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I need help, The kitchen counter broke at the below points. I was cleaning the stove top and I managed it drop it, the stove top was fine but it broke this strip of granite in three points(as indicated in the image)
I dont know what to do, for now I have placed a piece of wood to support it.
What is the best way forward ? These were the options I thought of
  • removing the stovetop and oven completely and trying to fit in a free standing stove-oven. But the challenge is getting a stove that is 90cm high and 60cm wide.
    Its a good option if we manage to get the right size because the oven is broken anyway.
  • replace the entire countertop, which I don't think is economical because the kitchen itself is old, and spending anything more than 2000 to fix this is stupid. Might as well wait and get the entire kitchen redone.
  • Get a piece of granite and fit it on top of this hole and put a normal table top of gas stove on top of it.
I open for suggestions, please help.

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You were lifting the stove top to clean it? And then dropped it? What?
 
Buggery bollocks :mad:

If you do replace why not go the Formica route, they have a great natural looking range.

Will not have granite again because i'd be stuck with the colour forever.
 
SauRoNZA said:
You were lifting the stove top to clean it? And then dropped it? What?
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Yes, I lifted the stove top, like a car hood. It had all kinds of food around which is otherwise not reachable.
Then I saw stuff had fallen down on the oven as well so decided to vaccum.
I went to get the vaccum and the thing just slammed back down.
 
Don't they use epoxy to join sheets of this stuff? Could maybe get some and glue it back together?
 
Get a granite guy to cut the whole section out, say about 10-20cm on both sides of the stove, and replace with new piece with normal joints like other places in your kitchen. And fix the oven. Should not be cheap but cheaper than also getting someone out to cut out and replace with stand alone oven/stove. And would look much better. Any decent/good looking stand alone stove/oven would not fit and would cost a lot.
 
I know a guy who can supply cheap granite. He's very passionate about his work, every stone is unique to him, he names them and engraves the name on the underside. My kitchen has "Here lies Mark" and "Here lies Charles" plus some other nice stuff I can't read because it's too dark inside the cupboard..
 
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RonSwanson said:
I know a guy who can supply cheap granite. He's very passionate about his work, every stone is unique to him, he names them and engraves the name on the underside. My kitchen has "Here lies Mark" and "Here lies Charles" plus some other nice stuff I can't read becuase it's too dark inside the cupboard..
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Pics of the names cause that is epic.
 
AstroTurf said:
Pics of the names cause that is epic.
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Best I can do:
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https://www.tiktok.com/video/6840944324985752837
 
AstroTurf said:
Eish,

Now I am worried about where these were sourced.

www.iol.co.za

Tombstone theft ‘a common problem’

Thieves are causing added heartache for grieving families whose loved ones' tombstone have been stolen.
www.iol.co.za www.iol.co.za
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Thembinkosi Ngcobo, head of the eThekwini municipality parks and recreation unit, which is responsible for municipal cemeteries, said the municipality was not liable for loss of tombstones.
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“It really is up to the families to safeguard the tombstones because it is beyond our control,” he said.
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:laugh:
:ROFL:
 
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