New KRAUSS undermount stainless steel 16 guage sink rusting!!!
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Advice about undermount sinks & solid surface countertops, please
Comments (4)The undermount sink should have been attached to the counter with a bead of silicone and cleats that screw into a depression on the underside of the counter. Faucet location has no effect on this. If it was installed correctly, you'll have no issue replacing it. If it was installed differently, you might have a problem changing sinks, and may want to have your sink repaired instead. You'll have to have a plumber take a look and give you an estimate. By quartz, you mean the manufactured acrylic and stone chip counter, correct? These are a little more rigid and tougher to repair (should there be a crack) than solid surface acrylic counters, but again, as long as the sink was installed properly your counter should be just fine. I've found both Ebay and Amazon.com to be good sources for sinks and plumbing supplies in general. If you're going to choose a stainless steel sink, go for the lower guage (16 vs. 18) if you can afford it, and check out the SS sink thread (below) from a week or so ago on this forum. I have never understood why anyone with a dishwasher would want a two bowl sink, so as far as your sister's comment, it's a little outdated. In the olden days these were useful for washing dishes on one side and rinsing on the other. Today we tend to use sinks for food prep and disposal before loading the dw. Two smaller compartments make the sink less useable: which side gets the garbage disposal? How do you wash large roasting pan with that wall in the middle of your sink? I'm sure you will find the single bowl much more useful. I doubt either will have much effect on resale. Here is a link that might be useful: Stainless...See More16 vs 18 gauge stainless steel sinks--what's the difference???
Comments (39)"Can anyone who has a 16 gauge sink comment on whether it flexes when you push the bottom of it? i have an 18 gauge sink and it flexes a bit." It isn't the gauge of the steel; your sink is improperly mounted. It's probably a double bowl with no stanchion between the bowls and it's probably clipped or blocked in place. A strapped 20 gauge double bowl sink cannot budge as that would defy the laws of physics. If your sink is flexing, it's leaking. If it's leaking, it's unsanitary, creating bug habitat, and endangering any reinforcement rods in your top....See MoreDrop In Sinks vs Undermount?
Comments (30)The bathroom sinks in three of our bathrooms were undermount. They had been there for over 30 years with no failures. By that time, the accumulated scratches were making the sinks hard to clean. (The previous owners may have used too harsh a cleaner.) My DH was able after some research to find the same sink model since they were an unusual size. Once he had the new sinks, he loosened the clamps, supported the sink from below, cut away the sealer and undid the drain pipe. That allowed the old sink to come out and be replaced with the new one. As long as the cabinet door is wide enough and has no stile in the way, an undermount sink mounted with clamps can be replaced. Our kitchen sinks would be more difficult to replace because they are sandwiched between a plywood underlay and the countertop. But they are stainless steel and I don't expect them to need replacement. I love the undermount sinks because it is so easy to sweep stuff off the counter into the sink - one can't do that with an overmount. Our kitchen undermounts have a slight positive reveal. To me that doesn't look anything like an overmount. The counter is one continuous level. The positive reveal is a small fraction of an inch of curved steel showing below the opening - it blends into the sink side like in CP's picture....See MoreStainless undermount sinks... do they all have problems?
Comments (8)Sink manufacturers have a different agenda than homeowners and contractors. Sink manufacturers don't want to get a call that fat plumber hands can't squeeze between the sink and cabinet sides to tighten their specified clips, so they tell everyone that a 33" sink needs a 36" cabinet. It does not if you don't need to get your hands in to tighten the clips, and you don't if you strap. There isn't an engineer on earth that's going to say that straps are inadequate to support a sink. Some engineered stone manufacturers prohibit the installation of insert style studs for clips. So you have the sink manufacturer specifying a method prohibited by your estone manufacturer. Straps make 'em both happy. Homeowners want a 33" sink installed in a 33" cabinet on their agenda. Contractors want to make money with the advantage of being able to do so while their competitors say it's "impossible". (Happened last week.) Lots of industry innovations happen when reputable contractors, seeking competitive advantage and profits, carefully disregard manufacturer's specifications. Corian seams would still be filled with silicone were it up the the engineers at DuPont and thermoforming would not exist....See MoreS G
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