Kohler Cater kitchen sink kit
We picked up this sink at Costco last week but haven't found any reviews online. It was $299, which is significantly less than their prolific work station. Any thoughts? I would rather not spend $1000 but want to be sure I am getting a quality sink. I have looked at other work station sinks that are less expensive but have good reviews as well. I am undecided but wanted to grab this while I could in case it was a great deal. Thanks for any feedback.
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M Miller
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Comments (9)Barb, You are breaking my heart!!! I abandoned my desire to have that sink because it was so expensive, and I couldn't justify that purchase AND the Bluestar AND the Bluestar hood AND ... well, I'm sure you know how it goes. I swear, the decisionmaking in remodeling is possibly more difficult than the inconvenience and the crooked contractors! Ok, so, IMHO, I do not think that black would look good at all with your sink. I have a small 1924 bungalow (a Sears kit house, if you happen to know what that is), and I'm trying to decorate and remodel in keeping with that time period. I felt that the Life in the Country sink, aside from being unique and pretty, did kind of have a vintage-looking design. After struggling with the decision on a type of counter, I decided on marble, both because I love the look and because it is a classic look. Here's the sink I ended up buying: And even though I didn't get your beautiful sink, I've stuck with the decision on marble. But don't ask me if it's installed yet. Of course not. I then had to learn about marble, and grades, and availability and honing and fabricators, and then I couldn't find any slabs that I liked in Wisconsin's extremely limited selection. I do plan to have a honed marble, mostly white, and lately, I've been fixated on Carrara. I'm attaching a link to recent post on GW that shows a beautiful pic of a white granite, tho, that may work for you if you prefer granite. Apparently, you can even have honed granite. At any rate, I'm no decorator, but even if you're not decorating in the time period style that I am, I still think a plain, light colored counter would look best with your sink. The sink is a work of art in and of itself and should be the focal point, not to mention that you don't want the whole look to be too busy. Whatever you decide to do, please post a picture of the finished room, so I can enjoy it vicariously. I'm so jealous. They didn't happen to have any more, did they? ;) Here is a link that might be useful: White Kitchen Countertop post by redwood15 on 3/24/11...See MoreKohler 'rinsing sink' - Would you want this?
Comments (15)Well, I am going to tip the scale a tiny bit: I really like the look. Of course it is also $$$$$$$$$ and that is most likely because of the integrated plumbing and all the controls that are involved. It won't have a place in my current kitchen, because of both space and budget issues. But in my dream kitchen maybe :). The thin prep sinks are actually quite useful, when next to the cooktop/rang area. They run close to the back so you don't loose counter space but still have to convenience of a prep sink. Also, you don't have to travel to your sink (prep or main) for dumping the scraps... Chop and dump in one move. Useful also to drain the excess liquid/stuff from your pots, without traveling with a huge hot thing to the sink... Since the path is longer for the hot liquid when draining and then you have the added feature of the cold water, I would assume it is also less damaging to the pipes. So what do you think? Shall I ask for some commission from Kohler for being their spoke person on this subject? LOL ;)...See MoreShaped stainless undermount low divide kit sink
Comments (0)I feel I'm over-posting about kitchen sinks, but I hope this my last. My wife would like an undermounted equal-double stainless steel kitchen sink with a low divider. However, she doesn't really want two "square" basins. She wants a curved shape on the faucet side like Kohler's cast iron "Langlade" model and I've been unable to find such a shape in stainless steel. Does anyone know of a manufacturer that makes such a sink? Thanks....See MoreKohler sink...which one???
Comments (2)Here's a black Kohler that I replaced with stainless steel: Worn out and nasty. Don't let those little chips metastasize please. I don't know about Kohler's composite sinks, but I doubt I'd ever get a Blanco: I don't care if they did invent the stuff, I've replaced too many cracked, fading, leakers. I installed this Elkay Quartz Luxe three years ago. The lady sold the house and I'm installing the same sink again, so she must have liked it. She sold three sinks for me....See More
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Brian Hymer
3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoHi - we bought this sink on sale at Costco for $200 ($100 off). We have slowly been changing all our kitchen appliances to Stainless and the sink was the last one. We paired it with a Glacier Bay Touchless LED pull-down faucet from Home Depot ($219).
Installation was tight - our cast-iron sink 2-bay sink was installed by the builder and we have granite tile (not slabs - if you are buying a house with granite tile - stop!) when I pulled the old sink the hole was not very well cut and this sink wouldn't fit. I had to "phone a friend" who got me in touch with a granite installer who came on a weekend and spent an hour to measure and cut our hole a little bigger. Ping another $125, but the guy was great; far better than I would have done having never used a variable speed grinder before.
We also decided against the soap dispenser and instead put in a button to control the garbage disposal ($79) - Combine this with the extras (pipe fittings, plumbers putty, silicone, etc) and I'm probably into this a little over $550. But MAN - does it look great, and the wife is pleased! :)
Advice? I have 3:- If you're replacing a builder-installed sink, EXPECT the hole to be too small for this one. If you've never cut granite, try and phone a friend. Installers take little jobs like this to make side money and, for me, I feel that money was very well spent.
- LEAN on the registered plumber working for your Home Depot for advice (ask for the registered plumber - home depot does this at each store). Take photos of your current sink, especially drain pipes underneath and a shot of how far your black drain pipe sticks out from the wall (put your smartphone back there and take a sideways photo). I could not have done this without my local Home Depot plumber - he was super helpful.
- The cutting board is bamboo - many reviews i saw said it started warping and showed wear almost immediately. I would buy some mineral oil and give it 3 days of deep treatment (maybe even some cutting board butter (which has beeswax or paraffin wax too) before using.
Other than that it's a great project. If your hole IS big enough and you've prepared properly you should be able to finish in a day.
Follow-Up - we used our original 1/3HP garbage disposal. This is MUCH LOUDER on a stainless sink than it was on the previous cast-iron sink. Best advice is to buy a new insinkerator 3/4HP with insulation... I haven't done this yet but plan to at the cost of ~$220. Installation will be a snap, especially after replacing the sink!
Ernie Sica