Fixing breakfast bar to wall

[slider]

Hi

What would be the best way of attaching a breakfast bar to a wall.
Obviously the legs will be on opposite edge to the edge which is flush with
the wall. I was thinking of screwing a batten to the wall, putting the
worktop on this, then attach the worktop to the batten with "L" brackets?

Any other suggestions?

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[JimK]

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forget the brackets use gripfill & skew screws from the batten up into
worktop? as long as you're not envisaging shagging on it that should
do? ;>))

or forget batten and use meatier brackets on wall (could hide bracket
uprights when plastering - if it's one of them jobs...)

Cheers
JimK

[Andy Dingley]

On 19 Jan, 15:56, "slider" <sli...@slide.com> wrote:

> What would be the best way of attaching a breakfast bar to a wall.

Screw batten to wall, rest breakfast bar on that. Support other end
with leg. Redesign batten for tidiness, possibly by sitting it
entirely within a rebate in the bottom edge of the top.

If there's no leg, then make a welded steel cantilever, which will
need some vertical depth on its mounting plate. Screw this to wall,
then rest breakfast bar on it. Again, you can rebate it into the top
to hide it. You can even hide its cantilevered arms in grooves.

[John Rumm]

slider wrote:
> Hi
>
> What would be the best way of attaching a breakfast bar to a wall.
> Obviously the legs will be on opposite edge to the edge which is flush with
> the wall. I was thinking of screwing a batten to the wall, putting the
> worktop on this, then attach the worktop to the batten with "L" brackets?
>
> Any other suggestions?

The simplest solution would be drill the batten on two sides, then screw
the to the wall with one set of holes, and screw up into the worktop via
the other.

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Cheers,

John.

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[The Medway Handyman]

John Rumm wrote:
> slider wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> What would be the best way of attaching a breakfast bar to a wall.
>> Obviously the legs will be on opposite edge to the edge which is
>> flush with the wall. I was thinking of screwing a batten to the
>> wall, putting the worktop on this, then attach the worktop to the
>> batten with "L" brackets? Any other suggestions?
>
> The simplest solution would be drill the batten on two sides, then
> screw the to the wall with one set of holes, and screw up into the
> worktop via the other.

You could even counterbore the holes going upwards to reduce the length of
screws required.

--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

[Harry Bloomfield]

slider formulated the question :

> What would be the best way of attaching a breakfast bar to a wall. Obviously
> the legs will be on opposite edge to the edge which is flush with the wall.
> I was thinking of screwing a batten to the wall, putting the worktop on
> this, then attach the worktop to the batten with "L" brackets?

That is exactly what I did. I used rawlbolts to fix to the wall, as the
fairly big screws eventually pulled out with kids banging into the
table end. Also make sure the end of the table corners are rounded/45
angled, or you will live to regret it.

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

[TheScullster]

"slider" wrote

> Hi
>
> What would be the best way of attaching a breakfast bar to a wall.
> Obviously the legs will be on opposite edge to the edge which is flush
> with the wall. I was thinking of screwing a batten to the wall, putting
> the worktop on this, then attach the worktop to the batten with "L"
> brackets?
>
> Any other suggestions?

With hinges and removable legs, so it can be stowed (if space is an issue).

Phil

[stephe...@btinternet.com]

[Lobster]

On 24 Oct 2016, stephe...@btinternet.com grunted:

> El martes, 19 de enero de 2010, 15:56:53 (UTC), slider escribió:
>> What would be the best way of attaching a breakfast bar to a wall.
>> Obviously the legs will be on opposite edge to the edge which is
>> flush with
>> the wall. I was thinking of screwing a batten to the wall, putting
>> the worktop on this, then attach the worktop to the batten with "L"
>> brackets?
>>
>> Any other suggestions?

Depemds entirely what the wall's made of.

--
David

[Harry Bloomfield]

stephe...@btinternet.com expressed precisely :

> El martes, 19 de enero de 2010, 15:56:53 (UTC), slider escribió:
>> Hi
>>
>> What would be the best way of attaching a breakfast bar to a wall.
>> Obviously the legs will be on opposite edge to the edge which is flush with
>> the wall. I was thinking of screwing a batten to the wall, putting the
>> worktop on this, then attach the worktop to the batten with "L" brackets?
>>
>> Any other suggestions?

I did exactly that some 20 years ago with a 1 x 3 batten and some long
screws. It eventually became detached from the wall - kids. I then used
3x countersunk 3/8 rawlbolts through some 2 x 3, plus steel L brackets
to join the top to the batt on - which survived fine.

Don't underestimate the leverage of kids crashing into the side of the
table end.

[tabb...@gmail.com]

The OP did it 6 years ago. It's another one of those.


NT