Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The Big Plunge - The L-Shaped Countertop!

We are very pleased with the way the island countertop is wearing and I decided to "lower my rack" and charge!  
Time to tackle the large L-shaped main countertop!
I wanted to build in the basement but I was concerned with whether we could get the beats up the stairs!
So, we built a full size piece out of scrap plywood and carried it up twice!
Tight but it works! 

 
So we measured and cut the underlayment . . .


. . . and connected them with a "gusset"

Used Dewalt Biscuit cutter to create new groove for end (the board ended with a tongue - Murphy's law!)

Here is layup of first course of flooring. Corner will be a herringbone pattern.

The overlapping flooring from the sink side will give strength to the join and ultimately we will not need the gusset. 


Next - more coarses of flooring.
There are 8 coarses total and I will make a few posts to show progress.