"Andy" > wrote in message
u...
> Advantages and disadvantages please.
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in addition to the extra care in cleaning stainless over cleaning tile, you
also need to put 5/8" sheetrock in nail-offset fire-proof construction to
get the same code rating as tile
- (and you will need to meet code in the cooking area to have your
insurance pay out if there is a fire)
(in the short answer, fire-resistant construction in the cooking area means
no metal from cooktop area- e.g., backsplash - may contact framing
material - thus fasteners must be "blind", e.g. by using two sheets of
fire-rated material with nails offset sheet-to-sheet so as to not provide a
path thru the two sheets, or the fasteners to the framing be isolated by a
top layer of tile)

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