Paul Schaefer
11-22-2020, 12:28 PM
I'm having a contractor install a stainless steel countertop in a kitchen at my cabin. Normally, he would just wrap the SS over the existing formica countertop, but it needs to be torn out due to areas of water damage. I'm planning on building a new base of two layers of 3/4" sheet goods that I'll glue and screw together that he can put the SS on top of.
He can't take final measurements and do the fabrication until I'm done with my work, so there may be a few weekends that we're up there using the kitchen before the SS top is put in. For that reason I'm not thrilled about using MDF, even though it would make a predictably smooth and flat base for the SS.
What would you all suggest? Exterior sheathing's cheapest, though I know it can have a lot of voids and isn't necessarily going to be super flat.
He can't take final measurements and do the fabrication until I'm done with my work, so there may be a few weekends that we're up there using the kitchen before the SS top is put in. For that reason I'm not thrilled about using MDF, even though it would make a predictably smooth and flat base for the SS.
What would you all suggest? Exterior sheathing's cheapest, though I know it can have a lot of voids and isn't necessarily going to be super flat.