I also bought the FIXA countertop support and realize if I use that, I can’t add an extra bar in the middle. Should I switch out the flimsy ones for these and perhaps add another support along the middle of the cabinet instead of just the ends? I think the flimsy ones may be OK because it is about weight distribution. I went to Ikea and bought the SEKTION reinforced ventilated top rail which are stronger but have that lip on them so I can't use them on the front of the drawer cabinets. The cabinet installer currently has the flimsy bracket that came with the cabinets on it. The stovetop wall has 24" cabinets on either side and will have stone going up the back too. Our peninsula will be a 24” dishwasher, 36” sink cabinet (undermount), 36” cabinet with a waterfall down the edge and an 8” island overhang off the back (no support other than the waterfall at end and the wall next to the dishwasher as he plans to sink it into the wall. Where as before he was insisting we needed something. Now the fabricator is saying it may be fine just to lay on top of the cabinets with no typeof subtop. We have given thought to thin metal sheet support under all but the fabrication costs were almost as much as the stone and we’d have to be exact with the measurements. We like the thin modern look of the natural 3/4” and do not want 1.5” required to hide plywood subtop. It’s a leathered black stone with few veins and we were told it appears hard by the fabricator. Hi we have just installed IKEA cabinets and are now faced with how to install the quartzite slab (not quartz which is man-made material but quartzite the natural stone). And you can bet that the million $$$ homes those german cabinets are going in have granite and marble top and the cabinets weren't modified to support that granite and they haven't failed either. Every highrise in every city in the world is constructed with metal inside stone or concrete.Īsk him if he thinks the flexural modulus is greater for the Ikea metal cross member or the partical board stretcher found in SieMatic or Poggenpohl cabinets from Germany that cost upwards of $2000 each ? ![]() Steel/metal and stone are actually a very good combo for strength when married together. What species are you looking at ? How thick ?Īsk him to rod the cutouts for the sink and cooktops to add structural integrity to those openings. īut, you might ask him what is supporting that stone over an opening for a dishwasher ? That's 2 feet of span unsupported. Let's assume your fabricator is looking out for you. Yes, some stones are more brittle than others and are prone to cracking. There are a couple of things going on here. I have very few other options in this area. This guy apparently won't install granite on ikea. Although I love some of the quartz, it is really pricing me way too high. Has anyone ever heard of this? I see people with granite on Ikea cabinets all over the web.did they use special reinforcing or are the new Sektion cabinets different by having the metal bar in the front? ![]() He replied that quartz would work fine because it is not as brittle, so can support it's own weight over the sink cutout. I went on to tell him that the ikea showroom has plenty of quartz counters.heavier than granite. He said the granite itself could not support it's own weight in those thin sink areas because it is brittle and the metal bar won't hold it. I was picking out granite and the granite supplier and fabricator (the only one within 70+ miles and the fabricator used by all KD centers around me) told me he can't install granite on my type of Ikea cabinets! He said the cabinets with the metal bars for support in the front and back (basically all the Sektion cabinets) can't support the weight of the granite specifically in the thin areas of the sink cutout. I wonder if anyone else has had this problem.
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