Adapting kitchen base unit for Belfast sink

drummer_666

Hi,

Well I've had the floor laid in my kitchen and the room drylined. Part of it is also skimmed, so it is ready to install my base units :j

http://victorianterracerefurb.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/kitchen-floor-finally/

Tomorrow I will be starting work on the kitchen...

The floor is flat and level, so that's a good start.

I've never installed a kitchen, but I don't think putting the units together is too difficult or will take too long (what maybe 1 hr per unit?)

But fitting the sink will take a long time, it's a belfast sink and one of the base units needs to be adapted so that it will take the weight of the sink, I think this will be very tricky - does anyone have any advice for this bit?

I'm thinking of screwing a bit of wood onto the wall and each side of the unit, which will act as a bracket for a piece of wood to sit on this and sink will sit on this... (my dad could have a different idea).

Other options are to make a frame and put this inside the unit.

Steve_the_fitter

If you have a befast sink unit it wont need adapting

drummer_666

I don't have a sink unit, my kitchen range doesn't do them. I have a 1000mm unit that I am adapting

Steve_the_fitter

is it a 1000 belfast sink

southcoastrgi

well if your room still looks like your 2nd pic it is nowhere near ready to install any units, the wall plastering should have been finished before the screen was laid & it certainly needs finishing before you even start thinking about putting any units in, why are the metal patress boxes for the electrics sat on top of the drylining ? these should have been fixed to the wall behind & the face of them should be flush with the drylining before it's plastered as should the cables to them how are you going to hide the electrics now with only a skim coat ?

drummer_666

no it isn't a 1000mm sink, from memory its about 450mm.

the floor was supposed to be done before any of the drylining. it only wasn't due to builder having to work a bit backward coz of the plumber. the rest of the room should be drylined by the time I get home.

the back boxes are flush with the drylining, there is one socket hanging for now as that's my only source of electric in the kitchen, but it's not staying

southcoastrgi

drummer_666 wrote: »

no it isn't a 1000mm sink, from memory its about 450mm.

the floor was supposed to be done before any of the drylining. it only wasn't due to builder having to work a bit backward coz of the plumber. the rest of the room should be drylined by the time I get home.

the back boxes are flush with the drylining, there is one socket hanging for now as that's my only source of electric in the kitchen, but it's not staying

but it's not normally done that way, the drylining & plastering is done first allowing the correct distance off of the slab so the new drylining isn't under the screed then the screed goes down, you don't want plaster & tools being dropped all over your new green floor, i'm talking about the metal back box with cables hanging out of it where the extension lead is hung up on.

keystone

drummer_666 wrote: »

I don't have a sink unit, my kitchen range doesn't do them. I have a 1000mm unit that I am adapting

Hope your not fitting a laminate worktop then. If you are selling in a couple of years anyway perhaps an alternative sink is the way to go? But you are free to choose to do what you want.

Just sayin'.

Cheers

drummer_666

keystone wrote: »

Hope your not fitting a laminate worktop then.

no solid wood, laminate wouldn't work for dropped sink

keystone

I know thats why I said it.

Cheers

drummer_666

did a frame and sinks in. nice for hands and rinsing. and dishwasher is nicer than washing up in bath