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Originally Posted by Wolferz
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, or Wern is.
Frau is talking about a peninsula cabinet with countertop that extends out at a ninety degree angle from wall mounted cabinetry, are you not?
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Yes, that's what it is.
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If so, you would place the jack in the bottom of the cabinet, set a 2x4 cut to the right length between the jack and the underside of the counter. Slowly apply enough hydraulic pressure to raise the sag, then insert your support material in the gap. Remove jack and add it to your growing collection of tools.
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Sadly there is a shelf built into the back of the cabinet that extends the full length of the thing. It's only half as deep as the cabinet but I wouldn't be able to sit the jack on the cabinet bottom and apply pressure to the outer edge of the countertop, which is where i need it. The shelf is pretty thick and sturdy but already sagging in the middle too. I may replace it in the future but I wouldn't want to risk using it as a base for the jack and have it crack or even worse crack the cabinet frame that it's attached to.
I could wedge something into the gap from inside the cabinet, provided I can get in there to do it - they're pretty big cabinets so it's probably doable. At least then if I do have to wedge things directly into the gap to raise the countertop I wouldn't be risking the same damage to the outer, visible part of the cabinet on the other side.
