Kitchen Worktops - under gunnel

[WotEver]

I'm sorry - I don't quite understand - what you have said sounds very interesting though, could you explain further? What is a fillet in this context?

 

Thin strip of wood filling the gap between the top of the worktop and the gunwale.

[Dave Payne]

If you are tiling the wall above then why not just tile straight down covering gap?

[Sbg]

I'm sorry - I don't quite understand - what you have said sounds very interesting though, could you explain further? What is a fillet in this context?

I'll try to find a pic but the posters above are correct. This was a thin vertical strip of veneer-faced ply that ran the length of the worktop, filling the space between between the worktop and underside of the gunnel lining

[Johny London]

Wasn't trying to be thick but you said something about having the fillet 2cm into the recess of the gunnel?

 

I've found that leaving a small gap under the gunnel makes the worktop look deeper (while still having it pushed all the way in), which is aesthetically pleasing to my eye. But, I'm surprised because seeing this gap on boats I viewed always used to irritate me!

I thought a little gap could be used for led lighting, though I take the point about dirt getting in there.

 

As for the gas pipe, I think I might run it along the floor where there are already water pipes - it would still be inspectable just by taking off the plinth (though I expect to do the plinths as hinged cubby holes for extra storage).

[WotEver]

Wasn't trying to be thick but you said something about having the fillet 2cm into the recess of the gunnel?

I believe he meant that he left a shadow line below the gunwale. So instead of the infill piece being flush with the panel above it's a little further back than that. A bit like a kick board in miniature.

[Sbg]

I believe he meant that he left a shadow line below the gunwale. So instead of the infill piece being flush with the panel above it's a little further back than that. A bit like a kick board in miniature.

Correct. It just looked better that way!

[WotEver]

Correct. It just looked better that way!

I'm sure it did. If you finished it flush it would look like you'd tried to make the walls look longer whereas how you did it would look more like an intentional design detail.

[Stormbringer]

Use the gap for led lighting as you suggested...then use some opaque plexiglass as a fillet, which will diffuse the leds nicely, and keep crumbs out...?

[Johny London]

I like the sound of the inset led fillet. It's all going to depend on which oven I end up with (I see the double ovens are very height hungry) so hopefully I can figure that out soon

[Dave Payne]

Have a look in the build blogs, the ex member (can't remember his name) who went off in a huff did some cool things with led lighting and plastic round his worktops, looked nice I thought.