Corian Worktops

[galwaydude18@gmail.com]

I have a kitchen job coming up and it's a high end job. I will also be doing my first ever corian worktop and by the same token my first ever corian work.

I see that the corian sheet is bonded to either mdf or chipboard. What is used to bond the corian sheet to the mdf or chipboard?
Can I get a stainless sink that can be undermounted to the corian worktop and how do you fix it in place? And one final question they requested to have an upstand around the walls a radius between the worktop and the upstand. How do you do this?

Sorry about all the questions but I have never done this before.

 

[Deansocial]

For the upstand to worktop you need a cove router.

 

[galwaydude18@gmail.com]

Thanks dean. I know I will need a cove cutter but if the upstand is 150mm height I won't be able get the cutter in. How would you do it?

 

[Deansocial]

No not a cove cutter a cove router.http://www.slingers1858.co.uk/Virutex-Angle-Trimmer-Cove-Router.html?gclid=CPb2yYGP7bICFeTLtAodlEUAjA

 

[galwaydude18@gmail.com]

Oh right. Sorry dean I read your post a bit too quick  [tongue]  That's a tad expensive for just one job though.  [unsure]

 

[Deansocial]

For the cost of that over priced plastic crap i would have silestone

 

[galwaydude18@gmail.com]

I know but they have requested corian

 

[Deansocial]

Just get someone in to do it, if its high end its got to be right.

 

[galwaydude18@gmail.com]

Ya I'm thinking that alright. But I would also like to be able to do stuff like this as well

 

[Deansocial]

I know what your saying but i was under the impression that you had to be registered corian fitter to buy from dupont anyway. Maybe on some of your other fits try eome of the other solid surface materials like mistral. I try and sell silestone now as can quite easily make £500-1000 on the sale of it, and no real hassle

 

[galwaydude18@gmail.com]

As far as I know you have to be registered as a fitter to offer the corian guarantee.

 

[MAK]

You have to do a course with du-pont to be able to buy corian. There are other makes like Hi-macs which let you buy it.

I thought about doing it, but it is an initial high set up for equipment. Ok if you are going to do alot of it and will make money back.

As Dean said just get a specialist firm in to do it and put a little bit on the price for commission.

 

[galwaydude18@gmail.com]

Is the course expensive to do?

 

[jmbfestool]

I have fitted pre-frabricated corian for dentist practise!    5 rooms    All L shapes so all had a joint and extra pieces to glue on for alcoves and desk areas   we did in 2 days 12 hour days!  

They had heated the corian to curve the up stand so they had a much wider piece of corian and bent the up stand up and back down to create a shelve  this eliminated any joints and eliminated the cove router. saving ALOT of time !!!!!

BUT the time to joint the worktops together is alot longer and ALOT more difficult with a 200mm upstand.     Not only if the units run out slightly does the joint open up at the top but when they curve the corian the edge aint square or bang on straight.  So end up block planing to get the joint right!   Which is pain in the arse as it weighs ALOT!

 

[galwaydude18@gmail.com]

Ya it will be a L shape top alright but part of the upstand needs to wrap around two sides if a pillar and I can bet my life nothing is straight or square. Have you ever undermounted as stainless steel sink to a corian it solid surface worktop?

 

[jmbfestool]

Ya it will be a L shape top alright but part of the upstand needs to wrap around two sides if a pillar and I can bet my life nothing is straight or square. Have you ever undermounted as stainless steel sink to a corian it solid surface worktop?

No again  these where  moulded    they where only about 40mm deep these ones and where jointed flush so it looked like a big FAT man just sat on the worktop and dented the corian  (no joke) and then 5 holes drilled    if you glanced at the  worktops you would actually miss the sink it was that shallow.   

Im wouldnt be surprised if water runs every where when they turn the taps on. 

YEah cutting round pillars was difficult especially if the pillar came out on the curve part when the work top curves up  it had about 4 inch radius the ones I fitted.  Me and my mate where the first to fit these type of heat moulded worktops for that company.  experiment!

JMB

 

[galwaydude18@gmail.com]

Hmm maybe I should a the course or else sub out the worktop?? I'd love to be able to it so I can get en extra few bob when I get a corian job again

 

[MAK]

I think the corian course is about £700.

Two ways you can mount a stainless steel sink, mount on some kind of frame in the cabinet so the worktop sits on or you bond it to the corian. Some brackets/clamps normally come with the sinks to hold the sink to the underneath of worktop but this means you have to drill a whole for the screw which is a bit fiddly.

 

[jmbfestool]

Hmm maybe I should a the course or else sub out the worktop?? I'd love to be able to it so I can get en extra few bob when I get a corian job again

You can fit the corian your self that aint the problem but  you want to fabricate and fit it all your self!  Which requires more tools and does take time to get them joints looking ''invisible''    I wouldnt bother fabricating your own if I was you.    As to your question glueing the stainless sink I dont know what the best glue would be sorry I would support the sink and sit the corian over it.  I never like the glueing to granite or corian idea.

Be surprised how long it takes to sand a 4meter with a joint to a 3 meter piece of work top    7 meters!  I started sanding it I skipped sanding stages  which I regretted as I finished and glanced down the worktop from a angle I could see scratches still!   I used the Rotex 150! I had to start from scratch again and go through the stages to get it a glass like finish!    

 

[galwaydude18@gmail.com]

I think the corian course is about £700.

Two ways you can mount a stainless steel sink, mount on some kind of frame in the cabinet so the worktop sits on or you bond it to the corian. Some brackets/clamps normally come with the sinks to hold the sink to the underneath of worktop but this means you have to drill a whole for the screw which is a bit fiddly.

Holy cow that is an expensive course. Is it a one day course or a few days long?