Quartz kitchen countertop
Vicky Zag
5 years ago
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Gabby Wong
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Comments (12)I think you see bars (serving beers) with stools and no overhang. These are fine for a social setting where one person might be sitting with their back to the bar chatting to others in the room. If you intend to use the bar for food you need to face the island so will need the recommended leg room. Could you swap the 600 deep cabinets for 300mm deep? The cost of new carcasses might not be too bad. You should also talk to your kitchen fitter as he may be able to install them after the quartz....See MoreNew Quartz countertop sitting on shims
Comments (3)It's an awkward one. No it shouldn't be like that. It's not awful and I doubt the Quartz is compromised, but it's not perfect and if you're not happy then ..................Check for level.by looking at the bottom of all the units, do they line up? The problem is with the units, not specifically the fitting of the work top. It's the poorly fitted units that have caused the problem with the worktop. However, this should have been noticed and checked for level and that they were solid before the worktop went on. So, as often is in these situations it's 6 of one and half a dozen of the other. I'm presuming that the reason the fitter used shims is because the cupboard below wouldn't go up any further or it would have been completely out of line with the others for whatever reason? The doors are easily adjusted back to level, but the carcass should have been right to start with. Could this be happening because the floor isn't solid? There should have been no movement, especially not that much? I'm wondering if there was a little bounce in the floor such as you may get on floorboard with boarding over the top and the weight of the quartz affected that? I'd take it back up with the worktop fitter and the kitchen fitter together on site....See MoreNew Quartz countertops sitting on shims.
Comments (6)Like all quartz brands and also even granites they must be glue down correctly and with quartz it is silicone and no shims at all, you do not need them if the cabinets are level. First thing any installer should check with a 6" level. side to side, front to back. I can tell you know that this will void the Silestone warranty or any other manufacturers warranty, from the photos you have shown. You are correct does not matter if the floors are way out of level, the adjustments on the cabinets will take up the issues there. But sometimes it is also the legs are not weight rated for stone. They use them because the are cheap, but the flex and bow under the load of stone. The photo below is straight from the Silestone fabrication and installation manual and this is from our draft manual for one of the major manufacturers. Your stone counters do not even look like they have been stuck down into place, there is no silicone, nothing! Ps I know of two members on here that work for Silestone. They generally will pass information on....See MoreHas anyone heard of QZ Valiant quartz countertops... ?
Comments (4)Hi QZ Valiant is not a brand I am familiar with but Quartz counter tops are far more hard wearing than marble, for example. Quartz is more resilient to both scratches and bacteria, whereas marble is more heat resistant. One thing to bear in mind is that marble is porous so one spill of red wine and you'll be seeing it for years to come! Silestone is a brand I have used before for quartz tops: https://www.silestone.co.uk/ Hope this helps! Sarah...See MoreJonathan
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