Dine for the Charleston

I recently had a breakfast bar installed in my kitchen and it is not very stable. There was a 5 1/2 foot wall between my kitchen and dining room that was cut down and a Corian countertop installed. The original wall was attached to another wall at one end and was free standing (ended at an entryway) at the other end. There are brackets supporting the top and it is securely fastened to the wall but the whole wall wobles. Is there any way to stabilize this without adding a leg?

I have resolved issues like this before. Using about 3 foot long sections of threaded rod.
Anchoring the wall to the floor.

6 Responses

1. paul s Says:
   December 23rd, 2009 at 2:57 am

   yes tear out the wall and reinstall it with 2×6 instead of what is there and when you put the new wall in use screws instead of nails they never loosen like nails do
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   35 years exp

2. GG-pa Says:
   December 23rd, 2009 at 3:08 am

   I have resolved issues like this before. Using about 3 foot long sections of threaded rod.
   Anchoring the wall to the floor.
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3. Stephen Says:
   December 23rd, 2009 at 3:53 am

   Try going to Home Depot or Lowe’s and buy a pack of "shimmies"?? small pieces of wood cut in thin wedges… slide them under the bar or the wall until they are tight and pull up on them breaking them off evenly ….. someone at these two places will be able to help you…. another thing might be to get the spray foam chalk that expands I know it hardens pretty quick….
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4. Clayton Says:
   December 23rd, 2009 at 4:20 am

   Wall should have been attached down through floor, into floor joists! Whatever thickness? 2×6 would help! Remove bottom plate to expose floor joist. Glue and bolt studs into joists. This method gives much more stability to wall.
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5. TSW Says:
   December 23rd, 2009 at 4:29 am

   Right now the small wall under the bar looks like this ________ you need to have it look like this l———-l

   The original wall is attached to the floor by nails. The slow movement of the wall pulled those nails loose leaving the bar to rock easy.
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6. chicagirl51 Says:
   December 23rd, 2009 at 4:42 am

   Call the person back out that installed it. The wall should not wobble.
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