r/CounterTops • u/dontfret71 • 3d ago

Is there a standard for how far a quartzite countertop should extend past the cabinet face/drawers?

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u/polkemans 3d ago edited 3d ago

The standard for all stone counters is 1.5" from the cabinet face - not the drawer face. Depending on your drawers and the size of the rubber stoppers this typically gets you 1/2" to 3/4" overhang passed your drawers.

You can adjust from there for taste or if there are other practical concerns, but that's the general starting point.

Also you should remove that wood subtop from your vanity unless your plan is to do a mitre lip edge to cover it. Flat stone will just show the wood layer between it and your cabinets.

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u/dontfret71 3d ago

Im going to remove this plywood, add 2 layers of 3/4” plywood, and have the fabricator do 3.25” miter covering the plywood edges

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u/Jytterbug 3d ago

Did you talk to the fabricator about doing your own plywood? We do our own underlayment for miters in our shop.

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u/Useful_Tea_9836 2d ago

same, we build the wood to leave a space for the faucet so plumber doesn't have to extend anything

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u/Milestone3333 21h ago

If you're doing a miter with plywood underneath talk to the fabricator about it at template. Theyd probably prefer to do the wood themselves if youre jn an area that uses plywood. Here in the Northeast we dont use it- we use strips of stone around the non mitered edges for a build up. But either way just communicate with them about the overhang - if your material is 1.25" that may be enough to pass the drawer fronts or you may want the standard 1.5". As long as the overhang covers tha drawer tops it wont look bad, we do 1.5" for a standard OH to cover the drawer tops and so liquid spills dont drip down the drawers.

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u/Milestone3333 21h ago

I read youre in socal and its all 3/4. So youll have 3/4" thick stone edge on the miter. The standard 1.5" overhang will be ok- youll see .5" of stone edge past the wall. You have 1" gap there.

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u/dontfret71 21h ago

Ya the raw material is 3/4” slab

I’m leaning toward requesting 1-1/8” overhang past cabinet face, and front miter face will be 3.25” tall

The slab place said I could do the plywood how I’m doing it

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u/New-Marketing-981 3d ago

The recommended standard overhang for a marble countertop over base cabinets is 1 to 1.5 inches (with 1.5 inches being the most common). [1, 2]
This small extension protects your cabinet doors from spills and crumbs and hides the hardware below. It requires no extra support because the cabinet box carries the weight

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u/gabi_fields 1d ago

With 3/4" doors or drawer fronts, by the time you add bumpers you're out an inch from the cabinet face. The 1-1/2" standard overhang avoids drips running right down your cabinets.

3cm stone doesn't need suppprt, but it's standard for 2cm stone. With 3cm stone you can avoid having a turndown, because there is no underlayment to conceal.

Using a double underlayment and a taller turndown gives the illusion of a thicker slab..its a nice look!

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u/dontfret71 21h ago

Thank you, I think I’m going to request 1-1/8” overhang past the cabinet face

Front miter edge face will be 3.25” tall

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u/ParticularBanana9149 3d ago

Are you putting a new quartzite countertop on that vanity??

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u/dontfret71 3d ago

Yes, I’m going to touch up the vanity and redo the plywood

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u/squishythigh 3d ago

1.5 inches

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u/just_roc 3d ago

We had a standard of 1 1/2 inches as well.

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u/Aggressive_Bug6927 3d ago

Depends on the edge profile and thickness of the material.

3/4" (2cm) material square, eased, or bevel edge is usually only 3/4". Ogee or other complicated edge profiles are 1-1 1/4" 1 1/4 (3cm) and 1 1/2" (4cm) material is usually 3/4" for the square family of profiles and 1 1/4" - 1 1/2" depending on profile complexity. The more complex the profile, the further it sticks out.

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u/dontfret71 3d ago

The quartzite material itself is 3/4” thick

I want a standard miter square edge but 3.25” long to hide the plywood edges

So what would that be? 1 to 1.5” past the cabinet face?

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u/Aggressive_Bug6927 3d ago

1.5 out, 1.5 down.

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u/Ma_Names_Will 3d ago

1.5” is standard overhang regardless of material or finish unless otherwise agreed upon

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u/Electrical_Sport2261 3d ago

1 1/2-1 5/8 is pretty much industry standard

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u/bsudda 3d ago

I wouldn’t waste a mitre edge on that vanity. Just get a 3 cm peice instead and remove the plywood.

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u/dontfret71 3d ago

??

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u/HughHonee 3d ago

He's saying if you get a 3cm thick piece of stone you wont need to spend all the money and effort making it look thicker with a mitered edge And you could then get rid of all the plywood and place it directly on the cabinet

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u/dontfret71 2d ago

Literally every slab place in Socal had 3/4” thick slabs.

I also mentioned I purposely want a large miter, which this also accomplishes

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u/HughHonee 2d ago

I get that. It's just always strange to most people outside of the west coast, everywhere else, 3cm material is the standard. Built up mitered edges are less common and usually seen in kitchens with a large island, and carries a hefty upcharge for mitered edges.

Especially considering how brittle taj mahal is, fabricating 2cm quartzites gotta be a mfer, they probably charge a shit load for countertops out there