Ikea Cabinets Support Granite

You see them together all the time.

Ikea cabinets support granite.

Granite countertops on ikea cabinets. All kitchen countertops shown below are pre cut in standard sizes. He said the cabinets with the metal bars for support in the front and back basically all the sektion cabinets can t support the weight of the granite specifically in the thin areas of the sink cutout. Fixa countertop support fixture galvanized.

Which is only slightly more than your standard granite. In most cases your cabinets should be able to support this weight. To use a 11 16 thick countertop in a kitchen solution you must purchase a build up kit that lifts the countertop up from the base cabinets below so that appliances and sinks can be installed. Please watch video 2 on proper support.

I recently purchased cabinets from ikea for my kitchen and would like granite countertops. Just not specifically for ikea cabinets which have some unique challenges with the thin metal strips at the front and back being what keep the cabinets together instead of anything that you can screw into. Granite and ikea cabinets are not mismatched in quality. For what it costs to buy custom cabinets a homeowner can remodel their entire kitchen by using ikea cabinets.

Ready to take home. Tested to stand up to years of use and scratch resistant our kitchen countertops are available in many styles and materials including wooden countertops in oak beech and birch finishes. Concrete tops poured in our forms will usually weigh just over 15 lbs per sq. Ikea cabinets have only two points of attachment to the metal rail.

He said the granite itself could not support it s own weight in those thin sink areas because it is brittle and the metal bar won t hold it. If anyone dings or scratches the cabinets in the rentals i have a bit of putty or touch up paint and they re good as new. I can happily say that ikea is a good product at a good price. But will have someone do the granite.

Granite isn t the fabulously expensive high end finish it was 10 15 years ago. I went to several places to look at tops and an associate at home depot told me granite can 39 t be installed on ikea cabinets because the counter will be too heavy for them. If the ikea rep cannot give you an answer on what they can hold it can never hurt to reinforce them. I just wouldn t put ikea cabinets in a rental.