Jdbs3
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Just completed a tile floor; now reinstalling a single sink vanity with a new granite counter top. This was supposed to be the simple part. Wrong!
The base of the vanity sits firmly on the tile and does not rock in any direction. So is it level - no! Placing a level around the top perimeter shows the left front side needs to be shimmed by ~3/16", and the back sides by ~1/16".
Additionally, placing the granite top on the vanity shows a gap of ~1/16' in the front right corner. So while the vanity does not rock, the granite top will.
The height of the vanity left side is 30 1/2" high, while the right is 30 9/16" high. You would expect with the right side 1/16" higher, that there would not be the 1/16" gap under the top on the right front.
The floor in front of the vanity is close to level, possibly off by 1/32". Front to back the floor is off by ~1/16".
So I have 2 problems: 1) assuring both the vanity and the granite top are level, and 2) assuring the granite top does not rock.
But the #'s don't seem to work. Given the vanity top does not rock both with and without the granite top, I don't see how shimming under the bottom of the vanity will resolve either of these problems. If I raise the left front ~3/16", then the left side would be ~1/8" higher than the left side; I'd expect this would throw off the granite top even more.
Another alternative might be to leave the vanity as is on the floor, and plane the perimeter down. But planing of 3/16" from left to right and 1/16" from front to back, while assuring the perimeter all comes out level would seem to be a very difficult task to get right.
If I don't care about the top being perfectly level, then just shimming the right front corner of the top would eliminate the rocking.
While I expect the solutions will be trial and error, what is the best way to proceed? And is just shimming the top right corner sufficient to resolve the granite from rocking and avoid the granite from cracking in the future?
thanks
The base of the vanity sits firmly on the tile and does not rock in any direction. So is it level - no! Placing a level around the top perimeter shows the left front side needs to be shimmed by ~3/16", and the back sides by ~1/16".
Additionally, placing the granite top on the vanity shows a gap of ~1/16' in the front right corner. So while the vanity does not rock, the granite top will.
The height of the vanity left side is 30 1/2" high, while the right is 30 9/16" high. You would expect with the right side 1/16" higher, that there would not be the 1/16" gap under the top on the right front.
The floor in front of the vanity is close to level, possibly off by 1/32". Front to back the floor is off by ~1/16".
So I have 2 problems: 1) assuring both the vanity and the granite top are level, and 2) assuring the granite top does not rock.
But the #'s don't seem to work. Given the vanity top does not rock both with and without the granite top, I don't see how shimming under the bottom of the vanity will resolve either of these problems. If I raise the left front ~3/16", then the left side would be ~1/8" higher than the left side; I'd expect this would throw off the granite top even more.
Another alternative might be to leave the vanity as is on the floor, and plane the perimeter down. But planing of 3/16" from left to right and 1/16" from front to back, while assuring the perimeter all comes out level would seem to be a very difficult task to get right.
If I don't care about the top being perfectly level, then just shimming the right front corner of the top would eliminate the rocking.
While I expect the solutions will be trial and error, what is the best way to proceed? And is just shimming the top right corner sufficient to resolve the granite from rocking and avoid the granite from cracking in the future?
thanks