Silly. If the range could damage quartz, it would set fire to everything else.

I regret not doing it as I just have painted wall and I cannot find a tile to match and a pain to install so we keep it painted.

I haven't done it, but I think this looks terrible.