solid worktops

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the house we have been working at today has a kitchen with solid wood worktops. weve been doing a few general repairs damp course etc. and the customer has asked if i can refit a piece of the worktop that was removed when she had a new oven installed. the masons mitre is already cut but the worktop needs to be cut down to fit as the oven is larger than the last one.

Ive never worked with solid wood worktops before but i should imagine its a simple enough opperation to cut it slightly long and take the rest back with a few passes with my router. main question is what else do i need to do to the exposed end afterwards? obviously leaving it unsealed would be a bad thing. also ill probably pop a few biscuits into the masons mitre as there wasnt any in previously.

btw the masons mitre was previously sealed with clear silicone as there is still evidence of it on the male part of the joint that is still in the kitchen. ok to use it again?

probably seems obvious to you guys but ive only ever fitted chipboard worktops. ive done loads of those but never solid wood before.

[royaloakcarpentry]

Oil it.

There probably wasn't biscuits fitted before because they are not needed.

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ok roc. thus far ive only looked at the long length thats still fitted and it has the bolt cut outs routered in.

ill pop by howdens and pick some oil up for it.

[royaloakcarpentry]

They get butt jointed as they come delivered square edged. If they have a detail on them then this normally will be stopped just before the joint.

If the fitter was a bit clueless and put a detail right the way along the edge then they should have only had partial masons mitre and not a full one.

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i did think it was funny it having a masons mitre like.

its a standard masons mitre exactly the same as when cut on laminate tops.

and the tops are square edged.

[royaloakcarpentry]

That is the problem with kitchen fitters and handymen, many of them don't know the finer detail.

If it has a detail right the way along then it has a masons mitre the same depth as the detail so it forms a mitre at the junction of the two worktops.

I doubt there is an expansion joint between the back edge and the wall either.

On the bespoke kitchens I never once used bolts for them or had them supplied.

If fitting onto an off the shelf kitchen then you can use a ply plate under the join with elongated slots for the screws. screw up into the under side of the worktops and the elongated slots means the worktops are free to expand and contract.