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Enlarging a hole on worktop
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The worktop is make out of thick looking chipboard type material.0
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Jigsaws are easy to use, as long as there is nothing underneath the worktop for it to hit!
Look up some youtube videos to see if you feel comfortable doing it.0 -
You need a special jigsaw blade for cutting worktops from the top or you will likely split all the laminate then you are looking at a new worktop or put up with the damage,
OP have you swapped from a Gas to electric ? Cause I can't understand why BG gave you the advice they did ?I'm only here while I wait for Corrie to start.
You get no BS from me & if I think you are wrong I WILL tell you.0 -
Depends a bit which side of the hole is too small.
If it's the side needs some taken off then you have a fairly good chance of being able to do it with a jigsaw in situ. If it's the back then the edge may be too close to the wall to do it in situ and the worktop would have to come away from the wall.A kind word lasts a minute, a skelped erse is sair for a day.0 -
No hob should be fitted that closeIf it's the back then the edge may be too close to the wall to do it in situ and the worktop would have to come away from the wall.
Trouble with trying to enlarge the hole by taking only a small amount off*, especially for a novice, is that the blade will want to bend and you end up with a chamfered cut rather than it being 'nice and square'. Of course it's possible and relatively easy, but probably not, if it's your first go with jigsaw. (don't forget to count your fingers after each cut . .
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As asked earlier, don't you know anyone who'd do it for a beer? (or a cuppa and some biscuits)
*Just reread the op and 0.5cm might not be too bad . .0 -
Use masking tape along the edge you want to cut and draw your line you want to cut on it, then you start your cut about 20-30mm from front edge at about a 45 degree angle to your line cutting away from yourself as you start cutting turn the jigsaw so it runs with your line, when you are at the back of the hole lift out the saw and cut the remaining 5mm at the back of the hole then you have to cut the last bit at the front with the saw being pulled towards you. This took me longer to type than it would for me to do it
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