Holes in mitred edge of stone benchtop

Courtney22 · Apr 01, 2024 12:19 pm

Hi I’m after some opinions regarding my new build kitchen island benchtop. We got a 40mm mitred edge island and along the mitred join there are lots of holes/gaps. Some have been filled in which look more noticeable and dirty. We have close to 40 holes all up. I was expecting a cleaner job as we paid close to $6000 extra to upgrade the stone on the island alone

What would cause all the gaps and would you be happy with the messy patch job?

Thanks

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Ashington Homes · Apr 01, 2024 1:44 pm

Courtney

The silicone caulking has shrunk.

It is a super easy and job to fix. Your kitchen joiner should do it for free otherwise you can hire someone. They will typically charge $4-5/m but as it;'s a small job expect to pay around $200 including travel time etc

cheers

Simeon

chippy · Apr 01, 2024 8:15 pm

Courtney22

Hi I’m after some opinions regarding my new build kitchen island benchtop. We got a 40mm mitred edge island and along the mitred join there are lots of holes/gaps. Some have been filled in which look more noticeable and dirty. We have close to 40 holes all up. I was expecting a cleaner job as we paid close to $6000 extra to upgrade the stone on the island alone

What would cause all the gaps and would you be happy with the messy patch job?

Thanks

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Hi Courtney
The mitred edges are glued up with epoxy so those little holes and gaps are areas that weren't filled correctly. Silicone is the wrong product to fill them with and really the stone masons should come back and fill the holes with colour matched epoxy and give the edges a slight polish to blend them all in. Those dirty marks are areas where the initial epoxy wasn't cleaned up so well.
The other little gap at the back is just silicone and is an easy fix with the correct coloured silicone.