Kitchen Design

My Kitchen Island is wobbly. I installed a 2 x 4 frame underneath and it worked well for the bottom but the top appears top heavy, especially with the new granite top. I have two side by side drawers above two doors design of the island.I want to stiffen up the top but the only solutions I can see are to put a 1 x 3 or 4 around the inside top but the drawers prohibit this or create a flat metal cross members in the middle from below the drawers to the cabinet base shelf on the opposite side, sort of a X pattern. Will this work or do you have a better solution?

John,
What? How could it be wobbly if all of the cabinets were screwed together, shimmed solidly at the base of all cabinets and then each one screwed to the floor? That's how I make my islands immovable.

I live in a 6-yr. old poured concrete, double rebar home in the Virgin Islands. About a week ago, part of the floor, 2nd level not the first level, about 12"x12", moved up. The grout on this tile has a crack but am afraid to pull up the tile without knowing what to expect. I read the part on your site about a possible simple fix using an apoxy-type product. Is it possible this issue could fall into that category? Or could it be that the builder (I'm the 2nd owner) cheaped out on the rebar in the flooring? Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks and the site is very helpful (I also looked under the structural section of your site but didn't find anything).

Robin,

That is a small area as defects go when talking about structural issues. I would carefully remove the tile and snoop around under it to see what happened. Take photos of what you see as soon as the tile is out of the way.

Nice distinction between kitchen design and kitchen planning.

Steve
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