Assembling formixa countertop

Posted by mm on October 11, 2009, 5:18 pm

For some reaon, I bought a new countertop at HD or Lowes, in two
pieces (rather than order it precut).

I need some way to hold it in place while I glue the two main pieces
together. I thought I could do this on my lawn, but no place is
really flat. I can do it inside, but the backsplash is in the way if
it's upside down, and the fron molding in the way if it is right side
up. Any suggestions? :)

Posted by mfrencher on October 11, 2009, 6:02 pm

mfrencher had written this in response to
http://www.thestuccocompany.com/maintenance/Assembling-formixa-countertop-399616-.htm
:

mm wrote:

> For some reaon, I bought a new countertop at HD or Lowes, in two
> pieces (rather than order it precut).

> I need some way to hold it in place while I glue the two main pieces
> together. I thought I could do this on my lawn, but no place is
> really flat. I can do it inside, but the backsplash is in the way if
> it's upside down, and the fron molding in the way if it is right side
> up. Any suggestions? :)

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Most of these home store units have routed notches in the bottom for a
clamp kit to be installed from underneath. Even if you glue it someplace
other than the counter top you risk snapping it in even a short transport.
I do all assembly on the base cabinets in place as you have to level and
attach the new top to the cabinets anyway.
Marco

Posted by mm on October 11, 2009, 6:30 pm

On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:02:10 +0000,
frenchfamily5_at_peoplepc_dot_com@foo.com (mfrencher) wrote:

>mfrencher had written this in response to
>http://www.thestuccocompany.com/maintenance/Assembling-formixa-countertop-399616-.htm

This is interesting. Some webpage, your webpage, is monitoring this
newsgroup, and in real time, too.

I posted something to to a Chrysler newsgoup in 2005, and when
googling the topic last month, I got 5 hits, all of them separate
webpages quoting me!

>mm wrote:

>> For some reaon, I bought a new countertop at HD or Lowes, in two
>> pieces (rather than order it precut).
>> I need some way to hold it in place while I glue the two main pieces
>> together. I thought I could do this on my lawn, but no place is
>> really flat. I can do it inside, but the backsplash is in the way if
>> it's upside down, and the fron molding in the way if it is right side
>> up. Any suggestions? :)

>-------------------------------------
>Most of these home store units have routed notches in the bottom for a
>clamp kit to be installed from underneath. Even if you glue it someplace

Thank you for your reply. Yes, it has those.

>other than the counter top you risk snapping it in even a short transport.

I did think about that, but decided I was a macho man who would
succeed even where others might have failed! (Even though I'm only
5'8", out of shape, was never in really great shape to begin with, and
now I'm fat.)

> I do all assembly on the base cabinets in place as you have to level and
>attach the new top to the cabinets anyway.

So you have to look up and have the glue drip in your eyes? I guess I
can do that. I'll wear glasses. :)

This is actually very good. Thanks again. It should keep me from
kicking myself for tearing down my outside deck before I glued the
counter together.

Maybe your webpage didn't show the other two threads I just started --
none of these three are about stucco -- but they were about the deck.

>Marco

I assume you cut out the sink after gluing the parts together?

Maybe I'll change my mind but I sort of regret not getting them to
assemble it. I am guessing you assemble your own because you don't
want to wait for them? Also, your customers are always in a hurry?

Posted by aemeijers on October 11, 2009, 8:10 pm

mm wrote:

> On Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:02:10 +0000,
> frenchfamily5_at_peoplepc_dot_com@foo.com (mfrencher) wrote:
>

>> mfrencher had written this in response to
>>

http://www.thestuccocompany.com/maintenance/Assembling-formixa-countertop-399616-.htm

>
> This is interesting. Some webpage, your webpage, is monitoring this
> newsgroup, and in real time, too.
>
> I posted something to to a Chrysler newsgoup in 2005, and when
> googling the topic last month, I got 5 hits, all of them separate
> webpages quoting me!
>

Chuckle. Yeah, that happens a lot to anyone that hangs out too much on
Usenet. We end up providing free content to webpage 'forums'. Too bad we
can't bill them for usurping intellectual property rights or something.
This is one reason lots of posters used to flag their posts 'do not
archive', but I'm not sure Google pays that any heed anymore, if they
ever did.

Try Googling your own name or 'respond to' address some time, if you
really want to get depressed about it.

--
aem sends...

Posted by hr(bob) hofmann@att.net on October 12, 2009, 4:25 pm

> For some reaon, I bought a new countertop at HD or Lowes, in two
> pieces (rather than order it precut).
> I need some way to hold it in place while I glue the two main pieces
> together. =A0I thought I could do this on my lawn, but no place is
> really flat. =A0I can do it inside, but the backsplash is in the way if
> it's upside down, and the fron molding in the way if it is right side
> up. =A0 Any suggestions? =A0:)

After you put the two pieces of countertop together on top of the
leveled cabinets, in addition to gluing the two halves together, you
should put a couple of cleats almost touching each other on either
side of the joint and screw them to the bottom of the countertop, and
then screw them together after applying the glue. The cleats will
ensure the countertop stays together even if the glue dries out.

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