Browse Forums Kitchen Corner Re: Hairline on edge of 40mm engineered stone benchtop - nor 15Mar 19, 2012 7:00 pm AJW foodshock Sorry to dig up and old thread, but We've noticed after about 15months the join on our 40mm benchtops is quite obvious. What is considered acceptable here? We were never told of this join in the first place, but I guess thats more an issue of the builder. But asside from that, do you guys think it's acceptable for it to get worse over time? Cheers Jimmy Don't wish to be rude, but if it has taken 15 months to notice it cannot be all that obvious and the kind of joint (note it isn't a crack as some have said) as being discussed here doesn't get worse or more noticeable over time so it must have always been there. It's a dark line where the join is, more noticable on the upright (Waterfall) . Can never be 100% certain (although I'll try and dig up old photo's to see if its visable) but i'm sure we would have noticed it before. I should mention the kitchen is up stairs, so there is floor vibration. Do you think it's possible for it to de-laminate a little and become more visable? Re: Hairline on edge of 40mm engineered stone benchtop - nor 16Mar 19, 2012 9:19 pm foodshock AJW foodshock I should mention the kitchen is up stairs, so there is floor vibration. Do you think it's possible for it to de-laminate a little and become more visable? No its not. The glue used is unbelivabily strong! 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: Hairline on edge of 40mm engineered stone benchtop - nor 17Mar 19, 2012 9:37 pm CuttingEdgeKitchens No its not. The glue used is unbelivabily strong! Hi CuttingEdge - I'm still not understanding why a different joint on the corner (i.e. mitred joint) makes the edge/horizontal line less/not visible??? Can you offer some more details here? Building ??? with ??? Re: Hairline on edge of 40mm engineered stone benchtop - nor 18Mar 20, 2012 1:59 pm A mitred join is always far less visable than a flat butted join! With a mitred stone join once its glue together the edge is rounded slightly and then polished which hides the join far better than just a butted joint. 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: Hairline on edge of 40mm engineered stone benchtop - nor 19Apr 08, 2012 7:19 pm Just found this thread and it has answered a lot of questions for me! Until today I had no idea about the hairline join (for 40mm edging) either. Thanks. SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Hairline on edge of 40mm engineered stone benchtop - nor 20Apr 13, 2012 9:39 am its called a lamination join. its standard procedure for 40mm unless specified mitred edging. 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 13340 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 16767 Thanks Simon, I guess I'm no concerned with the volume of the noise rather that dead and hollow sound and feel that is associated with floating floors. But I'm not sure… 3 6733 |