Conc shuttered counter top, do you have ss draining board or just a skink

BryanF

As the title suggests, I'm keen to get feedback form those who have installed concrete counter tops, what are yer views on stainless Steel sinks with drainage boards? Ta very much

Calahonda52

are u talking about someone casting a worktop in situ, over the kitchen units or what?
Am fascinated by the idea

BryanF

Insitu

And sink!

hexosan

BryanF wrote: »

As the title suggests, I'm keen to get feedback form those who have installed concrete counter tops, what are yer views on stainless Steel sinks with drainage boards? Ta very much

What does your architect or design certifier say.


** I couldn't resist 😝

BryanF

hexosan wrote: »

What does your architect or design certifier say.


** I couldn't resist 😝

She says ss draining board.

Bonzo Delaney

I'd imagine you'd put in an under mounted ss sink and to allow for draining the flutes woud be ground out and polished up same as granite work tops.
In my opinion a ss draining board defeats the purpose of going to all the trouble of making the work top in the first place.
But as a wise man told me once " happy wife , happy life".

CJhaughey

Stainless draining board will have some give if a glass topples on it, concrete will win every time that something made from glass or ceramic falls onto it.
Same thing as Belfast sinks, many people I know that fitted them curse every time something is dropped into one.
YMMV
Check out Fu Tung Cheng Concrete at home books, he has one called concrete countertops which has a lot of good design ideas.

Dudda

I'd do what Bonzo Delaney suggests above.

How are you going to seal the concrete? That's what I'd be worried about. You could also look at products like corrian or Hi-Macs worktops which can have a similar appearance to ground concrete if you want.

Bonzo Delaney

Done a bar years ago in Dublin about 2001 and I put a concrete top in it
But instead of casting it insitu I got the stainless steel fabricator to make up a form for me in the shape of the through section of the counter and about 500mm long the counter its self was 500 mm deep with a drop down feature of about 200 mm all faces bull nosed.
I made a plywood shutter box inserted the stainless steel form in to it up side down.
Half filled with concrete
Inserted expanding metal for strength
Had a profiled lid for the box bolted that on
Filled the rest
Vibrated it
Let set for 5 day then struck the box and let it dry for a week
Had about 12 to do had two boxes on the go.
The stainless steel form gave the surface a super smooth finish
Mounted them on a ply covered steel frame stuck with adhiseve
The granite suppler sealed it with a HG impregnator sealer if I rember correctly
Turned out well in the end
Don't know if it's still there or not any more must have a look some day.

mossie477

hi bryanf i see you are a mod in regards to constrution and planning would you be able to pm me i have a question i need to ask you.
thanks

hexosan

Or you can just PM him

mossie477

hexosan wrote: »

Or you can just PM him

lol thanks i couldnt find the pm option i have done now

BryanF

mossie477 wrote: »

lol thanks i couldnt find the pm option i have done now

Please start a new thread, and seek responses on the forum like everyone else. Thanks

mossie477

BryanF wrote: »

Please start a new thread, and seek responses on the forum like everyone else. Thanks

thanks bryanf ive posted a new thread there but i cannot post pics or links in it as im a new user