Is There Any Way To Fix

[Psybbo]

a join in kitchen surface where water has seeped in and about three inches have risen up a couple of millimetres or do I need to get it all replaced?

[humbersloop]

what's the surface Psybbs?

[Psybbo]

A synthetic covered chipboard trying to look like granite and failing miserably, sloopy

[humbersloop]

I reckon nope, once it's blown, it's knackered

[tonyav]

Sounds like water has seeped into the chip board and made it swell, Psybbo.

[royfromaus]

I think Humbersloop has summed it up... it's knackered!

[Psybbo]

That's what I thought too, OH is going to try with an iron tomorrow but I really want it replaced without a join so near to the sink. Thanks sloopy

[royfromaus]

A 9 iron?

[humbersloop]

the iron may be knackered as well if he does that psybbs!

[treetops68]

Because of the way it's made once chipboard becomes distorted by absorbing moisture even drying it out does not return it to it's original shape\size. Sorry, Psybbo, the only thing to do is replace it.

[tonyav]

New top I'm afraid, Psybbo.

[Psybbo]

Yippee, thank you all xx

[The Builder]

Psybborg... nothing to add except that whoever fitted the top needs a slap.

It's a common problem when tops are cut out for sinks, or simply butted together. They don't bother to seal the cut chipboard ends. Soaks up water like a sponge.

Think about using "Corian" or other similar materials. Scratches and damage can be sanded out rather like timber.

[Old_Geezer]

A good warning. My brother has a kitchen where the wall unit doors are, veneer over, I assume, chipboard. He thought no more of it until he realised steam from the kettle had achieved this bulge effect. (Solution, buy solid wood.) He tried to get a replacement door, but that style had been discontinued :-(

[Psybbo]

Thank you Builder and O_G, the kitchen is 7 years old and the firm went bankrupt, not surprisingly.