Bar / counter design help

09-18-2011, 09:02 PM	#1
Aloha1 Member   Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 41	Bar / counter design help Hey guys need help trying to decorate cinder block for bar. Would like to make wooden base. Any plans how I cam do this out there? Attached Thumbnails

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09-18-2011, 09:34 PM	#2
Ron6519 Member   Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 9,519	Bar / counter design help Just incorporate the bar design around the cinderblock. Why is that wall there? Why can't you remove it? __________________ Ron "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." B. Franklin 1759

09-18-2011, 09:44 PM	#3
Aloha1 Member   Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 41	Bar / counter design help Quote: Originally Posted by Ron6519 Just incorporate the bar design around the cinderblock. Why is that wall there? Why can't you remove it? It's somewhat of a support wall. I was jus trying to figure how to build wood base around it. Would u secure plywood to it and go from there? How u secure plywood?

09-18-2011, 10:00 PM	#4
oldhouseguy Member   Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 284	Bar / counter design help Quote: Originally Posted by Aloha1 It's somewhat of a support wall. I was jus trying to figure how to build wood base around it. Would u secure plywood to it and go from there? How u secure plywood? One way is to frame the whole thing with 2x4's and secure your face plywood to the frame rather than the block. The frame will add dimension to it, but would be really secure place to attach sheet rock, or plywood. Just use treated wood as the footer for the frame as it appears to be in a basement?

09-19-2011, 02:03 AM	#5
iliketowork Old Hand   Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Silicon Valley, CA Posts: 26	Bar / counter design help If the Cinder Block does not get moist you can just glue the plywood or "finished wood" directly to the Cinder Block and use some corner molding to finish it off. Saves money and time.

09-19-2011, 03:57 AM	#6
Aloha1 Member   Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 41	Bar / counter design help Quote: Originally Posted by iliketowork If the Cinder Block does not get moist you can just glue the plywood or "finished wood" directly to the Cinder Block and use some corner molding to finish it off. Saves money and time. Thanks guys sounds like a plan. Really appreciate the insight!

09-19-2011, 03:58 AM	#7
Aloha1 Member   Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 41	Bar / counter design help Appreciate all the advice

09-19-2011, 06:35 AM	#8
oldhouseguy Member   Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 284	Bar / counter design help Quote: Originally Posted by iliketowork If the Cinder Block does not get moist you can just glue the plywood or "finished wood" directly to the Cinder Block and use some corner molding to finish it off. Saves money and time. You can not predict that it will never get moist. I agree you could do it that way, but the first time it gets wet... the glue will probably begin to fail.