I’m going to change the countertops soon so I wasn’t super concientious about the caulking job.
I was a little pissy about the fact that the hold downs seem like they were designed by morons that don’t understand Newtons 3rd law, because when you tighten them, they just rotate until they’re hard against the sink wall. And the tap still uses a nut that needs a huge basin wrench instead of what I’ve seen on other taps like a nut that tightens by hand and then you just use a Philips screwdriver to tighten a couple machine screws that finish the job.
Ah well, it’s in and I get to do it all over again when I order countertops.
ahh. I love me some krauss sink. I recently installed one as well but mine is a double with a very think and low profile divider (Standart pro 33 double). I kept my old Pfister faucet that that hasn’t quite needed to be replaced yet so as soon as that needs replacing because of hard water, I’ll replace it with a kraus faucet as well. The grate at the bottom seems to be designed well enough that it’s not been as big of a problem as I would have expected to be so mine is still there. Def looks gorgeous.
I’m really down on the Kohler right now. Last 2 taps I’ve gotten have been Kohler and they’ve both gone to hell rather quickly. Last one the switch between flow and spray would stay in the middle position so you’d have to hold it in one or the other if you wanted either to run at full flow. One before that lasted about a year before it started to drip. IDK, I think they’ve just enshittified to the point I don’t want to bother trying to get a return on warranty. I’d have gotten that Costco kit if it wasn’t Kohler.
I just went on Wayfair and found a 16g sink I liked the looks of, seems well built. It’s certainly sturdy, way heavier than the one I took out.
It looks gorgeous. I love the large single bays, it’s much easier to work in than the doubles.
I’ve wanted one for a while. I have big 24" cutting boards I use in hunting season and washed them in the bathtub because I had a shallow double basin.
How dull am I, I’m excited to wash my cutting boards in my new sink.
I’ve been eyeing that Kohler single-basin sink kit Costco sells for like half a decade now for a similar reason (minus the hunting), but haven’t pulled the trigger mainly because the whole kitchen needs renovation. Your post is inspiring; I might just go ahead and do it.
Cutting boards you use for processing your own meat that you hunted… So now I’m jealous of the sink and your hobby. I want to get into hunting too. I feel like it’s kind of a thing you need a mentor for.
There’s ways of finding people that will do that in your area, probably first step would be joining your local fish and game association. There will be lots of old farts willing to have you gut their deer for them. Choose the one that doesn’t shoot them up the asshole.
May I ask what brand sink it is?
I liked that it was 16g instead of 18g. Seems pretty well built for being some no-name thing. Hold downs aren’t much to write home about. It comes with some accessories including a cutting board that I won’t use because who knows what toxic shit they used to stain it.
Man, seeing a new one really makes me realize how scratched up and dull mine is. I can’t wait to do this one day as well. Looks great.
Nothing dull about this. I’m jealous.
I always found those sink grates cumbersome to clean. Endlessly catching niblets of food and festering on the underside. Then I realized I could pressure wash them and it’s made things far easier for me.
What’s the deal with that grate anyway? Never seen those in a sink before. Why is it there in the first place?
Extra packaging. To keep it rectangle during shipping. Apart from that… garbage.
Yah, my wife wants it in there. I imagine she’ll figure it out eventually. I just keep my mouth shut.
Ive never seen one of those, whats the point of them?
Prevents scuffing of the sink and allows you to maintain a diverse cooking space microbiome both fed by and evolving from the last several weeks of food you’ve dumped in the sink. Do you like dripping salmonella onto everything from your sink to your cook top? This is the product for you. And did I mention that it smells?
Really, it’ll prevent chipping of ceramics and denting of metal but it’s a comprehensively worse experience compared to going without. And pressure washing the plaque off is the simplest way to clean it that I’ve found. Bleh
Thanks for the detail - our single basin sink came with one of these and we never used it.
Ooh, and now you can get the extra pathogens for free. Marvels of modern technology!
This is very exciting!!! I’m happy for you and hope you enjoy your sink. Also what’s Newton’s 3rd law? Not for me, just the uninformed others.
If two bodies exert forces on each other, these forces have the same magnitude but opposite directions.
Newton’s third law is the one after his second law.
Looks awesome, none-the-less. Well done.
I wish I had a clue how to do that, because I have a sink in need of replacement.
If you are in any way handy then, usually, the hardest part is getting the old sink out without fucking up the countertop, at least in my experience.
As someone who installs these for a living, I wouldn’t exactly say it’s a job just about anyone could do. Very few sink installs I’ve done are true plug-and-play. There’s almost always some customization needed or reach/compatibility issues with the plumbing. Plus, there are certain things you need to watch out for if you want to avoid water damage down the line.
This guy fucks.
Nope. I had to build some shimming because the counter isn’t flat anymore (hence new countertops), and then do some weird shit with the trap because it’s almost, but not quite, right under the drain on this single basin. Old one was fine for double basin with drains on each side. New drain does a back and under to get around.
What I wish they would give you is some sort of turnbuckle clamp you can screw to the side of the cabinets before dropping them in, and then just hook them down. Those pushscrew things never work right.
For the record, Sharkbite shutoffs rock.
For the record, Sharkbite shutoffs rock.
I feel like those are a great solution for temporarily capping off a pipe so you can turn the water back on with the job half-done, but I would be scared to use them for anything permanent.
I’ve had some in place where I’ve switched from copper to pex over 15 years ago. Not a drip. They’re honestly amazing, but expensive as hell compared to a regular copper or pex fitting for the same job.
I needed to take some height off the supply lines, and didn’t feel like farting around with a torch etc to sweat the old valves off and put them on again, especially as it was a vertical solder point. These worked great and took 2 minutes to refit.
I had to grind down my tile counter top to get a new one to fit, for example. I had to get longer hoses, and extend the drain pipe as well. It’s fully dependent on your situation, but the risks of causing water damage is always there. However, I probably saved some cash by DIYing it. Unless it’s slowly leaking while avoiding my water alarms… o.o
The most common mistake people make with this is forgetting to waterproof the edges of the hole in the counter. Then if there’s no proper seal between the sink and the countertop, water eventually seeps underneath and bloats the whole thing.
My extent of being handy is that I can unscrew things. No guarantee about screwing them back in.
Those square silver scrubbers you have in the sink bin are the bomb! Love those. And nice sink by the way. I have a friend with the same one.
Yah, they work well. I used them to scrub off the ABS cement and silicone I got all over hell’s half acre.
