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New member in need of help - Keislp - 10-12-2015
Hi my name is Keith and I am a kitchen fitter. I have a dilemma, fitting a kitchen with two tambour units along side tall appliance housings. Customer is having 30mm granite and need to make up the 10mm gap. Does anyone know of anything on the market to do this or any suggestions would be helpful.
RE: New member in need of help - Fitter Steve - 10-12-2015
It sounds like your already on the fit? If the tambour doors are not fitted to the unit they should be oversized so you can just cut the frame 10mm more and hopefully fit the tambour frame 10mm higher than it should. I dont fit loads of tambours so not sure you can fit the frame 10mm higher than the unit. If you cant you are just gonna have to raise the units 10mm off the worktop and fill the gap with colour match silicon. With the frame cut 10mm longer than unit it will all look correct with the frame and door going all the way to worktop
If you are not on the fit and just in ordering stage just get the tambour unit made 10mm higher
RE: New member in need of help - jonny round boy - 11-12-2015
Don't like the idea of filling a 10mm gap with silicone, Steve!
RE: New member in need of help - Fitter Steve - 11-12-2015
nor do I Jon . I did say it would be better to have the tambour frame 10mm higher than top of tambour unit but not sure you can do that?
Have you a better solution for this poor fitter who by the sounds of his post is doing a fit only, probably for a customer who cant get cabinets make to measure?
RE: New member in need of help - jonny round boy - 11-12-2015
I'd make a couple of panels up from a bit of 9mm MDF, with some iron-on edging around the edges to match the cabs/end panels/doors (delete as appropriate).
RE: New member in need of help - Fitter Steve - 11-12-2015
yeah thats a good option if he has some edging tape and if he is willing to buy the 9mm MDF.
Personally I dont think that would look an neater than neat silicon line. Its not like the silicon line is going on a filler to wall where it would look really bad however neat it was done. Its going behind a tambour door and the bottom of the cabinet between the worktop and cabinet
RE: New member in need of help - snezza - 11-12-2015
I would put the 10mm filler at the top, above the Tambour unit. If there is a Cornice/moulding at the top, the 10mm filler would be "lost" between the top of the cabinet and the underside of the Cornice.
Even if there is no moulding along the top, it will still look far better than anything you could do between the bottom of the Tambour unit and the 30mm worktop........Silicone..!....sorry Steve..but YUK..!!!!!!!
RE: New member in need of help - Fitter Steve - 11-12-2015
(11-12-2015, 09:11 PM)snezza Wrote: I would put the 10mm filler at the top, above the Tambour unit. If there is a Cornice/moulding at the top, the 10mm filler would be "lost" between the top of the cabinet and the underside of the Cornice.
Even if there is no moulding along the top, it will still look far better than anything you could do between the bottom of the Tambour unit and the 30mm worktop........Silicone..!....sorry Steve..but YUK..!!!!!!!
Not a bad idea if you have some edging to match the door. I havent had any edging on my job in ages. Have you?
If it were my fit id probably discuss with customer and play about with it and do what looks best maybe 5mm at top and 5 mm at bottom. With the larder doors either side of tambour units being 3mm below cornice this wouldnt be a bad solution.
If it was my supply and fit the problem would get dealt with when ordering the unit
RE: New member in need of help - chip off the block - 11-12-2015
I would put a 10mm filler under the worktop and disguise it with some oil based mastic