Katie, I am in CT, north of Hartford. Where are you? Remember the model of pullout and the size will depend in part on where your GD is. If it is in the center towards the back, like mine, the basket needs to sit in front of it and the base needs to slide under it. If your GD is on one side and you have double drains, like chefkev, your pullout will more likely slide under the plumbing like his does, and the GD will be on the other side. If you have a single drain on one side instead of in the middle, that is the best of both worlds, you might be able to use any bottom mount that fits your door opening. Here is a picture of it sliding under the GD. I had to tape the cord up because I was reusing my old GD and it barely fit and then I realized when I measured I forgot to allow enough extra space for the cord. When it is time to replace the GD I will get a slightly smaller one. Let me know if you need more info or photos. It would help if you posted what you have for a sink and drain setup also, and what side the DW is on, as well as the GD. Sue

I have almost NO room at all under mine. The garbage disposal just about fills it. In fact, if you look closely on the left door you can see the black marks were it rubs against the inside of the door. The GC had to rout out some relief to get the door to close completely. I also had to carefully wrap all the hanging cords around the drain pipe to clear a bit of storage space above the pipe for the fertilizer and watering bottle for my plants. Still, I got the sink and the look I wanted that has the sink sitting forward, seemingly on the legs (that's what brought the disposal up against the door). Think about what you want under there. I could have gotten a smaller disposer (I compost so use it infrequently). And I don't use a lot of cleaners. I also don't have things under there like instant hot water or a soap dispenser -- just the guts of an airswitch. If you want those things think about where they'll all go. All in all I'm very happy with the look and the storage works for me. But you should be aware going in that it's sparce!

I'll rewrite this: "In some cases the "minimum" cabinet size reflects what is considered by some as the sink cabinet being wasted space and not saying that the cabinet may need to be amended to affect a fit" in another way: = = Usually, the size declared as "minimum" cabinet size is the safest size to give to the public because it involves no amending to make a fit. In reality, it wastes a fair amount of space when one adopts a strict optimizer point of view. -- Yes, in frameless boxes a 33 inch cabinet leaves 31.5 inches in the interior; and from a 36 inch cabinet leaves 34.5 inches. The amount of space available inside is 1.5" less than the width of the exterior. -- If your sink is greater than these dimensions (31.5" or 34.5") by an inch or a bit more, you MAY have to do some work cutting some of the chipboard out, to allow the sink rim to rest directly on the chipboard sides and also not be too high. OR' you could do no cutting, and instead add a strip of metal filler on top of the chipboard sides everywhere, to raise the level of the counter. I did this and I screwed the metal strips to the chipboard sides, thereby making a solid frame of all the cabinet boxes all screwed together, and also giving the counter a base to rest on that was better than resting it on the chipboard sides. Ta da!

I love, love, love my sink. Probably one of my top 2 favorite things in our new kitchen. The finish is great, not brushed but not super high shine and it has been very easy to keep clean. We've had it installed since last June and no scratches yet...probably helps that we keep the grid in all the time and I only use the sponge side of the scrubbie to clean it...usually just clean it with dish soap or 409 but maybe once a month I use the liquid Bar Keeper's Friend and it has stayed looking brand new. I was a little worried about the soundproofing only because of it being deeper than our previous sink but it hasn't been an issue at all.