Undermount Farmhouse Sink With Laminate Countertop

I love the process that karran has developed to enable countertop fabricators to undermount sinks on laminate.

Undermount farmhouse sink with laminate countertop.

When we decided to go with laminate countertops for our kitchen i thought my wish for an undermount sink was impossible. They re the easiest to install. The edge of standard mounted sinks can get icky from food build up and other grime. What undermount sink materials can be paired with laminate countertops.

Installing a farmhouse sink on laminate counters. They typically require a solid surface or custom made laminate top. Water gets in there swells the mdf and warps your countertops. There s a flange that sits on the countertop just like a regular sink.

To be undermounted to high pressure laminate a sink must have an approximately 1 wide rim that is made from a resin has been machined completely flat and meets the bowl wall at a sharp 90 degree angle. A topmount farmhouse sink although it will work with any kind of countertop is a particularly good choice for a butcherblock countertop since you don t have to worry about water damage to the exposed edge of the countertop next to the sink. Having the sink mounted under the countertop is brilliant clean and neat. Undermount sinks these sinks sit completely underneath the.

Undermount sinks install on laminate counter tops differently than on granite or stone. If you are installing a farmhouse sink on existing laminate counters your best option is to choose a sink that is best suited for a retrofit installation i researched many different options and the best ones i could find are the kohler vault apron front kitchen sinks and i m not sponsored by kohler. Using laminate bevel edging with high def laminate and a karran under mount sink you can easily fool the casual eye. Because the mdf under laminate countertops gets ruined when it gets wet you can t install a normal undermount sink.

This means an entirely different mounting procedure is necessary for an undermount sink with laminate countertops. Squeeze out of solid surface adhesive is critical to a good seal. We always put a bucket of glue on top of our sinks and let it sit over night to help bonding of laminate to the sink rim. If you re pairing a farmhouse sink with a laminate countertop you will have to use a topmount.

Flush mount sinks they sit even with the top of the counter. The sink installs flush to the laminate not below the surface of the counter to prevent water from soaking into the particleboard.