I brought support up to the granite contractor and he said no support needed as he proceeded to sit on the edge of the counter.
Granite countertop overhang support.
The size of your granite support legs and brackets will be based on your overhang.
How to support a granite countertop overhang.
The standard overhang for granite countertops is 1 inches 12 inches for an island just like the standards in general.
According to the marble institute of america you can safely overhang granite that is 1 1 4 thick up to 10 without supports.
Yes you can extend the overhang on a kitchen island countertop.
The granite slab is about as big as you can do without a seam.
What size granite countertop support brackets will you need.
It has a 15 overhang for seating and everything i read states anything over 10 needs support.
However you may need to install supports such as corbels or legs.
While traditionally countertops are set.
Countertop overhang will depend on various other measurements such as the countertop.
For example if your granite overhangs 12 inches past your 2 x 4 knee wall subtract 2 4 for the desired length of your support bracket in this case an 8 or 10 deep bracket is called for.
The original granite bracket are specialists in kitchen countertop support brackets.
However the cantilevered portion cannot be more than 1 3 the total width of the countertop.