laminate countertop issue

We are installing our new countertop today and noticed that on one of our pieces the laminate on the underside of the "full wrap" has lifted or was not properly glued down. We've had the countertop in the house for a couple of weeks and there are no appliances in the kitchen, no sink, and no plumbing (thus no heat or water to affect the countertop).

Of course it is warrantied and we could wait until next week and take it in to get it repaired but to make a long story short I don't have any help to install it after this weekend and I've already been without a kitchen for 6 months.

Should we attempt to iron it down, assuming that perhaps the glue just didn't set properly? If this works, will it just lift again eventually, then I'll really be screwed since everything will be screwed and siliconed down?

Any advice? Thanks.

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We just flipped the countertop upside down to get a better look. It doesn't appear that the laminate has lifted. What has actually happened is some of the particle board has separated so there is a thin layer of particle board under the lifted laminate.

This seems worse than we had originally thought. I'm thinking now the best solution is to just take it back to them and get them to redo it, although this significantly slows the kitchen down and there's a family to feed. :-(

If anyone has any workable solutions I'd be interested to hear, else it'll go back next week.

Thanks.

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I think you are going to have to get it replaced--it will get worse with time. You can feed the family by using a hunk of plywood as a temporary countertop (but if you have put up with things for 6 months, a bit longer doesn't matter--they will probably make you a new top in nothing flat).

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