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Walnut Bar and Quartz Counter Seek Adhesive to Join Team

Bargemone Rosé

5 years ago

last modified: 5 years ago

We were given this beautiful, hefty chunk of walnut to use as a bar that floats above the counter and can be enjoyed with bar-height stools. Pics show how it will *eventually* look, but it’s not actually secured yet, because we don’t know what to use to anchor it safely. There are four aluminum feet (third pic) that we will screw directly into the wood underside of the bar, but we can’t seem to get any good intel on what adhesive to use for affixing the bottom of the feet to the countertop. Epoxy? Silicone? What kind?

We‘re the foolhardy contractors on our own remodel, figuring all of this out as we go, and these Houzz threads have been super helpful. Thanks for any and all suggestions. Our countertop fabricator had no suggestions.

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HALLETT & Co.

5 years ago

Not risky for those who do it all the time- IE the fabricator. Not worth the learning curve and tool expense to do it yourself.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
5 years ago
last modified: 5 years ago
Are you using quartz for the counter underneath? That piece will have to cantilever out past the counter inorder to have stools at it. Something like this idea
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auntthelma
5 years ago
Gorgeous piece of wood.

How about building a wall behind the counter that holds the bar? that way you can use corbels to hold the bar up.
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disfromage
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The bottom of the aluminum legs have a screw holding the nylon pad in place and probably holding the foot on. Can you drill the counter and run screws into the legs from below? I would not trust any adhesive to hold this heavy wood counter in place. The nylon pad needs to be removed no matter what route you take, nothing I know of will stick to it.
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HALLETT & Co.
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The only way I can imagine it supporting that weight is to drill a hole through the quartz, then bolt through the bottom of the quartz (large washer to distribute the pressure) and into the bottom of the standoff you already have. Glue will never provide enough strength in that application.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
5 years ago
I totally agree .
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Bargemone Rosé
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5 years ago
Thanks. Yes, it will be cantilevered, but on four upright legs rather than two angled legs, although if I had known we would likely have to drill into the quartz, I would’ve gone with angled for cosmetic reasons. Four seemed sturdier. This is probably a dumb question, but should we be afraid to drill into the quartz- is it risky? Is this something best left to a countertop fabricator?

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