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In reply to the discussion: Kitchen Sink Replacement [View all]Silver Gaia
(4,885 posts)we're always saying "Huh... wonder why they did that..." about bizarre things the dimwits did who remodeled this house before us. Some things just make NO SENSE at all.
Like, for instance, they put a utility sink in the garage on the wall directly behind the sink and the stove. They tapped into the water pipes under the sink for that. Now, they COULD have run the pipes directly through the wall under the sink and then down the wall in the garage to the utility sink, which is actually on the other side of the wall from the stove. But noooooo... they cut a hole in the counter wall under the sink and ran the pipes through that behind the stove and then through the wall to the sink in the garage. This made the stove stick out from the wall with about a 5" gap behind it. Dumb! We have changed this to the more reasonable set up, but WHY they did it this way in the first place is beyond my comprehension.
So... my point is, my guess is that the cut-out is probably too rough for an undermount sink. If I had been the one designing this kitchen remodel, I definitely would have wanted to put in an undermount sink to begin with, though. They put in nice granite counters with this pretty, but cheap acrylic sink (that probably looked nice for a few weeks), and I doubt they thought beyond that.
You make good points about the stainless steel sinks. I went by Lowe's this afternoon and took a look at the Staccato sink I mentioned above, and thought it looked pretty nice. I may just end up going that way!