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| I will have an 18" overhang on my granite counter top. My contractor says a leg support is not necessary as long as nobody sits on it. Does it need a pole and is there any other option besides a pole? |
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| What about corbels? I was wondering the same thing myself. My overhang on the widest part of the curve will be 12", and I was concerned about the look - not having any supports, columns, etc. Then I searched up islands on houzz.com and found that about 50% of the island overhangs had some sort of visual or actual support. What does your granite guy say? Can I ask what the overhang will be on the working sides of your counters? I'm looking to minimize mine, and I'm not sure if 1/2" overhang will be ok or not. |
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| We have 15" overhangs and hubby didn't want corbels so we installed Counter Balance Supports after doing a lot of research. They have worked great! The link below is our post and photos of the support installation. NOT the greatest photo but you can see our island here:
And our finished kitchen decorated for Halloween :)
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Here is a link that might be useful: Support for granite - no corbels
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| For an 18" overhang you really should have a support. Corbels will do, although our granite guys called them "knee knockers," as will a leg of some sort. We used these flat iron supports for our 14" overhang. If you hunt around on old threads, you'll see several suggestions with photos.
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- Posted by GreenDesigns (My Page) on Wed, Oct 3, 12 at 1:14
| 18" is LOT of overhang. a lot of weight. It would be best to create a table like structure here with and apron and legs. If you choose to do some type of steel tubing (NOT flat stock!) support, it needs to be anchored into a pony wall that is well anchored into your subfloor rather than cabinets. Cabinets won't be heavy enough to counterbalance 18" of heavy stone. |
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