Draw the interface, and get it signed
One drawing owned by both trades, signed before either ordered material.
If skippedEach trade assumes the other will close the gap. Neither does, and the gap is filled with sealant on a surface seen at 600 mm.
8.4 m of bar front,
metal into stone
by another trade
The metal was never the risk on this job. The risk was the 6 mm between our face and their stone, which nobody had agreed to own.
Material recorded per job: 304 or 316L, fabricated and trial-assembled in our Foshan factory.
- Scope
- 8.4 m run
- Schedule
- 38 d
- On site
- 0 rework
- Other trades
- Stone
01
The job
A curved bar front, 8.4 m long, in a hotel restaurant. Our metal sits over a stone base built by another trade, with the junction between them visible at 600 mm from a seated guest.
Why it is a case file
Because this is the category where the metal is almost never the problem. The problem is the 6 mm nobody agreed to own between our face and their stone.
02
The four photographs
FIG. 04.1Bar counter in a hotel restaurant, front in brass-toned stainless
FIG. 04.2A hammered shell, laid out in the workshop
FIG. 04.3A curved counter going in on site, the sub-frame still open
03
The record
- Brief
- Curved bar front over a stone base by others, 8.4 m, visible at 600 mm.
- Interface
- The junction was drawn once, showing both our face and the stone edge, with ownership of each surface marked. Signed by both trades before fabrication.
- Radius
- Rolled to a true radius, checked against a template at three points. ±3 mm over 8.4 m.
- Assembly
- Segments assembled into one run on our floor and measured as a single piece, not as parts.
- Finish
- Brushed, direction set per elevation and recorded on the drawing.
- On site
- Zero rework. The junction closed as drawn, because both trades worked to the same line.
- Delay
- None.
Figures in this record are being confirmed with the client before publication and are marked in the drawing set. We publish a case file only when the numbers can be checked — a wrong job record is a factual error, not a typo.
04
What we would do differently
Assemble the run, not the segments
The 8.4 m was measured as one piece on our floor.
If skippedSegments within tolerance still make a run that is 5 mm out at the end, because the errors accumulate in one direction.
Set brush direction on the drawing
Direction per elevation, recorded, so panels ordered later match.
If skippedA replacement panel brushed across the run reads as a patch under directional light, and cannot be un-seen.
Your job will look
nothing like these.
Send it anyway.
Case files are here to show how we work, not what we make. Every job starts from your drawing, and the first thing you get back is a list of problems.