How to fix a stainless steel sink on the cabinet.
Having bought kitchen furniture and plumbing, many turn to professionals for help. But it often happens that there is no one to expect help from anyone and you have to do everything yourself.
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Installation rules: all installation details
So, acquired a comfortable plumbing, which is fully consistent with the needs of the owners in practicality and appearance. By the way, today stainless steel sinks are popular in the kitchen. First, they have an acceptable cost, low weight, durable to use.
Installation is quite simple, there are only two stages:
- Assembly cabinets under the sink;
- Installation of stainless steel washing on the cabinet.
Furniture assembly
The first stage requires the preparation of the furniture itself so that you can put the plumbing. Usually delivered to the customer in a disassembled form. If you do not know how to assemble a cabinet under the sink, the instruction attached with the furniture will help.
The standard set are:
- 2 side walls;
- 2 doors (or one);
- Bottom;
- 3 frames for stiffness;
- Accessories, corners, screws.
- Side walls and front frames are connected with screws and corners. One of the frames is mounted on top, and the second - on the bottom.
- Add to the construction of the bottom, which lays the front edge of the bottom frame.
- Next, attach the rear frame.
- The doors are installed last. This is done after installing the sink.
Installing the sink: what do you need for this?
How to fix a stainless steel sink on the cabinet, so that while it is well kept, and the installation itself did not take a long time? To do this, you need to have accessories and tools, thanks to which the installation of the sink on the cabinet will not make any special problems.
The classic tools and accessories used for such purposes are:
- Drill, screwdriver;
- Screwdrivers;
- Ruler;
- Pliers;
- Drills (wood);
- Self-tapping screws;
- Hermetic (we will pay special attention to it further);
- Masking tape;
- The corner is L-shaped.
But experienced craftsmen need only sealing means and corners.
Installation
We arrange the tools and accessories in advance so that they are at hand. It is also desirable to determine the mixer and siphon, so that everything is installed immediately, otherwise it will be difficult to put it later.How to fix a stainless steel sink to the cabinet? It is not difficult if actions have already been taken to assemble the frame itself.
- L-shaped mounts are installed, going both in the kit and purchased separately.
- Attach the fasteners from the inside and mark under them the places where you need to screw the screw. Above 0.5 cm from the mark, drill a hole (not a through hole), screw in a tapping screw and install the mount. The same actions are done elsewhere in the design.
- Next, collect sanitary ware, attached to it a siphon with all gaskets, fixed mixer.
- Treat the ends of the walls with a sealant. It is necessary not to protect the furniture from moisture.
- Now you can proceed to consolidate — put on the furniture frame, where the attachment put on the screws.
- Do plumbing work on connecting the water supply and drainage in the kitchen.
- After fixing the stainless steel sink to the cabinet is complete, you can check it for leaks. The sink is filled with water. Check if there is water running out at the junction of the sink and siphon.
- Installing the doors in the kitchen cabinet — the final stage, which will be the final point in the plumbing work.
That solved the question of how to install a stainless steel sink on the cabinet. With proper performance of work, she is able to stand for a long time.
Many attach sink to the countertop. There are options when ordering kitchen furniture stipulates the need for holes in the countertop to install plumbing. Then work with the installation of the sink will be a bit.
- Mark the contours on the surface with a pencil. Note offsets from edges (5 cm). Perform measurements under the bowl.
- Make a hole in the corners of the contour.
- From the outside of the contour to glue masking tape so that the surface around is not damaged when working. Before cutting the opening, fix the part to be removed from below so that it does not damage the surface under it when it falls.
- Treat the ends of the table-top with sealant, assemble fully plumbing elements (mixer and siphon) and install. This will allow not to get moisture under the structure, thereby spoiling the look of the furniture by deformation and delamination.
- Fix with clamps (included in its package upon purchase).
So, having considered how to fix a stainless steel sink to the cabinet with fasteners and to the tabletop, you can see that this is not as difficult as it seems.
Sealant selection
Sealing material plays an important role in the installation work. The following types of products are on the market:
- Silicone Acrylic;
- Elastic silicone;
- Polyurethane silicone.
Apply the product on a dry, cleaned surface to maximize grip. If the surfaces are not fully prepared for sealing, moisture may penetrate into the gaps, which is fraught with the reproduction of fungus and mold.
Summing up
The advantages of installing your own car wash:
- There are tools in almost every home; fixing a wall-mounted washing to a pedestal can be done almost with improvised means;
- You can save on professional plumbing by doing the steps yourself;
- If there were no fasteners with the sanitary ware, then it is not a problem to purchase them.
VIDEO: Installing a stainless steel kitchen sink.