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Installing the Counter and Backsplash in the Inset Bar

Ernie Wernecke of Princeton Custom Cabinetry installs the counter and backsplash in the inset bar of the Miami condo. The chrome-finish Whirlpool bar fridge has already been installed. An adjacent under-bar cabinet has also been faced with chrome-look Formica. The sleek, retro look is completed by the counter edging that looks like brushed metal. Wernecke shows Bob how the counterpiece is dropped into place, secured from underneath through the cabinet with screws, then held down by the backsplash. Wernecke uses glue to affix the backsplash so as to maintain a sleek, unbroken finish on the counter and backsplash. The entire installation will be held in place by the full mirrors that come next.

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Installing the Counter and Backsplash in the Inset Bar

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" That's a nice refrigerator isn't it yes variance. Like the way it matches up with the kind of metal look of this little Formica laminated cabinet door and -- Of course that's a whirlpool bar fridge which in a small apartment like this still makes sense that -- you know soft drinks and stuff away from the kitchen fridge. And how are you going to get that. Countertop. Security. I'm gonna. And confident -- place here and then fasten two screws under this cabinet. Because the rest of it basically will be held down. By the backsplash which gets glued to the wall and and also the way to the mirror OK. All right this just a couple of screws to keep it in place. And one way in the back. And the edging that we've put on here matches up that's what we've done around the kitchen. Which looks like a brushed metal but it's actually. A vinyl product. And that gives this kind of retro look. And then which one of these goes in first Ernie always the backbone. Which has the long run. And of course we talked into place but. The magic. And nails and screws and then we have the two sides screwing. And then the last class that we already pre finished the returns with a miter cut everything is nice neat and that wraps up against the corner. Returning out. To finish. What does that look neat."

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