Support bench for ceasar stone

I would say that white is the norm for wall cabinet undersides. However, the more upmarket kitchen companies will colour match the undersides for an additional cost.

Hey Catty, i'm sorry but i wouldn't put up with that at all.
Elevate the issue to management level at "M" asap. (Beyond the supervisor). Sometimes the supervisors play hard ball to BS you into accepting it and you need assistance from management.

Even look at paying to get an inspector out to Check out the home before handover. Check out other threads for recommended inspectors.
It will be money well spent, by the sound of it.

Regardless of whether you will notice it once the furniture is in or not, you have paid for a certain quality so expect to get it!!!!!!!

THIS IS WHY SOME BUILDERS ARE PORTRAYED IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT, BECAUSE OF SOME STAFF WHO DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR JOBS ENOUGH TO PROVIDE AN ACCEPTABLE LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.

Catty, DON'T accept it, it's not good enough, FROM ANY BUILDER, NOT JUST "M" !

A few weeks ago i did leviate it to the regional contruction manager and he did speed things along a bit. I must admit i have dobbed our site manager in a bit to him. I tell the contruction manager certain things that my SM says and it doesn't impress him very much!

My favourite quote from my SM is:

SM to my hubby on a recent site inspection: " I want to hear this in person directly from you...do you really want me to call HER? Cause youknow what women are like when they get their claws in! I really think that I should be dealing with you" My husband said "No Cat is great at organsing things, i want her to deal with you" Good boy

Anyway, I will definately be making sure that the laminate is put on properly. If it even THINKS of peeling of i am going to crack it.

Oh and i don't knw if i mentioned it but they won't laminate the bottom of the support bench at all. It will just be exposed chipboard. Looks crap. was told this is standard. any colour would have been good!!!

Thanks for all your concern guys!!!

What!?!? They can't be serious!

How did you go with those idiots Cat??? Are they going to sort it out for you? because that is a disgrace, as I said earlier I bet it doesn't look like that in the display!!!!!!

Cat, have you got that picture of the whole kitchen yet? Love to have a look at the rest of the workmanship.....

Thats very very **. I wouldn't accept it.

The problem is Phoenix, assuming Cat went through the same process as us for selections (which you would assume) there is no 'support bench' or anything remotely like it in the selections/colour schedule (it has the benchtop - eg Caesar Stone with the colour, the code that relates to the colour, the edge type - eg standard pencil edge and the thickness. It then lists the cupboards - fronts, drawers, island end panels, island back panels, overhead doors, overhead end panels, shelf above fridge, etc, the kicker colour and that's it.), which leads me to conclude that it must have been used to 'support' the bench in transit or until it was fixed to the benchtop, and it definitely isn't mean to stay! I could understand it's purpose if the benchtop was 40mm - as this is generally only the edge depth and it would need something to elevate the benchtop so that the edges don't hang over the doors/drawers at the front.
I just don't get it.

Ray.

I’ve copied Matts photo to word and had a really good look at it.
Not sure if what I’m about to say has been said before on the thread, but here goes.

In looking at the overall bench and cupboards, the black support under-bench doesn’t look too bad now I see it as a larger photo. Grey, black and silver are ALL colours that match, so no problem with the colour combinations.

But I see other issues with the craftsmanship! If you look to the left of the photo at floor level, you will see the side support wall of the cupboard, notice how this goes all the way to the floor? This should have been cut in the follow the line of the kick boards; this to me is pour work!

Also back to the bench support, while I think it doesn’t look to bad I see it as a health issue! I don’t even want to think about what is going to get caught in that setback space over a period of time……nasty for germs!

Also take notice of where the cupboard sections join each other?
Notice how they are slightly raised compared to the cupboards?
Again pour work!

Overall I look at this kitchen and wounder how long the apprentice has been doing his course for, that’s the quality of the work in this kitchen.

Whatever the finial amount is on this kitchen, I would pay ½ with the finally 1/3 after everything is fixed! I would NOT pay full price for a job that looks like Grandad did in his spare time in his garage after a couple of Ales!

Good luck getting it sorted, Lucky I’m not there project managing for you……someone’s backside would have been kicked all the way back to his workshop!!!

I would have thought how it is shown would be best, so that the side panel is a full piece instead of having a small bit cut out of the bottom corner - think if it was made of Ceasarstone instead of laminate.




Again, I thought this would be how it is done - so that the benchtop sits directly on these higher bits - so that the doors and drawers - which are slightly lower don't hit on the benchtop and are able to go under the benchtop.

I'm just interested - and I don't know the first thing about cabinet making or kitchen assembly so feel free to correct me.

Ray.