Installing Kitchen Sink
How to install a new kitchen sink faucet and drain duration.
Installing kitchen sink. Whichever type of sink you choose though youll have a pristine new feature that freshens up your kitchen. Home renovision diy 222765 views. You can find sink drain assembly kits at your local hardware store at department stores and online.
A sink thats too small for the countertop opening will leave ugly gaps along the sides or even fall right through the hole. 3 install the faucet see how to install a kitchen faucet for instructions and the sink strainers. Check the cutout size before installing new kitchen sink.
Adjust it if necessary. Select the appropriate type of replacement sink. If youre not comfortable installing a kitchen sink or related components faucets and garbage disposers lowes can do it for you.
Single and double bowl drop in sinks can be installed into most countertop surfaces. Installing the new sink is slightly different depending on whether you have a top mounted sink which is lowered into place or an undermount sink which has to be secured from below. With sink still upside down squeeze a bead of silicone caulk around the underside of the sinks lip.
Make sure the tailpiece fits your drainpipes as well and choose a brass tailpiece so it lasts longer. Pay special attention to. Check that the front of the sink is parallel with the front edge of countertop.
Were installing a drop in sink but an under mount sink is simple to install as well. If your sink has an existing basket strainer use it as a model to help purchase your new one so you know it will fit. Each of the four available types of sinks which can be manufactured from a number of different materials has its own installation method.