Sink installation - stretchers

[wcndave]

Trying to install a sink and the under mount clips only reach the work top, not the stretchers.

With 4.5cm to front and 3cm for door and overhang this means I have to remove the front stretcher.

Does this sound right?

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[geordie]

you dont need to remove stretcher just cut out for the clip

Geordie

 

[wcndave]

Right, that's what I thought however as per above maths, I noticed a typo btw, this leaves 1.5 cm. When I cut out 1cm for clip the front stretcher will have 0.5 cm... doesn't seem much to me!

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[wcndave]

To add detail. The work top is 60cm and the sink is a franke. Nex 651.

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[geordie]

could you get longer screws for the clips so they reach to the stretcher?

 

[wcndave]

I'll have to check. Just seems odd that the standard installation pack does not allow for this where clearly there will be some.

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[owen]

I mount the sink to the worktop before you put the worktop in place. You won't need to cut out for clips they normally don't protrude enough from the worktop to be a worry once tightened.

 

[wcndave]

So from the picture you can see longer screws are out as the legs will come out of the nylon part.

The clips will protrude a good cm so not cutting out probably won't work.

Another problem with pre installation is that this top mates with another one and I don't really fancy trying to maneuver a joined top afterwards.

I'll probably have to make some brackets somehow. Trick will be to get them to pull down as I fasten them up.

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[stuartpaul]

I think every sink I've installed I've had to butcher the stretcher in some way. I'm not a pro but I've done a few!

If you're concerned about strength afterwards you can consider bracing but in my experience when it's all pulled together it gains some strength from what's around it.

Good luck!

 

[wcndave]

Yes, I have no problem at all with cutting part of the stretch out.

What I am not thrilled about is having to cut out so much that only the front edge banding strip is left!

 

[gwr]

That seems to me as the sink is too close to the front of your worktop for only the edge banding to be left.Is the sink centred in the worktop?
Ah just a thought I always advised the customer to get the 616Mm worktop as opposed to the 600 that could make all the difference. Sorry thats not much use to you now.

 

[wcndave]

I positioned the sink roughly in the middle, there's 4.5cm to front and 4.8 to back. There are no instructions to speak of, and certainly no warning that one should stay xx from front.

You simply cannot buy 62 tops here. I tried from the start to get 62-65, and every place I went to gave me funny looks.

Eventually one place suggested I could get them custom made (about €500 per metre), and the place I ended up buying from suggested I could get the 900m double sided version (intended for islands and peninsulars and cut it down. Again this added about €1,000 to the price, so I decided to go with 60cm, as clearly if everyone has that, then all the appliances and fittings must fit...

I may push the sink back as far as it will go in the cut-out, and then fit (glue+brads) a support strip inside the front. I cut out 50.6cm as recommended in the diagram, however I actually only needed 49, so I can add a cm back in which should mean I can avoid completely removing the front stretcher.

thanks guys

Dave