[Lockflower]

Hi! We are planning to remove our lower cabinet and install a trash compactor in its place. We are also having quartz counters installed. I am responsible to put down plywood before the counter guys template and install the counters. What is the best way to support the plywood and countertops in this area?

 

[Nealtw]

How wide is the cupboard and how wide is the compactor?

 

[Lockflower]

How wide is the cupboard and how wide is the compactor?

The new trash compactor is 15" wide. The current cabinet is 15".

 

[Nealtw]

The new trash compactor is 15" wide. The current cabinet is 15".

I would weld up an angle iron 2 sided frame notch the front top of the far cupboard so the plywood would sit flush right across.

 

[Lockflower]

The new trash compactor is 15" wide. The current cabinet is 15".

I would weld up an angle iron 2 sided frame notch the front top of the far cupboard so the plywood would sit flush right across.

The space just to the left is the dish washer and then to the left of that, the sink.

 

[Nealtw]

The space just to the left is the dish washer and then to the left of that, the sink.

Can you notch the front side of the sink cupboard?

But doesn't the compactor get screwed thru the sides into wood?

 

[Lockflower]

The space just to the left is the dish washer and then to the left of that, the sink.

Can you notch the front side of the sink cupboard?

But doesn't the compactor get screwed thru the sides into wood?

Like a dishwasher it only gets fastened using 2 tabs on the top of the unit.

I am thinking it may be best to buy a dishwasher cabinet frame which will give me the support i need.

 

[Nealtw]

Like a dishwasher it only gets fastened using 2 tabs on the top of the unit.

I am thinking it may be best to buy a dishwasher cabinet frame which will give me the support i need.

That cabinet would be 24" inside so just one side would make it 24 5/8"
Maybe you could squeeze the Dish washer and put in a skinny leg like 1/8" flat bar.

 

[huesmann]

What is the plywood you're supposed to put down—the substrate for the quartz?

 

[Lockflower]

What is the plywood you're supposed to put down—the substrate for the quartz?

Yes the countertop installer stated I had to install plywood on top of my current cabinets once I remove the old Corian counters and the new quartz counters will be installed on top of this.

 

[huesmann]

Hmm. If you're gonna put ply down on top of the cabinets, why not just put some metal angle into the studs to support the ply?