Travertine Bar Top
| Form | Bar Top |
| Finish | Honed |
| Color tone | — |
| Thickness | 16 / 18 / 20 / 30 mm |
| Origin | France |
| Indicative price | Indicative FOB: quoted against form, fill state, thickness and quantity. Send a thickness, a quantity, a finish and a destination port for a real figure. |
A long run with a cantilever, and the cantilever is where the thickness rule becomes non-negotiable even at 30 mm.
Specification
- Thickness: 30 mm minimum; 40 mm where the cantilever exceeds 300 mm
- Lengths: Up to 2700 mm per piece; longer runs jointed with a keyed detail
- Support: Steel cantilever frame under the projecting end; the stone is not a cantilever material
- Fill state: Filled as standard for bar service areas
- Finish: Honed or matte
- Edge: Bullnose as standard on a public bar
How this one behaves on site
A long run with a cantilever, and the cantilever is where the thickness rule becomes non-negotiable even at 30 mm.
A bar top is the cut-to-size form where the stone has to do less and the steel has to do more. The projecting end of a bar is a cantilever, and stone is very poor at cantilevering — it works in tension by having a great deal of weight in the unsupported part, and the moment that weight is supported by a frame instead, the material has nothing left.
So the rule is simple and it is not negotiable: steel under the projection. At 30 mm the overhang can be around 300 mm before the deflection is visible. Beyond that, go to 40 mm, and beyond 400 mm of projection, use a steel frame that carries the load and treat the stone as a cladding on it.
In a public bar the edge specification matters for the same reason the nosing did on the outdoor step. People lean on bars — with their hands, with their hips, with bags. A square arris on a 30 mm bar top in a venue is a maintenance item within two years. Bullnose it.
Filled, because a bar top gets wiped down constantly with alcohol and water and an unfilled surface marks under that treatment faster than it would in a residential kitchen.
Ordering and supply
12-20 working days to FOB for standard forms; cut-to-size and matched sets are quoted per job. Send a thickness, a quantity, a finish and a destination port and you will have an FOB quotation, usually within three working days, with no obligation on a first shipment.