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Fitting worktop upstand to an untrue wall
Bit of a head-scratcher for the panel:
I'm currently fitting out our en-suite, with a vanity unit thingy: see http://tinyurl.com/42y7cm (or http://img802.mytextgraphics.com/photolava/2008/04/28/bathroom-ffl1d0cc.jpeg) Worktop and upstand is standard gloss laminated chipboard, about 1.7m long (neither are fixed in position yet). Problem is that the wall on the right is quite badly dished, which means there's a large gap behind the upstand: see http://tinyurl.com/542dg8 (or http://img801.mytextgraphics.com/photolava/2008/04/28/dished-ffl1gwcg.jpeg The gap is 10mm at the widest point; the total length of the 'dished' section is about 800mm. So what to do? Ideally the wall level needs building up of course, but my plastering skills aren't up to it and the work was done a long time ago so I have no recourse to the guy who did it. (Anyway, it actually looks fine until you put a straight edge to it!) What I'd like to do is fix the upstand in position with the gap behind reduced to 5mm - with the right filler, that will look OK, doesn't cause the other end to bow outwards, and doesn't require *too* much bending force. I don't want visible screw heads through the upstand, which I suppose means it's No More Nails' time... but will that cope with the tensile force? Is there a preferred type to use? Or could I pre-bend the upstand I wonder... Any thoughts on any of this would be most welcome. Thanks David |
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