Worktop overhang at the end of a run of units

[mike]

Is there a convention for the amount of worktop overhang at the end of
a run of units? And if a run is against an external corner, is it
usual to fit the worktop right up to the corner or to set it back
slightly?

Was planning an overhang of about 10mm and setting back about 20mm

Quick sketch here:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b104/mkpb/overhang.jpg

I know this comes down to personal choice but just wondered what the
majority opinion was.

[Stuart Noble]

Same overhang as you have at the front I would think, and inset from the
corner as in the illustration. If there's nothing crucial at the other
end, no point in squeezing it to the left

[Archie]

"mike" <mike...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:5601b06c-0649-4a72...@d21g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...

I hade something similar and brought the worktop up to a door facing
(about 30mm overhang) and rounded off the front edge with the router as
I suspected that I would keep bumping into the corner when walking past.

[matthelliwell]

On 14 Dec, 16:55, "Archie" <arc...@nospam.com> wrote:
> "mike" <miken...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> I hade something similar and brought the worktop up to a door facing
> (about 30mm overhang) and rounded off the front edge with the router as
> I suspected that I would keep bumping into the corner when walking past.

Whatever the overhang, I'd definitely round off the corner. I still
have a scar on my back where I stood up after picking something up off
the floor and the corner left a large gouge in my flesh.

Matt

[Andrew Gabriel]

In article <fc5b4cbf-f9b5-435f...@j4g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>,

matthelliwell <matthe...@googlemail.com> writes:
> On 14 Dec, 16:55, "Archie" <arc...@nospam.com> wrote:
>> "mike" <miken...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
>> I hade something similar and brought the worktop up to a door facing
>> (about 30mm overhang) and rounded off the front edge with the router as
>> I suspected that I would keep bumping into the corner when walking past.
>
> Whatever the overhang, I'd definitely round off the corner. I still

If it's laminated, you can't easily do this, although if the
worktop is being made for you by a facility which does postforming,
they can.

> have a scar on my back where I stood up after picking something up off
> the floor and the corner left a large gouge in my flesh.

So have I, but that was from standing up under the (no longer)
supported corner of a stainless steel drainer after I finished
taking the cupboard out from underneath. The exposed burr was
much sharper than any knife, and made a clean cut right through
my T-shirt and me, without me feeling a thing (until a few
seconds later). Initially thought I'd knocked over a mug of tea
on the draining board, until I realised the warm fluid running
down my back was red...

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Andrew Gabriel
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[mike]

Thanks for all the replies.

Can't round off the corner in this instance as it's laminated --- I'm
sure I'll avoid walking into it after a visit to the School of Hard
Knocks.