Countertop overhang with Ikea cabinets (how to support)
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Comments (7)Eric, this is a problem that should have been solved in the design phase, not after the fact. Certainly not after your granite has been installed! In fact, it's extremely negligible of the installer to not inform you that the supports had to be in place before the install. That's a BIG safety hazard right now! (NONE of my installers would have installed your granite untill you had your approved support in place!) So, what can you do after the fact. Not a lot. Granite supports have to be designed into the cabinet infrastructure to handle the weight. If you're installing the CounterBalance type or corbels, they go best into a pony wall or a full 3/4" plywood cabinet back. Your's appears to be the standard thin "skin" that won't handle support for anything. There's always building stretcher bars to table legs to create a table style overhang, but with a curve, you're going to find that to be very difficult. I'd recommend using the table legs that you have in mind and a custom iron stretcher that follows the curve of your granite within 3" of the edge. A custom iron worker can make this decorative "wrought iron" type looking. Then mortise that into your table leg for support. I'd also have a center support going back to a couple of iron brackets that resemble corbels and back up to your cabinet backs like corbels would. On the inside of your cabinet, you'll need to install a 3/4" additional vertical back panel (and firmly attach it to all of the cabinet sides with L brackets) to accept the weight transfer. It's going to be dicy, because you're just transferrring that weight to the cabinet floor, rather than all the way down to the kitchen floor. You would have had to install 2x4 blocking under the cabinet floor at the rear to accept the weight transfer safely. But, frankly, the best way to support this is to ask your counter guy to come and remove the granite and let you build a proper support and then reinstall the granite. That would let you install a full 3/4" plywood backing to the exterior of your cabinets and have something solid to attach any corbels or brackets to. As it is, it will always be a bit unsafe because your KD didn't plan for this and oversee it from the beginning....See Morecountertop overhang support with full overlay doors below
Comments (18)Hi Emily - We had the 12” overhang installed with the cabinets as is. We called around to several fabricators in our area and about 50% said no more than a 10” overhang should be installed and the other 50% said 12” was their standard overhang without supports. We even had someone else, who installs supports for counters, come take a look and he didn’t think we needed them. Not sure if it makes a difference, but our peninsula is 37.5” wide without the counters. We don’t place any heavy objects down on the overhang and usually put our groceries on the island when we bring them in, which we would have done anyway so not a big deal. Definitely a lesson learned for us if we ever do another kitchen remodel (which won’t be for a very long time!). Good luck with your project!...See MoreHow to support granite counter overhang w/ a front facing cabinet belo
Comments (5)Sorry Sophie. I'm out of the house due to renovations and had connectivity issues. I'm uploading a picture of the peninsula (long side and short side) and an overall layout for the kitchen. The issue is the left side cabinet under the long side opens under the peninsula, and the right side cabinet open on the side without the overhang. So I hang hang brackets on the right side cabinet back, but am concerned about the space between bracket at the very end of the left side which will be attached to the wall. It's then 24" until the back of the right cabinet. Sorry -for the duplicates - this is the short side panel that will have a corner angle bracket and no issue because all brackets can be affixed to the back of the cabinet below. This is a copy of the long side of the peninsula, where the cabinet opens under the underhang. The far left will have a bracket mounted to the wall. Any way to have a bracket before the 21" cabinet that is next ends?? with a 3" filler I'm worried that with such a deep overhang its weak to go so long without a bracket. Thanks, R...See MoreDesigning IKEA kitchen island....question about countertop support
Comments (19)mikebone: This island was installed per engineered stone manufacturer's installation instructions, but not by me. Although you can't see it here, it has a slight dip in the middle of the cantilever: Manufacturers don't always know what's best for their products, however, the guys who make money from installing their products and will lose money if they get a callback, do. Sink manufacturers say you need a 36" cabinet to install a 33" sink. You don't; I do it all the time, no callbacks. They provide clips for the installation of their sinks; clips are junk and leak. We'd still be making joints in Corian with silicone were it up to the engineers and specifiers at DuPont. Thermoforming was invented by the guys who bought the sheets; they wrote the specs after we worked the bugs out. You had better know what the hell you're doing if you go against the manufacturer's specifications, however, they should be considered minimums. The estone manufacturer in the above photo didn't wait around long enough to see the sag. I didn't have to, but there it was. Our customers are much more fussy than theirs....See MoreRelated Professionals
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