triple sink???
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Floor plan help please
Comments (7)Thank you so much for taking time to help, and sorry for the late reply. I have been trying many different floorplans but haven't settled on one yet. tracie: I have been trying out your floorplan: My concern would be cabinet space and ventillation. My current 26 inch deep cabinet is overflowing with stuff so I worry about going to a 12" deep one. And moving the range hood over to that wall would probably require a soffit from the existing hood area all along the wall to the new hood to get the vent pipe over there so I would lose upper cabinet room. I don't think I can sacrifice my corner cabinets to a prep sink as everything is currently full. I think I would have to use a LeMans or Magic Corner to make it usable space. I'm also not sure where I'd put a microwave, as I don't want it to be under the countertop. But you've got me thinking in new directions! I know I've been pretty locked into my existing one. boxerpups: I don't like the angles on the island, but in every drawing I try I end up having to account for traffic flow from the dining room, to the breakfast table to the family room, to the door ways, and it just ends up like that. I have tried a L design, but I think it encroaches on my family room a bit too much when you account for the pathway needed around it. Here is another (spaceship looking?) try at getting a bigger island and more storage in lower cabinets. I've been trying out a wall oven instead of the 30" range (the GE profile 30" single double oven) with a bigger 36" cooktop. But I do prefer the standard rectangle if I can get enough clearance around it, especially the corners. (Is 3' enough?) I was thinking of moving the D/W to the right side of the sink but then it would be the first thing you see from the kitchen doorway which might not look good. I was also trying to make an overhang (with stools) on the back of the island or somehow extending the island into the breakfast table area and having meals on it rather than having a table, but it would make the cabinets underneath the overhang inaccessible so I would lose a lot of storage. If you have any other ideas please chime in!...See MoreGet signature before giving your sink to fabricators
Comments (16)Gbsim: In ALL the 25+ years I have been Fabricating - I have come to know that the three people's names most often associated with ANY kind of damage to a tradesman's finished work in these cases are: "It Wasn't Me", "Not Me" and "I don't know" Bill is correct in his recommendation to you - I would add to his remarks by saying that IF you are going to be supplying the sink to your Fabricator - have it there on the jobsite on the day of templating, open up the box and inspect it WHILE the Fabricator or templator IS THERE WITH YOU - take as many pictures of the sink unit from different angles and close ups of each bowl to show you that there is NO DAMAGE today. Then let the Templator or Fabricator take it with him when he goes back to his shop. Keep the pics for that "rainy day" when you happen to see either "Not Me", "I don't Know" or "It wasn't me" get out of the truck to do your install...... HA! HOWEVER - There IS another issue in what you have described that gives me cause to make another comment - you said that your Fabrocators used a "lifter" to hold the sink "up" when it was being installed...... Question: Is your sink attached to the underside of the stone countertops with ONLY an adhesive - like silicone? No mechanical clips or supports were used? IF this is the case - the Fabricator has installed the sink INCORRECTLY and it should have some MECHANICAL means of supporting the sink, and the associated weight that is added to the downward pull on the silicone - like the 20 pounds of pressure being exerted on the sink and silicone from the garbage disposal, and the added weight of sink bowls being full of water - add to that - a turkey or big ham, and you'll have a failure - eventually. I have seen hundreds of sinks installed by "knuckleheads" that JUST use silicone to "glue" the sink flange to the underside of the stone - it's going to fail - it's not a matter of "IF" = but only a matter of "WHEN"....... sorry to be an alarmist - but you need to check the finished work, Hopefully your Fabricator is one of the "good guys" that does his installs right - using mechanical support - clips or sink-setters / undercounter mounters.... as well as sealing the flange with silicone When ANY undermount sink application is done CORRECTLY - the silicone that's used will ONLY be acting as a "seal" - NOT as an adhesive.... hth kevin...See MoreSink Sizing
Comments (18)I always had huge single-bowl sinks, then we bought this house and it came with a Kohler 60/40 cast-iron sink. The good thing is the depth--10" in the large bowl, 9" in the smaller. Garbage disposal in the smaller bowl. I've lived with it for 9 years. For the remodel, I went back and forth, back and forth...the double bowl is good for soaking a pot overnight, and you can still use the disposal side for rinsing plates or disposing. I finally decided that I NEEDED a huge, deep single sink that would hold my roasting pans, baking sheets, giant stockpots and frying pans FLAT. I'm tired of my big saute pans not fitting in the double bowl. I bought an undermount Kraus 32 x 18 0.75 radius single-bowl stainless steel sink, 10" deep. DH and I both liked farmhouse sinks, but were advised that they were too trendy for a "forever kitchen." I'm sad, but the Kraus will work well, and it is HUGE. It's still in a box in the living room :-) We discussed a prep sink in the island, but decided that we didn't really need one. DH wants the island to be one vast, unbroken space. I've never had a prep sink, so I won't miss it. I think that since you, like me, immediately put dishes in the DW, it's really more a question of which kind of sink is most practical for you. If you don't use giant pans, or only infrequently, then stick with your double-sink comfort zone :-) If you do use giant pans or baking sheets frequently, I think a single bowl would make life easier....See MoreGranite/Silgranit Triple Bowl Sink?
Comments (5)Thanks, Alexr. I like that model sink, too! I asked my granite guy about putting another sink next to it, and he said it would have to be 4 inches apart or so for the piece of granite in between to survive the trip, or he'd have to cut the smaller sink opening at the house. Any thoughts? Thanks! Thanks, too, gbsim, for the thumbs-up on stainless. I'd just rather have a black granite composite, if possible. I just find it incredulous that there isn't a triple one to be found....See Moremudhouse_gw
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