I need to make a decision before tomorrow am and I would be v. grateful for the advice of the experts (or others) on the forum!
I have a newlly installed walnut wooden worktop. I understand these are prone to water damage if not cared for properly.
I have purchased this sink http://www.wickes.co.uk/Stainless-Steel-Medium-Bowl-Flush-Inset/invt/197623
The literature says it can be installed as a flush inset sink (it would then have a small lip sitting into the wood worktop) or it can be undermounted. My uneducated view is that the worktop would be less prone to water damage if the sink is installed as a flush inset (thereby covering the cut-outs made to house the sink). Unfortunately, due to lack of communication with kitchen fitter (who refuses to show up before I have left for work in the mornings and leaves before I return home), the sink is now been installed as an undermount.
Fitter is willing to re-install sink as flush inset. However, he says that worktop will be more prone to water damage than if installed as an undermount. He says that the sink wont be flush because there are no clamps to fit it and therefore it can only be siliconed into place. He is saying that where the worktop top meets the siliconed sink lip (which will be slightly raised), the wood is likely to rot. I can't tell if he is just saying that because he doesn't want to reinstall the sink or if it is actually true.
Would really appreciate thoughts.
I have a newlly installed walnut wooden worktop. I understand these are prone to water damage if not cared for properly.
I have purchased this sink http://www.wickes.co.uk/Stainless-Steel-Medium-Bowl-Flush-Inset/invt/197623
The literature says it can be installed as a flush inset sink (it would then have a small lip sitting into the wood worktop) or it can be undermounted. My uneducated view is that the worktop would be less prone to water damage if the sink is installed as a flush inset (thereby covering the cut-outs made to house the sink). Unfortunately, due to lack of communication with kitchen fitter (who refuses to show up before I have left for work in the mornings and leaves before I return home), the sink is now been installed as an undermount.
Fitter is willing to re-install sink as flush inset. However, he says that worktop will be more prone to water damage than if installed as an undermount. He says that the sink wont be flush because there are no clamps to fit it and therefore it can only be siliconed into place. He is saying that where the worktop top meets the siliconed sink lip (which will be slightly raised), the wood is likely to rot. I can't tell if he is just saying that because he doesn't want to reinstall the sink or if it is actually true.
Would really appreciate thoughts.
