Last Spanking of '17
This old Kohler had to go and since the the sink is larger than the corner cabinet, I can't tap the cabinet front off as usual. It's coming out the top of the Corian. This thing was really well siliconed in place.
The 3" high perimeter backsplash has been sacrificed to give me color/particulate match. Here the front and rear rails have been fitted and the cleats adhered for the seams. The Karran Edge series sink has been dropped through the hole. The plastic packaging protects the stainless from a wayward piece. Note the splash has been trimmed for continuing the tile.
Finished.
This took about twice as long as I anticipated, but I did not compromise and got a nice tip. Let's hope for better bidding accuracy in 2018.
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoI bid this one in '17 and did it in '18. Better than the last one, but my rates have got to rise:
Old sink is cut.
The very dusty bowl removal happens in the garage, which is much better than happening in the house. My router would never have made it past the bar top.
Good thing they had a large cutting board for color/particulate match, or they would have gotten new splash.
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Joseph Corlett, LLC
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoSince many seem to be enjoying this, I'll share today's job. It was a moneymaker:
The top picture is what I saw when I arrived; the second after I've removed the loose stone. This is a classic rear reinforcement rod failure. Wrong rod, wrong adhesive, wrong sink installation, rod rusts and blows up the countertop.
The rusty nasty rod just before I wrassled him out. Of course to get to him, the sink and disposal have to be disconnected and removed, the cabinet front tapped off, and the water softener disconnected and removed.
I've waxed a piece of solid surface and clamped it to hold the pieces in place for glue-up.
You shouldn't be looking this closely, but I'll show you anyway:
Could I have played with it a bit more? Sure, but I decided to take the chips out of the sink edge instead. A home inspector is never gonna find this. 7 hours.
Oh, one other thing. If you have crud between your granite and your undermount sink that reoccurs no matter how much you clean or if you can press hard on your sink and get ook to ooze out, your sink needs reinstallation. Ignore it and this is your future, you have my word on it.
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