Building A Solid Wood Bar Top

Floor finish will hold up well on bar top.

Building a solid wood bar top.

Main bar top kits in poplar oak cherry maple mahogany or walnut hardwood are perfect for the diy bar top. You can build a butcher block style top with maple or teak. Available in 6 8 and 10 lengths. You can combine kits to create a planked bar top of any length by simply alternating the joints.

Commercial bar tops vary from 20 to 28 inches in width including a drink rail or trough on the server side of the bar. Beautiful natural wood pattern. Exclusive bar top design the license plate collection. If you want a 1 1 2 inch thick top cut your planks to that width.

Composition of aged copper and wood. Ends and edges can be built up with solid wood to make top look solid. Can achieve desired appearance using 4 5 or 6 plank and butt ends are end matched already. With the points made by the scratch awl as a guide use a pencil to scribe the elongated shape.

Cut your wood so that the plank width equals the desired depth of the top. Home bar tops are usually between 12 to 16 inches wide. Plywood bar molding base material beer tap kit construction adhesive drywall screws foam insulation hardwood trim metal drip tray wood glue. Drink rails are typically 3 4 inch deep by 4 inches wide.

Kits include tongue groove planks. The minimum bar top thickness is 1 3 4 inches utilizing a flat grain wood. If you anticipate the top is likely to expand locate the pilot hole near the inside end of the elongated hole. Mark the hole locations.

If the top is expected to shrink put the pilot hole near the outside end. Creative wood pattern bar top. Layup nail using flooring nailer and sanders. How the lighting can change a setup 35.

The depth of your planks will be their width once they are turned sideways and assembled with the side grains showing. Have you considered using wide plank flooring installed on plywood. Unique combination of colors and light 32.