Spare wrote:

I have just finished installing new cabinetry in our home office. Now
I'm ready to order the laminate counter top, but I don't know the best
source. Should I just go with Home Depot, or should I try to contact a
specialist? What's the best way to find a specialist?

Home Depot charges a measuring fee and an installation fee, will also
allow me measure and install myself, but of course I accept more risk
(bad measurements, etc.) Is this difficult? I'd like to keep costs
low.

The key issue I'm concerned about is that one wall that the counter top
will be mounted against is not very straight. It backs up to the
laundry room, and carries plumbing to the upstairs bathrooms, and is
'wavy' as a result. Is this as simple as getting several measurements
along several points along the wall? What are some techniques for
compensating for the wavy wall? We don't plan to use a backsplash. I
prefer to not have to use quarter round trim.

Thanks!


Look in the yellow pages under countertops. Find a company
that does laminate and give them a call. Do NOT use Lowes or
HD.

Otherwise, you can go to a supplier that supplies laminate and
ask them if they have the cards of some good installers. They
will.

Wavy walls are dealt with in a number of ways. I would have
to see it to know which is best, but generally the laminate is
coped to the wavy wall or the sheetrock is cut to let the
laminate slide into the humps. Backsplashes are used to cover
up a lot of problems but you are not going that route. You
need a good installer.


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Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX