Kitchen Worktop - how do I join two sections?

[The Jeep]

Hi - having just read a post on this subject, I am both a little more enlightened and also more confused:

I am fitting a kitchen worktop (40mm thick chipboard with hard glossy plastic surface), and need to join two straight sections together. The joint will be about 300mm from one end (i.e. just a short filler piece is required) and it will be over a supporting base unit.

With the worktop there came three joining kits: one packet containing a tube of 'colourfil' adhesive plus a bottle of solvent, and two packs containing some kind of glue/sealant with 3 'biscuits' and 3 clamp/bolts.

From the other post, I'm guessing the last two kits are for actually inserting a bolt/clamp into a channel made (using a router?) in both pieces of worktop so they can be tightened together after, I guess, inserting the biscuits and applying the adhesive/sealant?

The other kit with the colourfill stuff is, presumably, for applying to the joint at some point.

However, I'd rather find a method that doesn't require me using a router and biscuit-jointer, or these long bolts, and instead would allow me to simply glue the two pieces together and support them, say, with a couple of flat metal brackets screwed to the undersides. But would this work?

And what about the plastic filler strip that I've seen used elsewhere? I didn't notice any with the kit.

I'd like to produce a professional result, but is it possible without all those specialised tools? Any help much appreciated as I need to get going with this, er, tomorrow!

 

[The Jeep]

Anybody??

 

[big-all]

you can get postformed ally joining pieces that overlap each edge by a few mm this also helps cover little bits of chipping and "SMALL" bits of wandering

you can get them in the sheds b&q ect
these sort of things
http://www.bytesearch.com/Worktop-joining-strips.html

and as you say you need to use mending plates[flat brackets]

 

[The Jeep]

Thanks big-all. Will try adhesive/sealant plus flat brackets underneath. It's only a 300mm section at the end of the run, with support underneath, so I guess it won't be taking too much strain. I realise now that to properly fit a worktop you need some specialised tools and knowledge...

 

[big-all]

you can also get screw on ally end pieces that cover 2 or3mm
so if you dont want to iron on edging or you want to cover small chips or indeed if you make a hash of your iron on edging use an end piece

a point to note

you dont get left or right hand pieces they are molded to do both [curved edge both ends]
you just select how many you need and cut off the excess that includes the molding for the opposite hand

they come as end pieces strait joiners and 90% joiners

 

[fathead]

if you havent got a router, try to chisel out square pockets inthe back of the worktop, drill through from the edge of the worktop, cut some threaded bar, fit through worktops with washers and nuts, spread the colorfill adhesive and tighten up, this should work a bit better than flat plates, to cut the pockets drill out a bit of the waste first. you may need to bolt together before fitting the worktop to the units to get access to the nuts. hope this helps.......