Each kitchen should be as comfortable as possible.functional. But in order to achieve these indicators, it is important to choose the right furniture and materials from which it will be made. This should be taken into account in the case, for example, if a kitchen worktop is made with your own hands.
What material to choose?
The worktop in the kitchen is almost centralelement. Besides the fact that it forms the interior of this room, it also has important functions: it is on this surface that all actions are performed (vegetables are cut, pans are put). Accordingly, to make an attribute such as a tabletop for kitchens with your own hands, you need to choose durable and comfortable inwork materials that are resistant to various influences and at the same time will give the room a winning appearance. The kitchen table should be strong, resistant to mechanical stress and damage, should be easy to clean. Today, you can create a kitchen surface using:
- artificial stone;
- tile;
- wood, including chipboard;
- tiles and more.
Budget option: countertops for kitchens of Chipboard
Of course, the surface is tiled oran artificial stone, will look stylishly and smartly. However, many are looking for budget solutions to the problem of finishing the kitchen, and the chipboard is the best suited for this. By the way, the size of the kitchen countertops depend on several factors:
- the location of the table in the room;
- from the ratio of the size of the kitchen and kitchen.
Well, the personal preferences of residents play a significant role. Standard worktop has a thickness of 3-4 cm with a length of one and a half meters and more. The width, as a rule, is on average 1.6 meters.
How to create a surface of chipboard
Of course, a wooden countertop for the kitchen -The solution is profitable, but not the most correct. This is due to the fact that in rooms where the temperature is too humid and constantly changing, the tree can crack or crack. Accordingly, it is necessary to work hard to correctly process this material.
To make the countertop of chipboard, we needprepare all the materials and tools. First, to create supports, we will need chipboard sheets, as well as 40 to 50 timber, which is mounted along the perimeter of the wall: our kitchen worktop will hold on it. It’s very profitable to do it yourself, since all materials are inexpensive and easy to find. At the second stage, we fasten plywood on the bars (its thickness should be about 1.5-2 cm), and it should hold our table firmly and securely. You can glue tile, tile or other material on top of plywood - it all depends on your abilities and preferences.
If you want to change countertop on the kitchen, then do it with chipboard - the easiest and most profitable solution. Moreover, in terms of quality and reliability of operation, the hand-made surface will not be inferior to the store.
Tile or tile?
Tabletop can be made from different materials.For example, if you want to equip your kitchen in a certain style decision, you can choose a marble floor for it or tile it with tiles. If you like a marble-like kitchen countertop, making it yourself is not so difficult to create with your own hands. We will need:
- Timber: a frame will be made of it, so it must be even, solid, 40 by 50 or 50 by 50 thick.
- Sand, crushed stone, cement: based on them, a "foundation" under the tabletop will be created.
- From metal rods we will perform reinforcement.
- Fillers for concrete.
- Boards (they are needed to create formwork).
- Aluminum profile for edge finishing.
- Liquid Nails.
- Finishing materials.
To assemble the frame and formwork, we need a drill, screwdriver, jigsaw, Bulgarian, tape measure and level.
Create a frame
The worktop on the basis of the concrete slab will be quite heavy, so you will need to create a frame. For this we need to know dimensions countertops for kitchens: on the basis of this data we cut off the barsa certain length, which will serve as racks. We attach them to the floor with metal corners. At the junction of the posts with the walls you need to drill them and fix them with anchor dowels. We finish the frame frame with horizontal jumpers, which are mounted on the rack. Ram must be checked for durability, since all the load will fall on it.
Take the boards and make the bottom of themcountertops, as well as formwork. It must be assembled so that it can always be removed without harming the concrete. If there should be a place under the sink or hob on the countertop, these areas should be marked with sides. The entire formwork should be closed with plastic wrap to protect the structure from the concrete mix.
Preparation for pouring concrete
In the formwork to start laying reinforcementwhich is interconnected: the better the filling of the base, the stronger the tabletop will be. Prepare a solution of cement, sand and gravel in the ratio of 1: 2: 2. To make the solution quality, add plasticizers to it. The solution should be fluid. If it is to imitate, for example, marble, add the corresponding pigment to it (it can be purchased in hardware stores). The finished solution is poured into the formwork, leveled, covered with a film and left to dry for about 10 days. To get moisture-proof kitchen worktops, you need to ensure that the solution does not dry out: if necessary, you can moisten the surface with a spray gun.
Finishing: finishing touches
This is the very last stage in the creation of the tabletop.We will consider two options: tiling or polishing concrete. In the first case, a special tile adhesive is applied to the surface, it is evenly distributed, after which the tile is laid. This should be done carefully, firmly, smoothly, so that the surface turned out to be of high quality. All seams must be leveled. The main thing - to correctly calculate the size of the tabletop for the kitchen and the amount of material for its decoration.
If you choose a method such as polishingconcrete, then you first need to sand the surface of the tabletop. Our goal is perfectly smooth coverage. By the way, we use for this grinding machine and discs of different grain sizes. After these works, the surface must be rid of dust and treated with a special impregnating compound. Having such a machine at hand, you can always polish the surface of the tabletop, and it will look like new.
What good homemade countertops?
Во-первых, есть возможность подобрать оптимальное color combination, as well as the shape of the kitchen set. Secondly, it is possible to significantly reduce costs compared with similar finishing specialists or buying new furniture. Thirdly, creating a tabletop with your own hands, you will be able to control every stage of this process, paying attention to every detail. Fourth, you will be able to independently carry out all the calculations, pick up materials for decoration that you would like to see in your kitchen. If you follow the rules described above, you can create a tabletop with your own hands very simply. And it is not at all necessary to use for this chipboard: expand the boundaries of your imagination and learn to work with new materials. The beauty of your kitchen is in your hands!
