Hi there,
We're currently updating our existing kitchen and have some questions/need advice please.
I'm trying to build a stand-alone island, and as this is an old house with not much storage space, I'm putting 4 x Practa 1000 cabinets together to create the base (as per photo).
I have cut a 3mm MDF sheet to fill the gaps on top of the backing sheets, so that there's no gaps on the surface (as per photo).
After quite a bit of research and discussions, we are leaning towards getting a stone benchtop rather than timber at this stage.
We are planning to have a bit of space at the one end, just enough to have a couple of bar stools, but no traditional seating along the length, as my choice was to have cupboard that can be accessed from the living room side (it is a open plan space).
So we're looking at getting the benchtop cut to size of roughly 2300x1030.
Here are my questions please.
- What is the capacity of these Practa base cabinets in terms of the weight they can hold? Can they hold a stone benchtop? Should we be putting anything on the back of the legs (not that they are going to move once it's put together...)
- Should we put anything on the top surface before the benchtop goes on?
We'll probably put the backing together with liquid nails and possibly also drill the sides together from inside for all the cabinets to be put together as a one base. After that, do we need to put a sheet of something on top, rather than the benchtop to go straight on?
If there are anything else you can advise, we'd appreciate it.
Thanks in advance for your help!
