How to Fit a Kitchen Worktop with Wickes
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- Опубліковано 28 бер 2016
- There are many different types of kitchen worktop available including wood, granite and laminate. Learn how to fit a laminate kitchen worktop with this step by step guide from one of our Wickes experts.
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These are the steps to fit your worktop:
1. Position the worktop on the base units, checking the overhang is even.
2. To join the worktop to another piece of worktop, start by measuring it's width. Use a joining strip and cut to the correct length using a hack saw.
3. Place the strip with the flat surface against the cut edge and screw into place.
4. Clamp the worktop into position, fixed to the units from the underside.
5. Drill three holes in the back and front support struts of each cabinet - one hole both ends and one in the middle for each unit.
6. Screw the units to the worktop.
7. To finish the cut edges use the supplied end strip. Cut the correct size by taping it to the end and using the worktop as a template.
8. Carefully cut using scissors.
9. Use masking tape to protect the surface of the worktop before applying contact adhesive.
10. Brush the contact adhesive on to the end strip and the end of the worktop, make sure the surface you are doing this on is protected and keep a window open to allow ventilation.
11. Leave the contact adhesive for 15 minutes to dry.
12. Stick the end strip into place and peel off the tape (if the end strip still protrudes, use sandpaper or a file to neaten).
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fantastic, am grateful for the tips on how to join the worktop at the corner with the steel joining strip . thanks
Guess what? You are actually very useful and Thank you for that!!
Where do you get the joining strips from please
some good tips for novice installers
nice job
good job
good
Its not wrong, but an explanation of a masons mitre and the additional complexity would have been a good point!
Having worked in kitchen fitting for a while I would always route from es underneath for worktop bolts and would glue on a laminate edging then file it down to be flush. I would also always cut roughly with a circular saw then route it clean
Great
thanks
I wonder how easily can a common man do it himself, not to forget the requirement of these professional tools and achieve the degree of perfection of a pro. Still quite helpful video.
you open the window before opening the contact adhesive!
You forgot to mention. When you take a pencil line for the worktop at the end of unit, before you cut allow 20mm from the line.
the joint should be routered
OMG this is gross. Joining strip? We're not in the 90s. Routered with a jig just looks so beautiful and almost seamless.
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