We can control the gap a little bit by shimming up and closing it to a recognizable size to where you wouldn t feel like it s weird.
Remove granite backsplash gap.
Cover the surfaces near the backsplash with a drop cloth as there will be plenty of falling mortar and possibly sharp pieces of granite falling as you remove the tiles.
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During this reno we also had to remove the 4 granite backsplash from the wall.
Just to make a note i was only removing the backsplash to put new backsplash up.
The thing that is somewhat out of our control are the gaps especially in the high bar where the granite comes into the first backsplash which is the lower part of the gap.
Darciegage2 has the best solution.
To remove a 4 inch granite backsplash with tile above you may have to chip through some tile grout with the putty knife before you can get the knife behind the backsplash.
How to remove granite backsplash easily.
A pencil tile trim would cover the gap.
Remove the granite backsplash with a heat gun shims and a hammer.
Grout is no used between countertop and wall tile.
Big box stores have them.
Caulk normally used would not work because it s too large a gap.