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Kitchen Cabinet Bottoms to support Granite Counter top
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| bdeditch 2007-02-03, 1:25 pm |
| Is there anything a person has to do as far as beefing up the base
cabinets so it can hold the weight of a granite counter top?
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| Old Fangled 2007-02-03, 5:25 pm |
| "bdeditch" <bdeditch@gmail.com> wrote in news:1170522836.430467.295910
@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com:
> Is there anything a person has to do as far as beefing up the base
> cabinets so it can hold the weight of a granite counter top?
No. Unless you have especially "wimpy" cabinets, they will handle the
weight with no problem.
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| carrollstileandstone@hotmail.com 2007-02-05, 1:25 pm |
| On Feb 3, 11:13 am, "bdeditch" <bdedi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there anything a person has to do as far as beefing up the base
> cabinets so it can hold the weight of agranitecounter top?
Old Fangled is right, most cabinets will hold the weight of granite
just fine. The thing you might need to worry about is if you have an
exceptionally large overhang, like for a bar. It is a good idea to
brace any over hang over 10 inches.
If you have any doubt about the sturdiness of your cabinets or any
other questions about installing your granite contact a local granite
installation company.
www.carrollstileandstone.com
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| CWatters 2007-02-05, 5:25 pm |
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<carrollstileandstone@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Feb 3, 11:13 am, "bdeditch" <bdedi...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Old Fangled is right, most cabinets will hold the weight of granite
> just fine. The thing you might need to worry about is if you have an
> exceptionally large overhang, like for a bar.
or narrow sections - like where you have a hob or sink cut-out.
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| John Reddy 2007-02-05, 9:25 pm |
| In article <45c79bf0$0$8715$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>,
"CWatters" <colin.watters@turnersNOSPAMoak.plus.com> wrote:
> <carrollstileandstone@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> or narrow sections - like where you have a hob or sink cut-out.
Colin,
yer talkin to a bunch of Merkins here. Splain what a hob is.
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| decaturbob2k@yahoo.com 2007-02-08, 9:25 am |
| I'd worry more about the floor system (if its an island design) if its
not slab on grade before I worry about the cabinets taking the weight.
I've seen a couple sad results where a home owner remodeled there
kitchen. Put in an island system in the middle of the floor span with
granite counters and promptly cracked the grout joints on his tile
floor when the counters were installed after the tiling was done.
2x10 floor joists with 14ft span wouldn't take the additional mid-span
weight without the deflection which took out the grout.
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| RicodJour 2007-02-11, 1:25 pm |
| John Reddy wrote:
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> "CWatters" <colin.watters@turnersNOSPAMoak.plus.com> wrote:
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> Colin,
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> yer talkin to a bunch of Merkins here. Splain what a hob is.
Fur not! From Wiki:
Hob - the top cooking surface on a cooker (referred to as a 'stove
top' in the United States) in the United Kingdom, Singapore, and other
parts of the commonwealth. It typically comprises several cooking
elements (often four), also known as 'rings'
There's a pun in there somewhere about the rings of the nubile
lungs... ;)
R
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