Supporting my 'study' worktop thingy!

Bendy_House

The black finish breakfast bar legs should look good/unobtrusive, and always goes well with wood of all hues. £5 each.

You might get away with two, since the RH worktop end will also be supported by the wall. Obviously mount the back rail at the exact same height.

Are you saying your desk goes UNDER this worktop?

ChilliBob

I've seen these type of Gallows brackets, which whilst a little large, look like the right sort of thing. 

Regards wall support, it'll be supported at the back only. The side wall is thin plasterboard, so I'd prefer to support at the back and front. 

Yes, I know it looks crazy but the desk is say 75cm and the worktop about 90cm. How it will work is I'll use a jigsaw to cut a shape out of the worktop, leaving it sbout 20-25cm (TBD) as a sort of 'shelf' above the desk. I'll try to do it curved though so it makes the desk feel a bit more enclosed, I'll then plonk my 34" curved wide monitor on it!

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Very crude analogy..! 

Bendy_House

What you do with your desk is your call! (But promise you'll post a photo )

That stud wall may we'll have an accessible 'stud' in it - certainly near that door frame - and that is plenty strong to take an angle bracket, or the end of a return batten along that wall. That'll remove the need for a leg up there. Worth looking for.

Gallows are a great idea, but you need to understand the forces involved compared to legs, and ensure it's fixed properly to the worktop for this.

With add stuff later.

ChilliBob

Thanks Bendy house. Yeah I haven't used gallows before. On the face of it it looked like I needed to use rawl plugs and screws into the wall and screws into the top. I have perhaps over simplified though!

I may still go down the legs route but with the stuff I have gallows may work and look better. 

ChilliBob

So yeah a very quick and crappy plan view lol. The curve would be a bit more equal (hopefully, depends on how much luck I have with the jigsaw lol) 

FreeBear

ChilliBob said: Yes, I know it looks crazy but the desk is say 75cm and the worktop about 90cm. How it will work is I'll use a jigsaw to cut a shape out of the worktop, leaving it sbout 20-25cm (TBD) as a sort of 'shelf' above the desk. I'll try to do it curved though so it makes the desk feel a bit more enclosed, I'll then plonk my 34" curved wide monitor on it!

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Very crude analogy..! 

Added an equally crude leg for you...

If this is a laminate worktop with a rounded edge, trying to cut a curve and finishing the raw edge is going to be difficult. A solid wood surface, sand and seal to match the existing finish. But.... Rough cut with a jigsaw, and then finish to size with a router and jig. That way, you get a square, neat cut. A jigsaw will wander & wobble.

ChilliBob

Cheers, yeah it's solid wood. I did similar before at my old house... 

Essentially I'll do the same but the reduced width will be about half that. Sand and osmo poyx and I hope to be sorted!

That one was a shorter run and battoned at either end. Now I think I used rawl bolts here and not plugs...

ChilliBob

Osmo Polyx! 

FreeBear

ChilliBob said: Cheers, yeah it's solid wood. I did similar before at my old house...

So we don't need to be advising you on the use of power tools and finishing - By the looks of it, you have the experience to do a "proper job".

twopenny

Late to the party but I bought 2 speaker cabinets from a charity shop, took the gauze off put oak shelves in from an old shoe rack and made doors from the frame that held gauze.
This supported oak top from a large side table I had.
Storage and desk.

Yours looks more trendy though. Lovely.