Hi all
Here's the deal, I am going to flip my living room & kitchen.
Reason being - we converted garage to living room, due to tunnel vision I now realize we would be better served to make the converted garage into the kitchen dining area. One reason is ease of entry, right now I come in the door & thru the living room to cross into kitchen.......so with groceries etc am tracking in and out.
Second reason and maybe main reason is we have a pool table in the living room, and the size did not allow the table to be situated how I wanted it. The kitchen area is 6 feet wider than the living room space and would allow the pool table to be repositioned......but I digress
I plotted out my existing kitchen cabinets on graph paper, with measurements, and numbered the units. Then I created a new plan using my cabinets & the measurements of the living room.
Only involved buying 4 pieces of the cabinet model that I have.
But when I took my plan to the local supply yesterday the girl told me that if you are going with a laminate countertop she NEVER recommends a corner sink UNLESS you plan on replacing the countertop every year. :hairpull:
She said that you never get a good seal in the corner and water gets in no matter what.
Does anyone have a corner sink, and do you find this to always be the case? I dont notice a lot of water around my sink area now and am not sure if I am missing something.
I want the sink in the corner as it means less of a run to extend the water lines, only about 5 feet if we keep it in the corner.
When I get my plans back from her I will post them, maybe I should have done that before going to her :o)
Anyway would appreciate any input
Thanks
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my mother has hd a laminate counter and a corner sink for about 15 years and this is the first I heard of such problems with them; I however have a very small kitchenm with a C-shaped countertop, the sink is in the middle of the upright part of the C and the seams are REALY close, one of the is only about 8" at he most away. I have had no trouble with that one, but the one at the other end, where we keep the coffeemaker, is starting to warp a little (after 2.5 years) but we are always spilling water on it . . . have yet to find a coffee carafe that does not drip lol
My folks built a house several years ago and had laminate counters with a corner sink put in. I'm pretty sure there was a seam in the corner as there was a good 6-8 ft of counter on either side of it, and it never caused any problems...but they sold it a few years back I couldn't tell you what it looks like now. It seems to me that corner sinks are relatively common, and I can't imagine that every person who puts in a corner sink does granite or some other non-laminate material to avoid corner seams. I would try talking to another counter/kitchen place to get another opinion.
I had thought about your suggestion on the seam - so when I went to pick up my plans and her proposal for the kitchen I mentioned this to the girl at the store. She said could be done but you still have a seam in close proximity to the sink - so not her recommendation.
Her proposed plan involves buying 8 cabinet pieces, as compared to my plan which involved buying 4 pieces
I am making further inquiries with other suppliers, I figure I have come this far so may as well check all the options.
I would shy away from that diagonal seam that is in the corner with most formica counter applications if I was to have a corner sink.
What length of counter is on either side of that corner, measuring from where the walls meet? I wonder if you could possibly manage without a seam with a DIY project, where you make your own plywood counters and cut a wide formica sheet to suit the corner. I don't recall the formica sheet widths offhand, but if there is just an small bit of counter to one side you could maybe squeak by with a 4' wide sheet?
Not planning for overheads in the corner.........it will have an open angled 3 shelf unit and I want to put two mirrors - one on either side, this will give the illusion of a window where in fact there isnt one.
Is your plan for the laminate to be the rolled/finished (not sure of the correct tern) edge? If so, the join would have to be at an angle in the corner. This seam might be the cause of the leak the store rep was talking about.
If you are using a full sheet at the corner and then routering the edges, I don't see what the problem would be.
The only other comment about a corner sink is to think about your overhead cabinets if you are having any there. These may feel 'in your face'.