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lindysalsagal

(20,583 posts) Wed Dec 26, 2018, 10:04 AM Dec 2018

Need help securing my dishwasher to the underside of the granite countertop

Hey-DUers. Someone here knows this.

The hole in the granite had a plastic molly and screw which partially fell apart and so the screw fell out and now my dishwasher tips forward when I open it. Not a catastrophe but also not worth a $100 house call for a fixit person, either.

Someone on here knows what to do.

I tried another molly/screw and that didn't hold more than a couple weeks. I think some of the old molly is broken in the hole and I don't dare use my drill to get it out: I don't want to crack the granite. Same reason I can't just slam a nail in there with a hammer.

I'm wondering if there is some kind of flat artificial "hole" i can super-glue to the granite that will tightly take another screw. Is that a thing? Needs to be only 1/8 inch thick.

Anybody got anything? What would that be called? A flat molly??

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Need help securing my dishwasher to the underside of the granite countertop (Original Post) lindysalsagal Dec 2018 OP

Fill the hole.... mbusby Dec 2018 #1

AWESOME!!!! I knew there had to be a sollution. I didn't know there was granite epoxy. lindysalsagal Dec 2018 #2

Will J-B Weld work for that? I've heard of people fixing cracked engine blocks with J-B Weld. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2018 #3

mbusby

(823 posts)

1. Fill the hole....

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2018, 10:20 AM

Dec 2018

...with granite epoxy and let it set up. Drill a new pilot hole and use a masonry screw.

lindysalsagal

(20,583 posts)

2. AWESOME!!!! I knew there had to be a sollution. I didn't know there was granite epoxy.

Reply to mbusby (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 26, 2018, 10:28 AM

Dec 2018

Is it different from any other kind of epoxy?

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,298 posts)

3. Will J-B Weld work for that? I've heard of people fixing cracked engine blocks with J-B Weld.

Reply to lindysalsagal (Original post)

Wed Dec 26, 2018, 11:04 AM

Dec 2018

J-B Weld

The J-B Weld Company is an international company that produces epoxy products. The home office is based in Atlanta, Georgia. J-B Weld (stylized as J-B WELD) is the name of their flagship product: a specialized, high-temperature epoxy adhesive for use in bonding materials together. The company has run advertisements showing engine block repair with J-B Weld.

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