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I am currently doing my kitchen renovation.

4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago

We have a contractor for the kitchen renovations and the plywood/plank they used in the island to support .75” quartz is a molded and cracked one.

attached are the pictures of the plank. Can anyone please confirm/ advise if it affects the integrity of the island? i am wondering if its a do over or not. thank you

















Comments (13)

  • PRO
    4 years ago

    Doesn’t matter. This plywood doesn’t provide strength it merely raises the counter to accommodate the built up edge. What kind of supports do you have for the overhang. (That little bit of mold and moisture staining doesn’t affect the plywood at all regardless, all plywood is shipped and stored outside barely protected. )

    Neethu Varghese thanked HALLETT & Co.
  • 4 years ago

    I cant tell from your pictre, is there an overhang for seating?

    Neethu Varghese thanked daisychain Zn3b
  • 4 years ago




  • PRO
    4 years ago

    Oh goodness no. Is that a 6’ span with no support?

    Neethu Varghese thanked HALLETT & Co.
  • PRO
    4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    Receptacle is not to code...

    As the countertop goes tell kids or guests to try not to lean on it too hard.

    Neethu Varghese thanked GN Builders L.L.C
  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    Accident waiting to happen and someone will get hurt when it breaks (not if, but when). Plywood is not support for a cabinet overhang no way no how. that needs to be steel stretcher bars fabricated for your specific application. By the way the plywood is fine just not the proper application.

    Neethu Varghese thanked millworkman
  • 4 years ago
    last modified: 4 years ago

    I wish people would stop wanting a waterfall counter. I feel like every day there is a post here with a waterfall counter that is a fail. It is just too difficult to do unless the kitchen designer and fabricator are both very experienced. This one is worse than most on this forum which typically are more about bad mitering and scribing. This one is actually dangerous due to the unsupported span.

    While we are at it, I have to ask - and I am sorry, but I guess I feel I must ask - with the refrigerator being where it is, is the passageway next to it blocked when the fridge door is open? And is the fridge door hitting the white cabinet opposite to it when the fridge door is open? This just looks so odd, I had to ask.

    I think your aesthetic choices are beautiful. I love the pendant lighting. But whoever designed it was not knowledgeable about counter fabrication, electrical codes, or functionality.

    Neethu Varghese thanked Shannon_WI
  • 4 years ago

    Wow! So you just have some glue and caulk holding that miter together?

    Neethu Varghese thanked chispa
  • 4 years ago

    Where is the dishwasher going?

    Neethu Varghese thanked User
  • 4 years ago

    Yikes-I'd be immediately putting something hefty and sizeable under that span of rock if there are kids and pets in the home until it can be removed. Agree with others who've already noted the problematic island size/walkway space and fridge placement issues.

    Neethu Varghese thanked tlynn1960
  • PRO
    4 years ago

    @Shannon_WIon It'd not the waterfall countertop issue, it is the incompetent people who do the job.

    Take any job no matter what it is, you have people in the trade who do the work the right way or half-fast-way, in other words, they "just wing it" to get it done and get paid, and they don't care what the outcome will be in the long run.

    Neethu Varghese thanked GN Builders L.L.C
  • 4 years ago

    That is super dangerous and needs to be addressed immediately for the short term. The long term requires something else entirely, as there isn’t room for that island. Who designed that.

    Neethu Varghese thanked User