Building A Concrete Countertop In Place

There are two main ways to do concrete countertops you can either pour in place by building forms directly onto the top of your cabinets or build forms separate from your cabinets and then transfer the slabs to your kitchen.

Building a concrete countertop in place.

This technique of building concrete countertops has some advantages over a precast concrete countertop that is built in a shop and installed after it is completed. Start with a 4 x 6 piece of 1 thick melamine particleboard. Pour in place concrete countertops are absolutely a diy solution to countertops if you are on a budget or just love the versatile look of concrete. Poured in place concrete countertops also called cast in place concrete countertops are built poured and finished right on top of the cabinets at the jobsite or in your kitchen.

The key to a great countertop is a well built mold to pour the concrete into. Set firmly on a pair of sawhorses. Measure and mark the exact dimensions on the mold base then cut using a circular saw image 2. Buddy takes you from a to z.

In this video buddy shows how to create a cast in place concrete countertop with a hard troweled finish. You can purchase precast counters from fabricators that are cured and finished in a workshop and which can.