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Based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Splashbacks of Distinction have a real passion for toughened glass in and around the home. We have transformed many properties, both commercial and domestic with our glass splashbacks, for kitchens, bathrooms and living rooms. Our toughened glass balustrades, glass shelving and splashbacks with high resolution images have really caught the imagination of people who demand beauty and functionality in their homes and offices.
As one of the leaders in design and up to date technology, Splashbacks of Distinction are always on hand to deliver the highest standards of quality and service to our valued customers.
Splashbacks of Distinction provide a wonderful product that is suitable for kitchens, bathrooms, office spaces or anywhere you want a true touch of class.
Our splashbacks will add value and style to new and old kitchens and bathrooms. They are easy to clean and very hygienic. Every piece is toughened when manufactured so it is heat, water and impact proof.
A glass splashback and worktop will complement any bathroom, kitchen, bar area, laundry or shop. The sleek and seamless surface is the ultimate in elegance with zero visual interruption. Our glass splashbacks and worktops come in any colour and are also far easier to clean than ceramic tiles.
Should you require our services, please call or contact us by completing the simple contact form and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
The Splashbacks of Distinction show room is located at Watton at Stone in Hertfordshire with easy access from Hertford, Stevenage and surrounding towns. It is close to both the A1 and A10 which makes it easily accessible from North London.
We have a wide range of samples, styles, colours and textures for you to see and touch. Our clients have told us that being able to visit our showroom really helps them to visualise and develop their ideas so that they really end up with exactly what they wanted. Our workshop is next to the showroom so you can also see our products as they are manufactured.
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We have also created a stunning brochure with a selection from our range. This is available to download as a PDF by clicking on the link below.
Glass creates an illusion of more space and allows outside features to become part of the interior design. With glass it is possible to link two different spaces together without the barrier of a wall giving you the ability to enjoy your home and garden throughout the year.
Our frameless systems create a contemporary design which safely maximises any view, allowing natural light to spread across the living space. This solution can be used for internal stairs, external balconies, or to act as windbreaks in exposed areas outdoors.
Balustrade posts provide a classic, yet still very popular, design choice. Manufactured using 2.6mm thick walled, 48mm stainless steel for superior strength. This high quality, external grade steel maximises durability and minimises maintenance.
Glass spigots create a modern, minimalist design choice which maximises your view. Glass spigots are a large glass floor clamp that secures the glass vertically. The individual 'feet' allow for natural drainage making it an ideal choice for external areas including patio, and decked gardens, as well as poolside areas.
The possibilities are almost endless. Whether you wish to modernise your home or office space, enhance it or create an eye-catching element in one of your rooms we are here to make your dream come true. Your wish is our command.
Perhaps a tropical landscape in the bathroom? How about a stylish banister or wall art? Or even a state-of-the art room divider?
If you own a business you might want to create a new inviting atmosphere for your customers or upgrade your existing space, making it uniquely stylish.
At Splashbacks of Distinction we can even recreate different surface patterns too. That wood-style surface you always wanted is now possible and it comes with all the advantages of glass. Our customers also love our granite and marble styles which are perfectly stunning.
When it comes to Mirrors, in either a Kitchen or Bathroom, nothing quite rivals the open, light and clean look that such a simple product offers.
Splashbacks of Distinction offer a range of standard mirrors available in Silver, Grey, Bronze and Peach with toughened options available.
Our bespoke antique mirrors offer depth and character, reflecting the beauty of its surroundings as well as enhancing them. Our collection of six unique mirrors can bring depth, glamour and a unique look to any space.
Choose from our range of antique mirror styles including moon, lava, mercury, Neptune, vincenzo, bronze vincenzo and bianco nero. Why not view our brochure or contact us today to see what we can do for you.
It is often very difficult to see what a particular colour or finish will look like from a picture. We understand that and can supply samples of your chosen splash back to enable you to get the best possible idea of what your dream kitchen or bathroom will look like before it is fitted.
We already have hundreds of samples available to look at in our showroom including different types of finishes such as glitter or sparkle. We can supply a sample in any colour or finish you would like from our extensive range.
Our splash backs are often so vibrant that it is very difficult to really appreciate them from a simple image and with some finishes, such as the mirrored finishes, it is virtually impossible. With a sample you can get a much clearer idea of how your splash back will look in your kitchen and how it will compliment the other colours and textures around it.
At Splashbacks of Distinction we carefully manage the complete production, design and fitting of our bespoke, designer glass splashbacks.
Great care is taken to measure the intended space and our team will discuss your requirements and help with any ideas you have. Once we have finalised your design with our team, Splashbacks of Distinction can start to make the magic happen.
At every stage of the production process each of our panels is quality checked. Once one of our panels has left our workshop, we at Splashbacks of Distinction transport it and install it. Because each design is unique, it requires specialist knowledge to ensure correct fitting. Our team of experienced fitters will ensure that the panels are correctly aligned and mounted. We won't be happy until our customer is completely happy with the result.
Our team will work closely with you to create your dream design, ensuring the highest quality from start to finish so you can look forward to the magnificent result. We take pride in maintaining the highest of standards so that you, our customer can enjoy the beauty of our bespoke products.
All of our glass splashbacks and panels are made using toughened glass. The glass is processed in accordance with the requirements of the relevant British and European quality standards BS EN 12150 : 2000 (Impact Tested BS EN 12600 : 2000).
You can rest assured that our glass splashbacks are safe and of the highest quality. Splashbacks of Distinction carries out rigorous checks to ensure that each panel is of the highest standard. At Splashbacks of Distinction we make sure that every panel is correctly aligned and fitted. Our toughened glass splashbacks are made to withstand daily use and will provide you with a strong, durable surface whilst maintaining their wonderful appeal and elegance. Reflecting natural light and brightening up dark corners, the splashbacks create an inviting, vibrant atmosphere.
Whether as a wall in a shower, as a room divider or a banister, our toughened glass will not let you down. It provides an excellent sealed barrier in kitchens and bathrooms where steam can cause havoc to walls and plaster.
Wonderful customer service
I felt you really cared that we got the best effect for our kitchen and were happy to help us work through the options for as long as it took. Wonderful customer service and the splashback looks great.
(Kitchen splashback using design 010 from our own range)
Mrs Crawford, Aston”
We are currently working on several properties in the Dunstable area, so why not give us a call?
Dunstable is a market town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire. It lies on the eastward tail spurs of the Chiltern Hills, 30 miles north of London. These geographical features form several steep chalk escarpments most noticeable when approaching Dunstable from the north.
Dunstable is the fourth largest town in Bedfordshire and along with Houghton Regis forms the westernmost part of the Luton and Dunstable urban area.
Relics of Palaeolithic humans, including such relics as flint implements and the bones of wild animals, suggest the Dunstable settlement is prehistoric. At Maiden Bower in the parish of Houghton Regis to the north, there is an Iron Age hill fort, which is clearly marked on the Ordnance survey maps. Maiden Bower has some of the ramparts showing through the edge of an old chalk quarry at Sewell where remains of an older Bronze Age fort exist. There are many prehistoric sites in the area and details can be found with the Manshead Archaeological Society, which is based in Winfield Street, Dunstable. Dunstable is on the route of the Icknield Way, claimed to be the oldest road in Britain.
In Roman times there was a minor settlement called Durocobrivis in the Dunstable area. Today, this is now occupied by the Dunstable we now know.
It was generally assumed that the nominative form of the name of Dunstable had originally been Durocobrivae, so that is what appears on a map that was printed in 1944. However, current thinking is that the form Durocobrivis, which occurs in the Antonine Itinerary, is a fossilised locative that was used all the time and Ordnance Survey now uses this form.
Some legends make reference to a time of utter lawlessness in Dunstable. So bad was the crime in Dunstable, that the town was personified in a thief called Dun. Wishing to capture Dun, the King stapled his ring to a post daring the robber to steal it. It was, and was subsequently traced to the house of the widow Dun. Her son, the robber, was taken and hanged to the final satisfaction that the new community bore his name.
It has also been mooted that the Dunstable name comes from the Anglo-Saxon for "the boundary post of Duna".
Some scholars believe that Dunstable is derived from Dunum, or Dun, a hill, and Staple, or a marketplace.
It is still debated amongst historians as to the true origin of the Dunstable name, and the debate seems likely to run for many more years to come.
A settlement was established by the AD 40s and 50s, when the Romans arrived and paved the road now known as Watling Street and its crossroad, the Icknield Way. Traces of Neolithic activity are not in doubt but much of their mystery may be lost under the surrounding Chiltern Hills.
The Romans built a posting station and probably named the settlement Durocobrivae, but over time this may have shifted to Durocobrivis. The area was occupied by Saxons around AD 571.
The modern structure of Dunstable dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, as do many of the nearby towns and villages. The etymology of Dunstable is much like Luton, Houghton Regis, Totternhoe, Kensworth, Caddington, Toddington and Leighton Buzzard is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and believed to mean Duns market, which became known as Downs market, so literally meaning the market near the downs or hills. There is no firm date as to the founding of Dunstable. However, it could be possible that once the early Anglo-Saxon settled in the area, and had subdued local Romano-Britons, Dunstable along with its adjacent communities was founded between the 6th-8th centuries. During the Heptarchy period, what was to become Bedfordshire was part of the Kingdom of Mercia. This area of southern Bedfordshire was near the Danelaw boundary, though within the territory ruled by King Alfred the Great in his treaty with the Norse Lord Guthrum.
There were raids by Norsemen, who had settled in Bedford and further north in Northampton and up to the Leicester and Rutland regions, for cattle, crops and slaves, which were often repelled by local Anglo-Saxon forces. One such raid occurred in 912, where Norse jarls from the East Midlands arranged raids of what is now southern Bedfordshire, including the Luton and Dunstable areas. However, Norse activity in the area was subdued after the Anglo-Saxon victory at the Battle of Tempsford, believed to have been fought further north in the county. Bedfordshire and by extension the Dunstable area was affected by later Norse raids, under Kings Sweyn Forkbeard and Cnut of Denmark, in response to the St. Brides Massacre executed by King Ethelred the Unready of England. From 1002, to 1016, which marked the ascension of Cnut as King of England?
At the time of the Norman Conquest, Dunstable was known to have been an uncultivated tract covered by woodlands. In 1109, Henry I started a period of activity by responding to this danger to travellers. He instructed areas to be cleared and encouraged settlers with offers of royal favour. In 1123, a royal residence was built at what is now called the Royal Palace Lodge Hotel on Church Street. The king used the residence as a base to hunt on nearby lands.
The Dunstable Priory was founded in 1131 by the King and was later used for the divorce between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, which led to the establishment of the Church of England in opposition to the Roman Catholic Church. The same year the town granted a town charter to the power of the priors.
During the Invasion of England of 1326, Queen Isabella of France and her army, having landed in Suffolk, captured Dunstable on 7 October without a fight.
Bedfordshire was one of the counties that largely supported the Roundheads during the English Civil War. Nearby St Albans in Hertfordshire was the headquarters of the Roundheads, and troops were occasionally stationed at Dunstable. The town was plundered by King Charles I's soldiers when passing through in June 1644, and Essex's men destroyed the Eleanor cross.
The prosperity of Dunstable, and the large number of inns or public houses in the town, is partly because it is only one or two days' ride by horse from London, and therefore a good place to rest overnight. There are two pubs which still have coaching gates to the side: the Sugar Loaf in High Street North, and the Saracen's Head in High Street South. The Saracen's Head is a name often given to pubs frequented by knights of the crusades. It is positioned considerably lower than the road to its front, witness to the fact that the road has been resurfaced a number of times during the lifetime of the pub.
Dunstable's first railway opened in 1848, originally in Houghton Regis. It was a branch joining the West Coast Main Line at Leighton Buzzard. A second line linking Dunstable with Hatfield via Luton opened in 1858. Passenger services to Dunstable were withdrawn in 1965, but the line between Dunstable and Luton remained open for freight traffic for many years.
Dunstable was a significant market town, but its importance diminished as the neighbouring town of Luton grew.
The 19th century saw the straw hat making industry come to Luton and a subsequent decline in Dunstable, to be replaced in the early 20th century by the printing and motor vehicle industries, with companies such as Waterlow's and Vauxhall Motors respectively. The new Bedford Dunstable plant came into production in 1942 to support the British Army in the Second World War. It continued manufacturing commercial trucks and buses until 1992. The closure of the main factories and the decline of manufacturing in the area have led to this distinctiveness being lost.
The war efforts made Dunstable a major target for the German bombers, as tanks, munitions and parachutes were all being manufactured in Dunstable at this time. The work carried out during war time by workers in Dunstable cannot be played down. Dunstable made a significant contribution to the war effort.
Shops were concentrated along High Street North and South, known as Watling Street and in 1966 the Quadrant Shopping Centre opened in Dunstable. During the 1980s, Dunstable town centre was a successful shopping centre featuring major retailers including Sainsbury's, Tesco, Waitrose, Bejam, which is now referred to as Iceland, Boots, Halfords, Co-op department store, Argos, Woolworths, Burton, Next and many independent specialist shops including Moore's of Dunstable. These attracted shoppers from outlying villages resulting in a retail town centre larger than would be supportable by Dunstable residents alone, so much so that in 1985 the Eleanor's Cross retail area was developed to cater mainly for smaller shops.
The Cottage Garden Flower Shop in Chiltern Road, Dunstable, established in 1898, is believed to be the oldest independent retail business still trading.
As with many other market towns, the rise of out-of-town retail parks contributed to a decline in town centre trade; Sainsburys, Tesco, Halfords, and Next moved to newer larger premises outside Dunstable town centre.
More recently, major grocery retailers Asda and Aldi have opened stores within Dunstable town centre. Whitbread PLC, which manages Premier Inn, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre and Table Table, is headquartered on the Houghton Regis and Dunstable industrial estate.
Splashbacks of Distinction have been transforming our client's kitchens, bathrooms and living areas for years with the finest quality toughened glass. There is no limit to where these glass products can be used throughout the home. The most popular use is as a kitchen splashback, but many people are now considering having coloured glass in their bathrooms and living areas. Even a flat screened television looks fantastic with a coloured toughened glass splashback behind it. What could we do to improve your Dunstable property?
Splashbacks of Distinction are available to visit your Dunstable home to measure up and fit a quality glass splashback or one of our other toughened glass products. Glass is such a clean and modern medium for your home and you'd be surprised just how much glass can transform your home. Whether it's a splashback in the kitchen, or the clean, bright lines of bespoke glass shelving in your living room, Splashbacks of Distinction can supply and fit it all.
Splashbacks of Distinction ensure that only the finest quality toughened glass is used in all our products. We guarantee all of our work and are fully insured. We employ only trained and certified engineers. Splashbacks of Distinction never leave your property without ensuring you are totally satisfied with your beautiful new glass splashback, baluster, shelving or shower enclosure.
Call us today for a free, no obligation quote on our superb toughened glass products. We can literally transform your Dunstable property for considerably less than you might have imagined.
Splashbacks of Distinction ensure that only the finest quality toughened glass is used in all our products. We guarantee all of our work and are fully insured. We employ only trained and certified engineers. Splashbacks of Distinction never leave your property without ensuring you are totally satisfied with your beautiful new glass splashback, baluster, shelving or shower enclosure.
If you would like to know more or are interested in a quote we would be happy to help. Phone us on 01920 830 084, email us at enquiries@splashbacksofdistinction.co.uk or fill in our enquiry form and we will be in touch as soon as possible.
Showroom: Unit 11, Broomhall Farm, Watton At Stone, Hertford SG14 2RN
Splashbacks of Distinction is the trading name of RDC Glass Ltd