This will prevent it from cracking when there are larger unsupported areas.
Plywood subtop granite.
Under a thin granite slab top a plywood subtop is needed for support and to attach legs.
If a thinner granite is being used 2 cm or 3 4 a plywood subtop will need to be installed.
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You need to have a subtop to glue the granite to.
Now this assumes a full depth granite 3 cm or 1 1 4 thick is used.
Plywood may be used as a sheathing in the construction of a home but the use of plywood in smaller projects also makes sense.
With this scenario plywood is cut to fit the countertop layout and screwed to the cabinets prior to the stone tops being installed.
Question we have a kitchen cabinet job with a peninsula and a 3 4 granite slab overhang of 12.
This subtop is usually a piece of plywood or metal that ideally would have a smaller overall dimension than your top usually glued to the bottom using a.
I then use the dry fit countertops as a guide to drill out the plywood subtop.
The type and thickness of plywood you use depend on the weight and type of the finish material.
All this is a lot easier than trying to make small left right front back adjustments in the location of the precut sink hole or drillings if the dryfit tops are a hair off.
A subtop is a supporting layer used under a freestanding table or peninsula counter top that uses a heavy top material like marble granite or aggregate material to provide a base to attach your table legs or table base or bases to.
It should be screwed down to the cabinets sanded side down where there is an overhang sanded side up on conventional cabinet applications where.
The top of the legs will be about 3 inward from the outside edge.
Plywood is constructed of very thin sheets of wood laminated together to create a thicker stronger sheet.
Plywood can be used in the construction of a kitchen countertop.
Granite countertops are a beautiful addition to any kitchen or bathroom.
Sounds a little sketchy to me that they didn t use subtop.
You can use a variety of types of products as finish materials when building counter tops ranging from granite slabs and tiles to butcher block wood ceramic tile and marble tiles.
There is no plywood under the granite.
The design calls for freestanding legs to support the overhang.
