Renovation is not an easy task now. From material selection to installation, it takes a lot of thought. Not to mention the decoration of a whole house, even a small kitchen needs a lot of energy and time to renovate. . It’s not that I didn’t know that when installing the cabinets, it was necessary to pad things！
The kitchen is being renovated, and the proportion of cabinets should be relatively large. A good cabinet will be more comfortable when we use it in the future. Nowadays, we usually choose to customize the kitchen cabinets. At this time, when the workers come to install, they may ask you whether to install wooden boards or metal strips at the bottom of the countertop. In fact, this is all necessary, so don’t be confused.
Although the cabinets in our kitchen are relatively good in terms of stability, but occasionally chop some ribs or large bones on the countertop, if there is nothing under the countertop to cushion it, it is easy to shatter. If it is shattered, it will cost a lot of money to repair and reinstall it. It is better to pad things in advance when installing.
I am afraid of such phenomena, so when installing cabinets, I usually put a little something under the countertop. It can be metal strips or wooden boards. These two are the most frequently used at present, and the effect is not bad. Of course, these two materials still have their own characteristics, it depends on how you want to choose?
What are the pros and cons of metal bars?
Advantages: Because the kitchen itself is a relatively humid place, there is a lot of water contact, whether it is washing vegetables or cooking, there may be water splashes, and the metal strips are of metal texture, so they will have good corrosion resistance. The effect, coupled with the relatively hard texture, will not deform or break even if it is affected by thermal expansion and contraction for a long time.
Disadvantages: The amount of metal strips used to pad the bottom of the cabinet countertop will be relatively large, and since it is a metal texture, the natural price will be much higher than other materials.
Advantages and disadvantages of planks?
Advantages: Wooden boards are generally used in large areas, but because the raw materials of wooden boards are relatively easy to obtain, the cost of decoration materials will be less.
Disadvantages: I just said that the kitchen is a relatively humid place, and the moisture resistance of natural wood boards is relatively poor. After a long time, even if there are more pads, there will still be deformation. Sometimes due to the corrosion of water vapor for a long time, the wooden boards under the pads will also become moldy, and the blackness will also affect the overall aesthetics.
In fact, for the consideration of the situation after moving in, I still recommends that you choose metal strips to pad the cabinets, so that the service life is long, and you don’t have to worry about it. I believe everyone will remember to put things under the countertops when decorating and installing cabinets in the future!
Post time: Aug-08-2022
