How to Cut A Counter Top For A New Kitchen Sink

[Music] [Applause] [Music] before you lay out your sink you want to make sure everything is squared up to the countertop after you do that do your measurements there is another way that you can do it without even having to use a tape measure takes a little practice but it can be done little quicker method I learned is use a speed square and push it up against the anchor points once CE you've squared your sink to the counter then you can just extend the lines out and draw them onto your countertop like this if you have a finished countertop just use blue tape to draw on and still Square it up to your counter using a hole saw as I am here leaves your room in the corner so your saw blade won't cut into the area of the countertop that's not covered by the sink R you can also use a jigsaw to do this I prefer to use a circle saw that's much quicker and I can get the job done more efficient efficiently you can see here at the end of the cut my saw doesn't cut into the area of the countertop it's not going to be covered be sure you always use a circle saw or cut your Corners out with a jig saw to prevent damaging it what I've done here is I fastened the 2x4 to the waisted part of the countertop this allows me to run my saw down it without having to deal with the lip on the counter if you don't do this the possibility of having this fall through when you're cutting to damage your countertop that you trying to build you can see here that 2x4 held it in place and all I had to do is lift it off no damage to my counter and now I have the hole cut out next step is is to set the sink in it to fit it okay we've tri fit our sink to the hole it all works squeeze your plumbers putty back and forth in your hands to warm it up then begin to roll it out with gentle pressure until you get it about the size of a a pencil any smaller than that you're not going to be doing yourself any justice and you'll end up having leaks and which you'll end up eventually ruining the countertop because of the particle board roll it out about the size of a pencil and then drop it in the little well that runs around the edge of the sink pushing it down occasionally will help it hold into place when you flip it over the warmer the putty the easier it works this happens to be a cold day that I'm doing this so the plumber's putty is a little bit on the tight side make sure that when you're applying your plumbers putty that you make sure that you extend it into all the corners out to the edge if you don't have it all the way out to the edge it's not going to seal and as I said the particle board will swell up damaging the countertop and actually raising your sink off of the countertop I'm going to do the faucet install at the same time I'm sticking this sink in so what I'm going to do is roll out some plumers Putty and stick on the bottom of the faucet base even though the manufacturer recommends you don't use it continually use plumbers putty it's a better seal and it doesn't allow water to sit underneath of the faucet creating an odor that later on you'll end up having to fix because the resident's complaining so use the plumers putty just to be on the safe side it also keeps any water from leaking into the cabinet and damaging it last thing you want to do before you lock those down tight is to check to make sure that it's straight across this Edge right here there's a little bead or raay spot that you want to make sure it sets on like that can you see that then you can tighten these plastic nuts down just like that while you're at it put your water supply lines on tighten these all the way up tight and then just give them a good quarter turn that's all you need that won't leak if you look at the little white paper that's on here it says turn them up tight and then one quarter turn that's all you need okay now we're going to drop the faucet and the sink in all at the same time Subaru like that once you get the sink set set in you want to push it down a little bit to help squeeze out some of that plumbers putty when it's warm this is really easy but when it's cold like it is in here today the plumbers putty doesn't really want to squeeze out but you can get an idea of what I'm talking about you can see how the plumbers putty is squeezing out of there Snap-on makes a real nice little tool it's for adjusting carburetors it's a socket with a screwdriver in it there's two little index marks on the socket itself that tells you which way the blade is sitting inside that socket then all you have to do is line it up put it in the screw and tighten them up makes it much easier manufacturer gives you 12 anchors for a reason they want them on there to hold the sink securely into place it also helps squeeze out all this plumbers putty don't overtighten them because you'll actually end up damaging the rim of the sink only turn them up snug now that you have all the anchor points all pulled up snug scrape out the excess plumers putty that is squeezed out as the room temperature changes in the continual pressure of those anchor clamps put will continually squeeze out until all the pressure has been relieved around it so warn your resonance this is going to happen once you finished your installing the sink take a spray cleaner and clean up your mess you don't want the resident coming behind you and having to clean your messes up that you left for them that's good resident retention the resident should never ever have to clean up after a maintenance tech has gone in to do any kind of work you can hang door hangers on the doors and put candy bars in their bags but good resident retention is good quality maintenance done each and every time so the resident knows nothing but that it's fixed the first time and every time thank you that

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Length: 7min 44sec (464 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 24 2017