Undermount Sink – Convenient Placing
There are two options when mounting a sink with a counter top – the slide in models that sit on the counter top with a lip all around it, and there is the under mount sink that is mounted underneath the counter top. The under mount sink is very popular right now.
Sinks
Sinks used to always be almost exclusively porcelain. The popular metal sinks of today were available but they were porcelain coated. Sinks were almost always white in color, sink styles have changed quite a bit. The stainless sink is all the rage now. They are easy to clean and maintain they do not get etched as the porcelain sinks used to and they are durable.
For many moons probably until the nineteen seventies sinks were actually freestanding and the counter space was separate from the sink. These sinks were very utilitarian but not very practical.
Today a free standing sink is the exception not the rule. Counter top space is considered a must have so the sink is really secondary to it. Sinks that are drop in are dropped into a hole that is left cut out of the counter top. The under mount sink is mounted on the underside of the counter top, this is the preferred method because debris can easily be wiped off the counter top into the sink without getting caught up on the lip of the sink.
It is more expensive to mount a sink as an under mount, because the edges of the counter top have to be refinished around the sink. Typically if it is a drop in model sink than the edges under the sink do not have to be polished or finished because no one will see them.
Kitchen styles change like clothing styles change not quite as frequently but they do. Under mount sinks are very popular and stylish right now but they may not stay as popular.
Bathroom sinks have the same mounting options as kitchen sinks. The drop in sink has always been the popular choice but the under mount sink is starting to pull ahead in the forum as well.
Installing an Undermount Sink
Installing an under mount sink will probably take more than one person, or one person and equipment to support the sink while it is being installed. The installation process should not take longer than two hours or so. It is easily mounted using hardware that is usually supplied with it.