Making Templates For Granite Countertops

Cardboard templates are sort of a one time deal so if you are making a template that needs to be recreated over and over like a common sink template better to make that out of plywood.

Making templates for granite countertops. Even if you only casually template countertops you will eventually run into that largish 12 x12 l shaped or u shaped kitchen. I hope you are as inspired as i am in turning such an industrial material like concrete into something beautiful for your kitchen bathroom or any countertop project. The measurements taken by the laser are sent to a computerized system that records various points. Another advantage to removing your old countertops is the templator can check your cabinets for flatness or level.

How to make a countertop template. The easiest way to do that is to make a countertop template that i could take into the workshop and use as a life size guide replica of the shape i needed to create. Once you have selected your stone and more specifically your particular slab s for a project you will begin working with your stone supplier on templating your granite quartz or marble typically the fabricators will visit your home and make a template of your new countertop. A high intensity laser is pointed at the surface.

How are countertop templates created. I decided i wanted to do a diy countertop for the pantry for a couple reasons. I didn t want to wait. Cut your template into dimensions that will easily pass through doors and hallways.

Countertop fabricators recommend gaps between counter tops and walls but it s important that the template exactly record existing irregularities. Learn how to efficiently transfer measurements from the jo. Double check to make sure that the template matches identically the shape of the room in terms of both squares and contours in walls and corners. This laser takes specific measurements for the size of the countertop.

The aim of this diy concrete countertop guide is to provide you with a solid foundation in concrete countertops and to help you navigate through the most common problems you may face along the way. Thin cross braces can be used throughout the center of the template to strengthen and reinforce it for transporting and handling in the shop. If you are saving your old cabinets you will get the most accurate countertop template if your old countertops are removed prior to the countertop template. This is the second installment on working with solid surface materials like corian.