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Posted by zeller883 on November 18, 2007, 6:31 pm
My contractor installed our base kitchen cabinets wrong and the granite
installers followed suit and installed the granite slab on top. I need
to know if I take out 1 cabinet on the end, can the granite be cut 4"
shorter? If it could be done, then I could install the new base
cabinet and my refrig. will fit and I wouldn't have to strip out a wall
and get a different refrig. that I really don't want. Please help!!!!!
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Posted by DanG on November 18, 2007, 11:56 pm
You are really asking in the wrong place. The basic answer is,
yes, it can be cut in place. The mess will be substantial. If
they cut the granite with a wet saw there will be a lot of slurry.
If they cut it dry, . . . All round saw blades can only get
about so close to the wall. The edge(s) cannot receive the same
treatment as the shop finished ends. It will make some difference
as to how they fastened the pieces to the cabinets, they may have
to completely destroy the existing base cabinet.
Ask the granite contractor!
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> My contractor installed our base kitchen cabinets wrong and the
> granite
> installers followed suit and installed the granite slab on top.
> I need
> to know if I take out 1 cabinet on the end, can the granite be
> cut 4"
> shorter? If it could be done, then I could install the new base
> cabinet and my refrig. will fit and I wouldn't have to strip out
> a wall
> and get a different refrig. that I really don't want. Please
> help!!!!!
> --
> zeller883
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Posted by still just me on November 19, 2007, 9:09 am
On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 23:31:25 +0000, zeller883
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>My contractor installed our base kitchen cabinets wrong and the granite
>installers followed suit and installed the granite slab on top. I need
>to know if I take out 1 cabinet on the end, can the granite be cut 4"
>shorter? If it could be done, then I could install the new base
>cabinet and my refrig. will fit and I wouldn't have to strip out a wall
>and get a different refrig. that I really don't want. Please help!!!!!
The answer is probably "only if you want to live with a hack job". The
correct thing to do is contact the first contractor who screwed up,
get him to fix his mistake and to pay for fixing the follow up mistake
that he caused.
Or you can "hack" it, and live with the results bothering you for a
lot of years.
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> granite
> installers followed suit and installed the granite slab on top.
> I need
> to know if I take out 1 cabinet on the end, can the granite be
> cut 4"
> shorter? If it could be done, then I could install the new base
> cabinet and my refrig. will fit and I wouldn't have to strip out
> a wall
> and get a different refrig. that I really don't want. Please
> help!!!!!
> --
> zeller883