I would very much appreciate anyone's advice on how to support a granite counter that we hope to install in our bathroom.
Our bathroom is 72" long x 44" wide, and I was originally planning to put a 36" cabinet at one end of the 72" wall and a small 12 - 15" cabinet at the opposite end with the plywood/granite counter extending across them. After measuring things up however, the toilet would pretty much block a small cabinet from opening and closing.
My wife very much wants a full length granite counter, but I'd rather not put in a non-usable cabinet just to support the plywood/granite. I hope someone can recommend a sturdy method to support the counter without a cabinet at one end.
I am considering to screw 1x1's along the empty length of the 72" wall to the corner, then from the corner along the adjacent wall, then from the adjacent wall back to the 36" cabinet. I am worried however about the strength of such framing, the limited number of wall studs to screw the frame into (2 along the 72" wall, 1 along the adjacent wall, and 1 or 2 in the corner), and whether I can properly locate the wall stud(s) in the corner.
I hope someone has encountered such a problem before or if someone may have some better ideas.
Soon to learn carpentry,
JohnWC
Our bathroom is 72" long x 44" wide, and I was originally planning to put a 36" cabinet at one end of the 72" wall and a small 12 - 15" cabinet at the opposite end with the plywood/granite counter extending across them. After measuring things up however, the toilet would pretty much block a small cabinet from opening and closing.
My wife very much wants a full length granite counter, but I'd rather not put in a non-usable cabinet just to support the plywood/granite. I hope someone can recommend a sturdy method to support the counter without a cabinet at one end.
I am considering to screw 1x1's along the empty length of the 72" wall to the corner, then from the corner along the adjacent wall, then from the adjacent wall back to the 36" cabinet. I am worried however about the strength of such framing, the limited number of wall studs to screw the frame into (2 along the 72" wall, 1 along the adjacent wall, and 1 or 2 in the corner), and whether I can properly locate the wall stud(s) in the corner.
I hope someone has encountered such a problem before or if someone may have some better ideas.
Soon to learn carpentry,
JohnWC