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removing a granite backsplash

Article Number: 261 | Rating: Unrated | Last Updated: Sun, Jul 29, 2007 at 12:00 AM

We recently purchased a new home and had the builder install verde granite countertops in the kitchen. I originally wanted to have the backsplash done in white tumbled travertine but the builder put granite there instead. My husband says leave it alone but it's just not the look that I was hoping for. I would like to know how difficult it would be to remove the granite backsplash and whether this is something that we should attempt on our own.

Dear De'Ann:

It is not too difficult.

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