Fitting a space saving semi-recessed sink into a narrow vanity unit and needing some advice. Have cut the front panel neatly and about to cut the worktop but just realised that the back of the sink will almost come to the back of the unit. This gives me two problems:
a) the cut leaves a very thin sliver of worktop for the width of the sink with full depth overhangs either side - is this viable? Does it support the sink?
b) There is a silly small uneven gap between the sink and the tiled wall behind - too big to silicone elegantly too small to clean easily so crud will collect.
There must be lots of these already fitted, how best to deal with it?
Sink is like this, but only a 600mm unit no side units (550mm sink).
Can't see what happens at the wall or how the sink is held.
First idea was to fit the sink slightly forward against the overhang of the worktop leaving a just about cleanable 1cm gap of worktop visible at the back of the sink - 210mm laminate, 200mm flat bit of sink. However this means that the curved part of the basin does not fit snugly against the front of the 200mm unit. That looks odd when sitting near it.
Next idea to fix above was to pad the unit out from the wall, but that is a bit naff as well.
Is the solution to take the sink back to the tiles? The back edge is cast wobbly in a bit of a concave curve so won't fit flush so it is not made to do that, and how do I deal with the worktop either side of the basin - 8cm one side, 5cm the other overhang the ends of unit?
Finally I had thought that the unit would support the sink, clearly it won't. I need to bracket it to the wall and then put the unit and worktop as "decoration".
Advice with this layout greatly appreciated.
a) the cut leaves a very thin sliver of worktop for the width of the sink with full depth overhangs either side - is this viable? Does it support the sink?
b) There is a silly small uneven gap between the sink and the tiled wall behind - too big to silicone elegantly too small to clean easily so crud will collect.
There must be lots of these already fitted, how best to deal with it?
Sink is like this, but only a 600mm unit no side units (550mm sink).
First idea was to fit the sink slightly forward against the overhang of the worktop leaving a just about cleanable 1cm gap of worktop visible at the back of the sink - 210mm laminate, 200mm flat bit of sink. However this means that the curved part of the basin does not fit snugly against the front of the 200mm unit. That looks odd when sitting near it.
Next idea to fix above was to pad the unit out from the wall, but that is a bit naff as well.
Is the solution to take the sink back to the tiles? The back edge is cast wobbly in a bit of a concave curve so won't fit flush so it is not made to do that, and how do I deal with the worktop either side of the basin - 8cm one side, 5cm the other overhang the ends of unit?
Finally I had thought that the unit would support the sink, clearly it won't. I need to bracket it to the wall and then put the unit and worktop as "decoration".
Advice with this layout greatly appreciated.
