Silgranit sink + Garbage Disposal question
rosalita
15 years ago
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A few questions! Sink Grid, Garbage Disposal/Pullout, Tapmaster
Comments (6)My 2 cents :-) 1. I donÂt have sink grids but would like to. When I drain a pot, it would be nice to have the colander off the bottom of the sink. I also think it would help prevent scratches. 2. Always had a garbage disposal and would not want to be without a powerful one. My last house had a single basin sink, but this one has a double and the disposal is only on one side. I sure wish it was on both sides! 3. My last house was designed with two 15" trash pullouts under the sink. Because it was designed that way, it was easy to install the pipes out of the way. We had the disposal in the middle of the sink  no problem. IMO, trash belongs under the sink. I know that not everyone agrees with me but it has always had me scratching my head wondering why. I did not want to give up base cabinet space for trash and there is plenty of space below the sink that would otherwise be wasted. The house we moved to can not accommodate the trash under the sink because of the pipes  but when we remodel, we will remedy this. Also  my cans were the tall kitchen trash cans you can buy at Target. They could be removed and placed anywhere in the kitchen that I needed them to be. So if I had someone helping me peel potatoes for example, I simply moved the trash can to the chair where that person was sitting. I really think this is the *best* setup. There is also plenty of room for the other under sink items such as gloves, sponges, dishwasher & dish soaps, etc. And, all of these things are easy to access because they are in pullouts. 4. We did undermount and will probably do that again for the reasons you gave. 5. I donÂt have plugmold so it is possible that I would not like it but I doubt it. You say you can see it? I find that hard to believe if you have a light rail and light  which I would have. There are many times that I would like to use an appliance in a particular location but canÂt because of where the plug is located. Plugmold would be wonderful IMO. As discussed here before, if you know you will have appliances always plugged in and you know where those appliances will live, the best of both worlds would be to put a regular plug at that location. 6. I donÂt have a Tapmaster and though I am seriously intrigued, IÂm not sure we will ever get one. IÂve watched how I do things and it is not a problem for me to turn the faucet on with hands full of gunk  I have the lever type faucet. I can see where turn knobs might be a problem....See MoreSilgranite Performa Medium 1 3/4 and garbage disposal issue-help!
Comments (8)Hi Kathy, I remember responding to one of your previous posts regarding the Performa sink. I have the 1-3/4 sink with an Insinkerator Evolution Essential Pro installed under the smaller bowl. This model is not the compact version. It is crowded under my sink but I also have a trash pullout there too. The plumber who did the work did not have any issues getting it to fit. I was there the day of the install and he didn't complain about anything. The garbage disposal works fine. The sinks drain fine and the dishwasher gets the dishes clean as a whistle. My sink is located in an island but regardless the drain has to be the right height in the cabinet just as it would have to be if it exited out the back of a cabinet and into wall. From the middle of the disposal opening to the cabinet floor is 12 inches by my quick measuring. From the middle of the exit drain to the cabinet floor is approx. 10 inches. So while it doesn't look lower in the pictures it is. The exit drain could be lowered but since you cabinet and counter tops are already in place I am sure it would be problematic. I know that we had to open wall and lower exit drains in a bathroom remodel. Here are a couple pictures. Hope you can tell how the two sink drains are connected. You can email me if you would like me to send some additional photos. Hope you can get it too work out. The only thing that a plumber friend of ours commented on about the installation was that the drains on the two sinks should have been metal not plastic. He said that the plastic ones tend to develop leaks after a few years. I am not going to lose sleep worrying about a possible future leak....See MoreSink w offset drain, garbage disposal and pull-out trash below?
Comments (9)we're planning this same set-up. I chose the blanco diamond super single because I wanted a single bowl sink with the drain off to the right side. We will also have a disposal and a hot water tap on the right. We planned it this way so we could free up the left side space for a garbage bin under the sink. We are planning for a rev-a-shelf double 35qt system which should fit perfectly. I'm waiting till our granite and sink are in before we do that though. On the other door I'm putting the rev-a-shelf sink base storage unit (holds dish soap, sponges..etc). My sinkbase is going to be jam-packed with stuff and it will hopefully make life easier. Here is a link that might be useful: trash bin...See MoreGarbage disposal- which side of the sink?
Comments (11)Our GD is in the larger bowl b/c that's where most of the dirty dishes are stacked & rinsed. We use the smaller side to soak utensils so our large bowl is the one dishes are scraped into. (The other factor was that the bigger bowl is a bigger target for peeling potatoes into!) We did this arrangement purely for the above use, it had nothing to do w/which side the DW or Trash is on. In our case, the Trash is on the left, DW on the right. The large bowl w/disposer is on the left, small bowl on the right. BTW...even though the GD is on the left bowl, our airswitch is on the right side of the sink over the small bowl...no problems w/that location. It worked out best in that location b/c the soap dispenser works best for us on the left and we decided to "balance" the accessories and put the airswitch on the right....See Morepew1
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15 years agogshop
15 years agoDH had no problem installing our ISE compactor into our Blanco Silgranit sink. He was so quick installing it with the flange that came with the compactor, I hadn't told him yet that I had purchased SS flanges (Pegasus brand from Lowes) to match the SS faucet (Kohler). So DH had to do it twice (he is soo good)!
I hadn't cleaned out to plumbers putty around the flanges yet.
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