Lowered glass vessel sink: how to hide guts below deck?

15 years ago

Have purchased a semi-opaque greenish glass vessel sink that has a "watery-like" texture on the outside for our powder room. I want to lower it about 2.5" - 3" into the deck so the lip is not quite so high - so it'll sit about 4" above the deck. We're assuming, then, that will cause one to see down into the cabinet below: the water lines, the "stuff" stored in the cabinet and the inner rim of the deck - be it either solid granite as planned or perhaps tile and the concrete bed supporting the tile ... not very attractive. So, three questions: 1. Is there a way to NOT see down into the cabinet, other than "painting" the lowered part of the sink to block the view? 2. How do we prevent the inner appearance of the surrounding hole cut into the deck (be it granite or the layers of a tiled deck) from being seen? 3. Being that the sink ext. is textured by about 1/4" deep, does the sink hole need to also be cut to match that texture or will a typical smooth hole be fine since it will be caulked?

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mahatmacat1
15 years ago
Good questions...I've wondered the same thing myself if we were to do such a thing in the powder room. I bet mongo will have some ideas...
arlinek
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15 years ago
Hi Flyleft! I haven't been on here in a loooong time; we always had such similar interests and questions! Hopefully Mongo and Bill will see this and respond.

arline
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I wish someone would respond to this, too. My Oceana undermount glass sink is in the box waiting to be installed. I love the sink and figured I deal with the other problems when the time came.
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Still waiting ... Mongo, Bill?

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jtsgranite4us
15 years ago
We installed our vessel sinks recessed in the granite top.

Our vessel sinks are a deep cobalt blue and you cannot see anything down in the cabinet below. The edge of the cutouts were polished and the edge was rounded. We used silicone to set the sink into the cutout.

We really like the way it is recessed and not high up on the granite top.

Here is a picture:
mahatmacat1
15 years ago
HI arline! I thought it was the arline from mosaics, but wasn't sure.

We're happy these days because our contributions to the SI Mosaic are mounted -- DD's and mine on the same panel :)

jtsgranite, I remember that picture and I love the way the sinks are mounted. The sink color works so perfectly well with the other colors in there, too -- it must give you joy every time you go in.
flyinghigh
15 years ago
Three houses ago, I had a cranberry red glass vessel sink that we sunk into the countertop. You could see a bit of the plumbing so I sprayed on a "frost" type paint from a can that didn't affect the color, but made the bottom more "opaque". ..it would be similar to sand blasting the bottom - which is exactly what lighting manufacturers do to glass bowls used in chandeliers, etc, to diffuse the light. ....hope this helps...
arlinek
Original Author
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jtsgranite: so pretty!! But mine are quite see-through by comparison, but that's exactly what I want to do with them.
flyinghigh: Yes, I was hoping there is another option other than painting the lowered portion; thank you!

arline
jtsgranite4us
15 years ago
flyleft - thanks for the compliments. We do love the way the sinks look with the granite (blue crystal). We had ordered the cabinets and vanity top and had originally wanted some umdermount sinks. We then saw all a bunch of beautiful vessel sinks but were concerned about the height if they were installed on top of the vanity. We took a chance on the recessed installation and have received so many compliments on the appearance.

arlinek - unless your sinks are clear glass, I do not think it will be an issue at all with seeing anything below the vanity top. It is quite dark underneath the top.
bill_vincent
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Arline, my expertise is in tile work, but What you might try is using a piece of tar paper stretched just below the sinks. That would stop any view of below the sinks.

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