Fitting an oak upstand on kitchen worktops

[SteveM46]

Folks

To help prevent another run in with my kitchen fitters, please could you advise on this. They have fitted for us oak worktops with an oak upstand and no tiles. The upstand has been joined to the worktops, but it has not been completely sealed at the wall - where the wall isn't quite flat, or the upstand is slightly bowed, there is a gap behind the upstand which is 2-3mm wide in places. I am expecting that the fitters will fill and seal this gap so that there is no risk of water or anything else going behind the upstand; however, so far they have showed no signs of doing this.

So the question is, would it be usual to fill and seal this gap? Or is it reasonable for the fitters to leave it?

Thanks for any help.

Steve

[dmitsi]

Fitters should be sealing all the upstands, unless you've asked for them to be left out until a later date (for painting etc.). It isn't tricky to seal yourself though. I have just used a white sealant on our quartz worktops as we didn't fit them all to allow some more electrical work.
Guess with wood you might use clear sealant.

[dmitsi]

Having just reread your post, the worktop fitters didn't seal the top of the upstands to the wall. I will be doing this myself. They did offer to though, but we still had to paint the walls so said I would do it.

[Blakeatron]

We always leave the 'tidying up' to the very end - sealing, siliconing, any filling etc. That way we can do it all in one hit without the worry of debris from what we are working on falling onto the fresh filler!

Very easy to do yourself - either use a white/magnolia/light brown silicone. Or you can get Oak coloured laminate floor caulk.