The whole finished item here on the right is shown with a black granite top installed. In this section we show you how:

The top of the cabinet was sealed with PVA glue and as an extra precaution some Bal Bond tanking paste was applied. Bal Bond provide a great tanking kit for wet rooms and their stuff is fairly bomb proof. With chipboard it was felt prudent to apply it.

The basic lump of granite is applied to the top to check for fit. Marking as then drawn on the top face for the tap hole and the sink waste. Both were 40mm

The 365 Diamond drill plate is placed into position. A quick spin of the 40mm drill gives a permanent scratch position into the granite ready for it to be taken outside.

The lump is taken outside and put onto an old table top. It is sited over a drain so that when water is trickled over it then it can go straight to waste.

A hose is fixed in place by weighing it down with a tub of grout. Despite the hosepipe ban in place the water was switched on to a trickle.

All waste water flows straight into the drain and back to the water treatment plant to be recycled and used again. No water was wasted.

For photographic purposes the drill plate has been pulled back and the drill bit exposed to show you what to expect. As the drill moves through the hole it will score.

The water is carrying away granite particles

See more detail below in the blown up photo:

Eventually your hole will form. This hole was drilled into 20mm granite. The granite was chosen to give a more sleek look than 30mm kitchen top granite.

But it makes no odds to the drilling. Kitchen granite will just take longer to drill.

The granite is dried off and taken back to the room

The holes are laid over the cabinet carcass. The wood of the carcass is then cut out with a domestic hole saw.

Items are pushed through both the granite and wood to test for a perfect fit. By dry fitting them it ensures that when fully installed everything works.