Anyone have advice on replacing a Domsjo 2 bowl sink from Ikea?

8 years ago

My husband and I are moving into a house that has a Domsjo 36" farmhouse sink from Ikea. I'm ok with the look of it, but it has ridges at the top, and we can't find a plumber who will drill into it to create a hole for an RO system. We need the RO because we have a baby who drinks formula, and that's how we prepare it. My problem is Ikea's nonstandard dimensions- there is no granite underneath the sink which goes all the way to the back of the counter. The granite ends on either side of the sink which eliminates virtually all apron front sinks. I can't seem to find a sink that will easily fit into this space. I am considering getting the kohler vault 36" apron front sink or the Belle Foret 36" drop in apron front sink. The Kohler might be too small and the Belle Foret is very expensive and still might not fit. We would rather not have to replace the counter tops as that would be very expensive! Suggestions?? Do I need to order a custom sink?

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8 years ago

What are you filtering out? If it's just concern over water for mixing formula, you can buy water at the grocery store. That might be more convenient/less expensive than installing a reverse osmosis system.

You might also try drilling the needed hole yourself.

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bsiegel5477
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8 years ago
We also use it for our dog's drinking water and our drinking water. We are thinking of risking cracking it by drilling the hole ourselves.
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User
8 years ago
How about drilling the countertop just to the right? Or would that look to garrish?
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writersblock (9b/10a)
8 years ago
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There are also other ways of filtering water if you chicken out. In your situation I think I would install an undersink filter and use bottled water for the formula. RO is a very wasteful system in any case.

EDIT Just to clarify, I mean that there are other undersink filters that don't require a special faucet, although they do reduce flow to some extent.
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Nothing Left to Say
8 years ago
I guess I'd give some thought to exactly what you feel the need to filter out. Tap water in the US is usually very safe (with some horrifying exceptions, like Flint). And RO is really wasteful as writersblock points out. So depending on your precise concerns it may not be worthwhile.

If you must have the RO, I'd just drill the hole. A replacement domosjo double sink is cheaper than just about any other sink you could find, so you could probably crack a couple and still be ahead on money.
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User
8 years ago
There was a thread earlier (in the past couple months), about someone drilling one out. You might want to look at that and see what they came up with.
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writersblock (9b/10a)
8 years ago
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A replacement domosjo double sink is cheaper than just about any other sink you could find, so you could probably crack a couple and still be ahead on money.

Good point. However, I think that the dimensions for that sink have changed a very little bit since they moved from Akurum to Sektion, so it may not be quite so simple to chunk in another one, but I would think you could make it work.
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User
8 years ago

Instructions for drilling Domsjo (from another thread)
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Nothing Left to Say
8 years ago
Good point. However, I think that the dimensions for that sink have changed a very little bit since they moved from Akurum to Sektion, so it may not be quite so simple to chunk in another one, but I would think you could make it work.

Ah, true. I guess it would depend on whether it is the new domosjo or the old. If you know the date the kitchen was installed, that might tell you whether it's the new or old domosjo. Could always take a tape measure to ikea and see if it's the same dimensions as the one in the kitchen or not.
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Errant_gw
8 years ago
I wonder if you could find a wall mount sink what could work? Something like this
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