Gap between wall and cupboard

grandslam · Oct 23, 2008 2:42 am

Hi all,
was looking over our plans today checking them against the brickwork which is currently being done and noticed that in our laundry we have a gap between the end of the cupboard and brickwork. When the plans were originally drawn the laundry had a glass sliding door which explains why the gap is there. However, we changed this to a single 820mm door with the rest of the area getting bricked up. We are annoyed that we didnt pick this up earlier but wouldnt have thought they would leave a gap between the cupboard and brickwall when we removed the glass slider. We are currently waiting on a reply from the builder.

Do the cupboards and benchtops get made from the original plans or are they made to measure after the brickwork has done? We are hoping the later is the case so nothing has been made yet and we can get it changed so the cupboard runs to the wall without to much of a drama.

Any thoughts? I have attached part of our plan so you can see the gap.

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Southies · Oct 23, 2008 6:59 am

If worst comes to worst & they can't do it OR will charge heaps, your best fix method is to get an infill panel that matches your cabinetry, after handover.

Bam · Oct 23, 2008 9:10 am

Southies

If worst comes to worst & they can't do it OR will charge heaps, your best fix method is to get an infill panel that matches your cabinetry, after handover.

Completely agree

grandslam · Oct 23, 2008 10:59 am

thanks for the replies Southies and Bam. So by the infill do you also mean get a piece of the benchtop cut aswell to fit in the gap between the wall and the benchtop as shown on the plan?
thanks and sorry about the questions

Southies · Oct 23, 2008 3:37 pm

Whether it's the same benchtop material or some other idea, but yes you'll have to cover the horizontal space with something.

Bam · Oct 23, 2008 6:48 pm

Is the bench laminate or stone? If its stone then you have may have more luck in getting an extra piece added and having the joins sanded back so they cant be seen (same process as with 40mm benches, they're simply two 20mm slabs joined together)? Laminate would be tricky... you would definately see the join but if you get the right person to do it then you could end up with a join similiar to a corner join hat you see IYKWIM?