Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Dec 27, 2011 1:17 pm I was installing a flat pack kitchen and custom made Laminex (Formica) bench top but have found that the room is not square, and don’t know how to solve the problem. The benchtop is L shaped and the long side is 3.92m and the shorter side is 2.7m. For the cabinets, I can put a small gap (with some kind of filler) between the corner cabinet and the two cabinets either side of it, and this means that the cabinets line up with the walls (the corner of the room is greater than 90 degrees). But I cant do this with the bench top, (which has a butt joint on the long side). Because of the shorter side of the bench being fitted between a wall and a tall cabinet, it seems I have to line up this side hard against the wall. This means that the end of the long section of the bench is 6cm away from the wall. Obviously a tile splashback cant hide this kind of gap. Building out the wall seems impractical (do I build it out all the way to the ceiling?) The only alternative I can think of is to trim the butt joint so that the angle of the bench top fits the angle of the walls. But this would mess up the joining system for the two sections of benchtop, and for sure would result in an untidy join in the laminex, which I wouldn’t know how to hide or disguise. Furthermore, the current butt joint is an angled joint rather than a straight joint. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to solve this problem? Re: Fitting Benchtop to nonsquare kitchen 2Dec 27, 2011 2:14 pm You could make the tile splash back deeper by laying the tiles on a sheet of gyproc and using a quadrant tile at the top. Alternatively you could use a quadrant piece between the bottom of the splash back and the counter. The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Fitting Benchtop to nonsquare kitchen 3Dec 28, 2011 3:51 pm Hi Bristow, the joys of DYI. It always pays to order your benchtops a little oversize to allow for walls that are not level or square, if you aren't having the job professionally measure. In saying that, I have numerous occassions where I have had to overcome this issue over the years. I agree with what Bashworth posted. You could box up a sheet of Gyproc or cement sheeting and tile over the sheet and front edge. 6cm's is a big gap though so resheeting the whole wall may be the option. If you are good enough, you could order and extra iece of bench top and cut it down to the 6cm's you are short and glue it onto the end. If you have a good saw, you will only see a faint line where it's joined. Hope that makes sense and helps cheers With 25 years kitchen experience and a passion for what I do, I have joined this forum to offer advice or at least my opinion on all things relevant to kitchens. I was a cabinetmaker by trade and am now a senior manager of a kitchen company. Re: Fitting Benchtop to nonsquare kitchen 4Dec 31, 2011 1:00 am Many thanks for your replies. If I put quadrant tiles at the bottom of the splash back, it means that the counter top will be getting narrower along its length. Perhaps this wont be noticeable over a length of 3.92metres. And also the sink is halfway along the counter top, so this may complicate it because I may not have room to fit in quadrant tiles that are 6cms in width between the sink and the wall. Making the splashback deeper (or resheeting the whole wall) are also made difficult by there being a window in the wall above the sink. As you suggest, ordering an extra section of benchtop (ie a long triangular piece, or a rectangular piece and cut it down) is a possibility. But rather than try any of these things myself and making a (further) mess of it, I think I would like to get someone in to have a look. Who would be best to phone, kitchen specialists (would they bothered with this sort of thing?), carpenters, builders… Re: Fitting Benchtop to nonsquare kitchen 5Jan 02, 2012 5:09 pm bristow , I think I would like to get someone in to have a look. Who would be best to phone, kitchen specialists (would they bothered with this sort of thing?), carpenters, builders… You will probably have trouble getting a kitchen specialist to look at it. Most only look at full jobs. The joint in the bench top is called a masons mitre. You could pay to have a cabinet maker recut the join on the long top. Its not hard to make the toggle join work underneath. Cutting Edge Kitchens and Cabinet Making http://cuttingedgekitchens.net.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cutting-Edge-Kitchens/290484196676 Mobile : 0419 430 575 PH: 9452 4772 Fax :9452 4772 cuttingedgekitchens@outlook.com Re: Fitting Benchtop to nonsquare kitchen 6Jan 06, 2012 9:53 pm my thoughts exactly, i just replied elsewhere with the same answer. a small cabinetmaker may come out and do a cash job for you on hourly rate. G 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… 2 12926 No. It's not original. Circa early to mid 90s would be my guess and maybe even as late as early 2000s 1 6634 2 4684 |