[MindBomber]

Originally Posted by gdoh

maybe you should try calling a tile company and ask them

This is the DIY home renovation section, thats an appropriate venue to ask how to remove tile, no?

Originally Posted by 604nguyen

if your going thru all the trouble to remove the middle row, why not just remove the entire backsplash? I think it would be easier to redo the whole thing than to pick off each tile piece individually and carefully.

maybe you should do a glass backsplash?
http://billbarr.files.wordpress.com/...acksplash1.jpg
http://www.konstel.net/Glass%20DK&B.JPG
probbaly easier to install,easier to maintain, looks slick

Removing the entire back splash would be much more difficult than only removing one tile, because in that scenario they would need to remove the drywall also. Glass tile is very nice looking, but it's not nearly as easy to lay as a plain ceramic or porcelain tile.