Undermount sink has come away from worktop.

George_Michael

I'm amazed that any reputable worktop fitters would even consider that a bead of silicone would be good enough to hold an undermounted sink as a sink full of water, dishes, pots and pans etc can weigh quite a bit.
You paid for the sink to be fitted and I would expect a professional job to be carried out and a sink coming loose after a few weeks is far from satisfactory..

You can buy Cinclips from Amazon.com for $35 and $17 shipping (which includes import duties).

https://www.amazon.com/CINCLIPS-Undermount-Clips-Brackets-Supports/dp/B00O1HKYMW

or from Amazon.co.uk but they are far more expensive

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CINCLIPS-Undermount-Clips-Brackets-Supports/dp/B01IU721N8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474029287&sr=8-1&keywords=Cinclips

but with their estimated delivery time, they may well be getting shipped from the USA anyway.

rosie383

Thanks Ryder. The fitters were subcontractors from the supplier. The supplier won't do anything without a charge, and says that they would only redo what they did in the first place which wouldn't be much help.

As for the G clip Shaun, it looks as if it would fit into a groove cut into the quartz, so again, not much good to me. I will call them though, because, as you say, they may be able to point me in the direction of a fix.

rosie383

Okay. I've managed to get the drawers out from the base cabinet and now I'm stumped.
The sink is resting on the cabinets at either side. There is only about 5cm of space between the underside of the sink, and each side. Definitely no room to put a baton or an L bracket and screw it in. I'm pretty confident now looking at it that the sink won't fall down completely. I can't get the sink out to be able to put any kind of support which I could then lower the sink onto and fix.
I think I may end up having to fill in the gap which is around the sink as it is, and just live with it. It is about 0.5cm which could be acceptable.

It's not ideal, but it is a big lesson that you get what you pay for. If you want to go with a company who will give a seemingly very good price for templating and fitting of quartz, you do it at your own risk.

rosie383

I've figured out that I could put a bracket under the front of the sink, and possibly one at the back. At the front, there is a narrow metal bracket running along the length of just along the top of the cabinet. An L bracket isn't going to fit, so is there a type of bracket which isn't a straightforward L? I've had a quick google but don't know what such a thing would be called.