Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Apr 26, 2015 5:33 pm Hi all, Have managed to convince my cabinet maker husband to upgrade our kitchen and are doing stone bench tops. I'm trying to choose a sink, want undermount, single bowl, square edges, but not that keen on spending near 1k if I can avoid it. I have found a few from different reno websites which look ok, but have also found one at Masters that looks to be good quality, and i'd be able to see it rather than ordering online and hoping for the best. My query is, that the Masters sink is quite large, 780x410 bowl size, which I love (could almost be too big), but I haven't seen any other sinks this size and I'm concerned about cutting the stone and then if at some point I need to replace it, it's not a franke/abey/blanco etc brand sink, so im not feeling confident that the same sink would still be available. I guess this is always an issue as there is no guarantee manufacturers will always continue to make every sink size, but feels more likely than a no name brand, just wondering if others think about this when buying sinks or if im over thinking it! Re: Sink Selection - should I consider ease of replacement 2Apr 26, 2015 5:45 pm I would say you are over thinking. The only time I have ever known a sink be replaced is for complete kitchen re-modelling when tops were also being replaced. The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Sink Selection - should I consider ease of replacement 3Apr 27, 2015 6:17 am bashworth I would say you are over thinking. The only time I have ever known a sink be replaced is for complete kitchen re-modelling when tops were also being replaced. Agreed! Cutting Edge Kitchens and Cabinet Making http://cuttingedgekitchens.net.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cutting-Edge-Kitchens/290484196676 Mobile : 0419 430 575 PH: 9452 4772 Fax :9452 4772 cuttingedgekitchens@outlook.com Re: Sink Selection - should I consider ease of replacement 4Apr 27, 2015 9:05 am Your thread just promted me to check how much my undermounted sink was.. $1000 I was shocked when I read your post I thought surely a sink wouldn't cost $1000 lol Re: Sink Selection - should I consider ease of replacement 5Apr 27, 2015 10:18 am Same. Got the quote for my undermounted sink, $1015. Really, the sink would probably have to be the most hard working "appliances" in the kitchen. It deals with a lot, every single day. This is the angle I will be taking anyway with my husband to sell the pricetag to him Sandra Re: Sink Selection - should I consider ease of replacement 6Apr 28, 2015 8:44 am Thanks everyone for your replies. Feel a bit more confident now. I can't imagine we will redo the kitchen again, probably ever so hopefully the sink goes the distance with the new kitchen. My logic for convincing husband he needs to re-do a 7 year old kitchen is flawed, but somehow I managed to wear him down. We changed the layout a bit temporarily to see if we liked it and we do (wish we had used it from the start), so now of course we have to re-do the whole thing (we really don't) but the change in layout has meant we will have a deeper island bench - so going stone was the logical option... One of the benefits of being married to a cabinetmaker - there aren't many but I'll take this one! Re: Sink Selection - should I consider ease of replacement 8May 02, 2015 8:22 pm Hi again everyone. Dropped in to masters today to check out the sinks. Spoke to one of the guys in their kitchen department who told me he is a cabinet maker by trade and also worked as a stone/marble bench installer too. Apparently the masters range of Principal sinks are actually supplied by Hafele, which makes me feel a lot better about buying one. And yep - have thought about how much water (we are on rain water so definitely a consideration). We have a dishwasher though so for the most part this will be used mostly for odd washing up of pots/oven trays and bench cleaning etc. Plan on getting a couple of smaller ikea container thingers that I can use to do small washing up with inside the sink where necessary. Hi It came to my attention after the handover that - The facade cladding on the face and the side are not straight. -The face tapers down by 50mm from left to right and… 0 2455 Just be careful with building stability during construction, that is when the structure may be weakened, refer to your engineering drawings for stability methodology. 1 7223 Can anyone recommend a good/affordable retaining wall and fence builder that I can get a quote from located in Sydney? 8 45789 |