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ashwini_reddy

gap between waterfall and drawers

4 years ago

I just had new counters with waterfall edges installed. There is a noticeable gap between the waterfall and the drawer on one side and a gap between the microwave drawer and waterfall on the other side. I can see through to the other side. Is this normal?

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  • 4 years ago

    My view is that a little extra space is ok, especially because appliances differ in size and this may make things easier in the future if you need to replace the appliances. But I understand the esthetic issue that you are bothered by. If it were me, I'd have thin pieces of molding made to fill the gaps, and then glue them in place. If you ever end up replacing a failed appliance, you can have these strips removed/replaced.

    Comments (12)

    • 4 years ago

      No not normal.

      This happens due to lack of attention to the fine details in design and execution of the project.

      Did you use a kitchen designer?

      What does you GC say?

    • PRO
      4 years ago

      Desk jockey screwed up again, only this time the cabinetmaker and countertop installer refused to play goalie.

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    • 4 years ago

      We did not use a kitchen designer. They just put them in on Thursday and I noticed it on Friday. I’m going to ask my contractor when he comes in later this week. These are ikea cabinets. There was a white panel initially

      They are coming later this week for the full height backsplash installation. Now I’m nervous.they are cutting it today. Should I ask them not to? It’s so frustrating. They cracked the marble twice beforehand (referred to it as a fissure) and I chose the marble june 14th and we just had our sink out in on Thursday. It’s been a LONG time and this process was drawn out due to cracked marble and then one time they forgot to pick up the slab when they were re-doing it.

    • 4 years ago

      And I’m sorry I didn’t y’all’s messages till now!

    • PRO
      4 years ago
      last modified: 4 years ago

      They templated to include the standard applied end panels, which is the standard install for Ikea, and helps create clearance for the drawers and doors to open. For some reason, the end panels were not applied. So there are gaps.

    • PRO
      4 years ago

      "Now I’m nervous.they are cutting it today. Should I ask them not to? It’s so frustrating."

      You should be communicating everything through your contractor unless you negotiated to do some of the work or supply some of the stuff yourself.

    • 4 years ago

      We are supplying this on our own. The contractor never said this was something they would coordinate. If they had I would’ve definitely done it that way

    • 4 years ago

      Who designed the cabinet layout?

    • 4 years ago

      -That’s the road we were going to take. You make a good point about appliances changing in the future.
      -ikea did the design. I feel side panels are something they should be keeping in mind, just like the toe kicks, etc

    • 4 years ago

      That is awful that their kitchen designers did not catch that.

    • 4 years ago

      I did have a GC but unfortunately he did not coordinate this for me. I wish he had! I’ll just have him put in something to help cover it up.

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