Worktop Gap

Jenny the novice · Post by **Jenny the novice** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:49 am

uh oh! I think you will all laugh at the mess I have made! Will try to post photos when finished but it might be a few more weeks yet!

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:49 am

dirtydeeds wrote:teabag

if they are "joined" with the aluminium salmonella strips it is possible

but with masons mitres the joints are glued, masticed, bonded or epoxied

all the other options about gap filling are covered

Love the "aluminium salmonella strips"

Quick question on worktop joining - are the same style of joins with the curved mitres used for Solid Wood worktops when you need to join at right angles or are they usually just butted together like Granite would be?

owen · Post by **owen** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:04 pm

depends on the profile, if they are square edged they can be butted up, if the edge is rounded/chamfered then mitred.

Teabag · Post by **Teabag** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:09 pm

dirtydeeds...
thanks for the heads up i wonderd what i was doing all week...
My Occupation is worktops, I cut custom shaped tops, edge them, custom cut for inset postforms glue them in color fill, cut custom joint confurations. all as part of my job for for hundreds of shops and companies and all over the UK. which are delivered ready for the fitter to install.

all the other options about gap filling are covered

forum... advice and opions offered... thats why everyones here isnt it?

Some times the obvious is missed....
next time I'l keep my novice opinions to myself

Jenny hope all works out for you, the company i work for also does upstands, we cut to the size required in height, we have many in stock, depending on the manufacturer of the worktop, but they are prob dearer than BnQ.

ps if you need a color fill to match, pm me and il try to give you the info required for the best one, as the one recomended isnt always the best color match avaliable.

panlid · Post by **panlid** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:23 pm

teabag, im reading all this but cant see whether you have actually, for all your obvious experience, come up with a solution that hasnt already been said.
unless im missing something, if you post how knowledgable you are and what experience you have i was waiting for some magic answer.
i'll make a note for next time.....

very experienced and keen with his cv but his answers are somewhat hiding

Teabag · Post by **Teabag** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:34 pm

I had edited my post as you were replying to it panlad, un knowinly.
this is my original reply from page 1.

Im assuming the worktops have joints in, and are bolted together?
I havent seen anyone ask "cant they be removed and scribed" ?

guess you could use tile trim to hide the gap if need be, depending on the length of run... comes in many colours.

I was just replying to dirtydeeds who was explaining to me about joints in tops, which I dont recall asking for.... and all points about gap filling are covered.

hence my reply, i know what and how things are done...
and looking back I still dont see anywhere it says it was all jointed and glued and bolted together until after I asked! thankyou Jenny for clearing that up.

there is no magic answer thats cost effective... its a case of do the best you can with the budget avaliable and hopfully make it look goodenough to be happy with.

Teabag · Post by **Teabag** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:21 am

unless im missing something, if you post how knowledgable you are and what experience you have i was waiting for some magic answer.
i'll make a note for next time.....

very experienced and keen with his cv but his answers are somewhat hiding

sorry panlid guess it niggled at me... yeah my point was NO ONE asked a simple question. Which could have been the best option, most people just jumped in 2 feet first. but hey its a forum what else do we expect...

As for keen with my cv, who knows what the future holds for any of us...
My answers some what hiding, well maybe you missed my point and I had to come back n hopfully clear it up...

Jenny the novice · Post by **Jenny the novice** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:11 am

Hello all

I'm so glad someone mentioned 'upstands' I didn't even know there was such a thing. Now they are on they look great. Here is a little picture.
[img][img]http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg21 ... age003.jpg[/img][/img]

(please don't mention the socket too close to the hob

and the upstand is a slightly darker than the worktop.

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:17 am

Upstands look very good

Nice finishing touch .

skiking · Post by **skiking** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:23 am

Looks good, thanks for updating us

Wood Magnet · Post by **Wood Magnet** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:31 pm

Looks good to me Jenny

Teabag · Post by **Teabag** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:12 pm

Looks good, the upstand dont look outa place.

thanks for the update.