Farmhouse sink---love it or regret it?
Ann Marie Spinner
10 years ago
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Am I going to regret NOT getting a farmhouse sink?
Comments (16)honeychurch - Your sink is gorgeous and it looks like you also have a drainboard in your countertop. I would LOVE to have that, but I've been told it would be fairly expensive to do in granite. :( My husband and I are both "double sinkers" so going with a single bowl farmhouse sink is just too much of a change for us. I also want a large bowl where I can wash cookie sheets, big pots, etc much easier than my standard double bowl sink. The sink I've been on the verge of ordering is the Elkay ELUH 3520 which has a 20 X 18 x 10 large bowl and a 16 x 11.5 x 8 smaller bowl. I'm hoping the 20 x 18 bowl will be large enough for washing large items, but I would still have the smaller bowl for rinsing, etc. To get a farmhouse sink this large I need to get the Rohl 4019 (which I LOVE) like gobruno's, but I just don't have that much in my sink budget... Do you all think the ELUH 3520 will be large enough to get some of the benefits of a single bowl sink? Funny how I'm sweating a decision over something I never even saw before a couple of years ago!...See MoreFarm house renovation
Comments (9)this is what i read about balloon framing and insulation: Because of where you live in the cold Northeast - I'm just above you in NH - it would be a GRAVE mistake to add insulation in the wall cavity. The reason your house is still standing with no wood rot is simple. The balloon framing used in houses of that period - I lived in one back in Cincinnati, OH in the 1970's and 80's - allows water vapor that passes through the plaster and lath to be vented up into the attic of your home. Once up there, it usually was able to dissipate out gable vents or through the roofing. Many older homes had roofing material and roof sheathing that would allow lots of air to pass through them, but not rain water back into the attic. Balloon construction was probably invented to do this job as houses built without this open passageway probably developed rot in short time as the water vapor in the winter time would condense in the cavity and be unable to EVAPORATE quickly. Read this column I just posted about Vapor Barriers vs House Wraps to give you more background. If there was a way for you to install a vapor barrier to STOP the water vapor from getting into the wall cavity, then I'd say move ahead with the insulation. But I don't know of any TRUE paint-on or spray on vapor barrier that would provide enough of a seal. Im very certain I have balloon framing...See MoreAnybody regret their farmhouse sink?
Comments (1)The front sink rail takes most of the beating on a granite top. If you're picking a more delicate stone, an apron sink is best because you have no stone front rail....See MoreShould I go with Stainless Steel Farmhouse sink I love or undermount ?
Comments (32)Elkay: In case you didn't believe this is a retrofit, here is a "before" picture. The new cutout has bisected the grinder slot that held the sink clip. That's the arc that is filled with stone and color matched adhesive. The plug in the front is the reinforcement rod slot having been ground back and filled. Not bad. I never point these out to the homeowner; once you do, she can never "unsee" them. Run this thread past your technical guys, please. I can't wait to hear the "It can't be done." The secret? Because the bowl is deeper than the apron, you have to tap the cabinet front off. If you put the sink in, you can't get the cabinet front back on. If you put the cabinet front on, you can't get the sink in. You partially put the sink in place, partially put the cabinet front back on, more sink, more cabinet front, until you're done. I never use your provided clips; all my retrofits are strapped in place. Throw a couple of Sink Straps from Regent Stone Products in the box instead, please. Keep making these please. They are moneymakers and the customers love them. Just under 3K....See Moremxgmom
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