On the front edge either use a orbital sander with 120 and 240 sand paper or what I done today was clamped a sprit level underneath worktop and used a trimmmer on my router which gave a brilliant result. Not doing a mitre join just going for a biscuit join as for holding it together I bought a ratchet suction clamp to pull it together. Dreading the undermount sink as I've done all the plumbing it's got one of those instant boiling water units by franke. Also a incinerator to fit too , all fun and games
Franke boiling tap here also. Fit loads so not a problem. Never fitted an incinerator but i have seen one at an expo. Dodgy builders are burning absolutely everything they can though in the back garden - including all my polystyrene - black smoke everywhere.
Only problem I can foresee now apart from my spelling is trying to get the biscuits in as the worktop goes from wall to edge of worktop 2800mm. Maybe might have to jack them both up join and try and slide in as for the splash back nt even looked at them lol. Jobs a garage conversion with bc involved certainaly been a eye opener
Made the biggest school boy error you can make today under mount sink came with 2 mdf jigs saying top bottom. So thinking its a undermount sink I used the bottom one only to find the sink fell straight through Gutted is a understatement to say the lease anyone got a idea on the price off these zenith worktops and as to where you can get them. I know they got it from wicks can you buy them off the shelf ?
That feeling when the customer says ordered a new one it was £300 and can't be delivered to 13th December ouch Slightly of topic fitting mid high oven housing unit 3 of them.theyve come full size and need to be cut down to size, kitchen is from wicks ? Never had to do this before anyone else has any pointers
I fit for Wickes customers and just completed my first Zenith kitchen install and all went ok. Whole fit out took six days. I used a new festool special red blade which is now ready for a resharpen. ( hard going on saw blades) Maison mitres were easy but slow going too. New cutter in the router also. Used 3 biscuits per joint with great success. 5 min epoxy is all you need for an invisible joint and suction clamps ( glue blocks and speed clamps will also work) You use IPA wipes or solvent to wipe off surplus glue before it sets up. Usually your worktops come with a install pack that contains all you need for the job. Edges polish easy with a sander with 130 and then 240 grit papers, finishing off with linseed oil for sealing and cosmetics. All in all a slower process than traditional worktop but the results are brilliant and it’s bombproof. Just go slowly and use sharp tooling,,, you were warned!,,
Nice job mate, Found the hot melt and blocks doesn’t work with zenith as the rough surface doesn’t seem to like it suction clamps are the way forward, also I don’t use the epoxy in the kit found it ****
Yep, suction clamps are the best way of pulling up Zenith joints or to be more accurate a seaming tool. Never fiited Zenith with an inset sink yet, they have always been underslung. When fitting an underslung sink i always fit the sink in the cab below worktop level and then fit the Zenith in the same way as granit would be fitted.
Eye watering money for the suction clamps, didn’t like parting with close to £300 for something that didn’t have a motor, yeah usually have undermount and routed drainer grooves, have done a couple with inset sinks, as it’s so thin it causes a few issues with inset sinks and hobs
No need to spend that amount of money if you only do them on the odd occasion, these will do the job just as well. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Toolocity-...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=MACN5XDVZZEJ4D1B674C
I’m a bit of a tool junkie so opted for a bohle set but there were even more expensive versions, after buying them a couple of years ago I’ve found I’ve used them a fair bit to be fair
Nice Job! By any chance, do you have any feedback from customers, how these ZENITH worktops perform on the long run?! Are there any complaints (after a few years of useage) for - marks/scratches on the top - chips/breakage on the edges - problems with undermount sinks - or any kind of problems/compaints/regrets on the long run?! Thx in advance!
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