Good morning makers
I have some from of heavy stone countertops that appear like they were joined (and held in place) with Glue that has now failed, and it appears that my (broken) dishwasher has become structural!
I am aware that my kitchen needs some love, but I was hoping to wait a bit longer before replacing the whole thing. Any advice on how to repair what happened in the hope of it lasting a few more years?
Honestly, this is far from anything I know about. But I haven’t seen any replies so I thought I’d throw in my 2 cents.
It looks like that glue was doing a lot of heavy lifting. Literally. But there is space to the side of the dishwasher. It to try and get some structural supports. At least for the short term and take the weight off the dishwasher.
Thanks mate, the side not above the dishwasher has not moved. I think that extra supports are required just want to work out the correct way of doing it.
Thanks for your message
About a year ago I looked into stonework repair techniques. There’s a lot of info on YouTube mainly aimed at repairing marble floors and stone worktops. There are various products and techniques for patching and invisible mending. e.g. https://youtu.be/8wDn3DA1WOM?si=KtE9E8gNXLqKgVYh
That gap - or chasm - is pretty big though. My thought if I was doing it myself would be to try and get an offcut that matches well and first off fill the gap with that once the worktop is level, solid and properly supported. You might find a suitable offcut in a skip like the one in Walthamstow - see below. You could also ask a place that does worktops to cut a sliver from a granite offcut. You’d then be able to work on making the cracks invisible.
The quick and easy DIY alternative might be to get a kitchen worktop joint in black or granite effect and stick it in with loadsa glue like they did before. It wouldn’t be good, but it would still be a lot better.
But ask @lewisss or @joeatkin2 they’d know from experience, which is much better.
Thanks @dannz,
When I pick the piece back up it does go back to where it was, honestly I’m shocked to know that the main thing holding it up was glue.
Thanks @lewisss for the suggestion, I was about to fix it today, I bought some CLS and then built a support system.
