How to fix this stone in place around the hob?
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v1de0man
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Hi has it just come away or snapped? If just come away I would use gorilla glue each end and along the wooden cabinet top - just take your time and make sure it sits flush with the other tops either side and sits level on the wooden top. If there is any glue or adhesive on it or the parts bonding to ensure tht is removed first
fishyrabbit [OP]
I had to trim the stone down because of a new hob. I was surprised how little wood was holding up the stone. I was thinking of clamping each side then gluing to the wood?
General_Scipio
Honestly I would be tempted to do a Facebook post and see if any worktop guys wanna come and do it for cash.
This is a super quick and easy job if you have the resin and stuff. No idea how much the resin costs though.
Pretty sure you just mix two components together and clamp if you can find the right stuff
Hogwhammer
The whole thing is a bosh job the worktop is too small. It is made up of 3 pieces of stone and they have been poorly glued together.
For a temporary fix I would clean off the glue one the stone and re glue the insert piec in place with a good quality epoxy resin. Then start saving up for a new unit an worktop
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GiantSpicyHorses
Pretty sure it's bosh, as in bish-bash-bosh, and not Bosch, as in the German manufacturer or general demeaning Second World War term for Germans.
fishyrabbit [OP]
Hogwhammer
Sorry spell check
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Hogwhammer
Sorry I did see the joke but spell check is the bane of my on line life
fishyrabbit [OP]
Yep, the kitchen was in when I moved in. There were some very strange decisions made. Lovely doors and cabinets, weird when you look past the top surface. I think I will fix in another wooden support. To be fair to the guy who did the kitchen, he did it in 2001, at least that was the age of the old hob we took out.
Hogwhammer
Fair enough all though standard sizes for work tops units white goods etc have been around since god was in short trousers.
On funny aside my sister is very small and she had her kitchen custom made. When she sold her house I told her to stand in the kitchen in the hope that people wouldn't notice how low the worktops are.
fishyrabbit [OP]
The cutout was a standard size, however there is a worktop backing. Then new hop has a thicker overhang, this is where I lost the 15mm. The choice was between taking out the back stone or the front. The front was a lot easier to get at and was worrying easy to tease free.
GiantSpicyHorses
An epoxy is what you need. Don't use grab adhesive or gorilla glue as it won't hold for long enough. What you don't want is for someone to lean on it and it comes away, falls on the floor and breaks.
As someone else has said try and find someone local who can do this as a cash job. You need a good epoxy, like G-Flex, but by the time you've bought some you may as well have paid for it to be done by a professional. They'll have all the tools to clean the cuts of old adhesive, glue it, and clamp it in place.
i would add another piece of wood onto the carcase for additional support, as in so the broken part is just decoration now, as the wood will be the main structure you will add under it. Then something like no nails to stick it to the wood, then a superglue on the edges to stop dirt getting in.