Under Counter Sink Install

We ll walk you through how to remove an old undermount sink and install a new one.

Under counter sink install.

They can be installed on any type of counter surface. Undermount sinks install beneath the counter and add a streamlined look and feel to your kitchen counter. Use a caulk gun to apply a thick bead of caulk around the edge of the countertop. This eliminates the need to drill.

Undermount sinks are considerably harder to install since their heavier weight is suspended from the bottom of the countertop with clips and adhesives. Set the sink on the props. Line up the sink beneath the sink opening and press it against the stone. The system includes 6 8 bolts clips and wing nuts.

Raise the sink so it presses against the underside of the countertop and forms a watertight seal. To suspend the sink beneath the cutout. Replacing and updating an undermount sink is a simple way to add extra style to your kitchen or bath. Install sink clips to the underside of the counter as needed.

This d i y video how to install an undermount kitchen sink to a granite countertop shows step by step instructions on how to install properly stainless steel. Set up boards such as 2 x 4 inch boards underneath the countertop as a stand for the sink. Stainless steel and composite sink manufactures provide a system for attaching directly to the underside of the g q counter top. Once the mounting surface on the underside of the counter is completely clean install new sink clip studs wherever they may be needed see steps 4 and 5 above.

This makes an undermount kitchen sink particularly susceptible to leaking around the recessed edge of the sink the seam where the top lip of the sink meets the underside of the countertop. Using a knife scraper and solvent clean away all dried adhesive from the underside of the counter and the sink rim. There s a flange that sits on the countertop just like a regular sink. Suspend the sink underneath the countertop if your countertop is already installed.

They re the easiest to install. Insert one end of the clamp through the sink. Unlike drop in sinks undermount sinks attach to the underside of countertops making them a little trickier to install. Lay a two by four board across the top of the granite above the sink opening.