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God knows that I hate these threads and I simply could not have less regard for any of your opinions, but has anyone installed a quartz composite sink? We just threw the kitchen away because my mom's dog once peed in it and I'm considering putting a new kitchen in the hole where the old one was.

I will accept answers that include recommendations to change careers, selling the house and buying one that already has a new sink, going without a sink and relying on a local stream for fresh water, etc.

I will even accept an answer from someone who has actual experience with a quartz sink.

I didn't put OT before the title because I knew it would trigger 87% of Boneyarders.
 
Don't have one. They look nice as long as it is undermount. Would probably go with that material if I was doing the kitchen today, over stainless steel which is blah. Would not repeat with the expensive Fireclay sink I got.

Generic sink comment. Most modern sinks don't drain worth a Spartacus. The flat bottoms are popular and barely taper, so rinsing food particles is a pain.
 
The only real advice I will give on kitchen renovation is don't pull permits like we did. Jacked our assessment way higher than anyone in our neighborhood. When I appealed and reviewed all of their field cards I realized that we were the only idiots, and honesty definitely did not pay.
 
We draw our water out of the same source that our plants draw from: the toilet.
 
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We installed this sink a few years ago. Sink

Since the counters were also new...i didn't technically install it. But as someone who has personally renovated 4+ kitchens, I was there when installed and can give you my opinion (since you asked). It's no different than any other sink. If it's an undermount as ours was, you just need to properly wedge the bracing in place to support it until the adhesive dries, as it is much heavier than a stainless sink.

If it's an above counter sink, I can't see any difference.

Another piece of advice, don't let things that will stain linger....red wine, grape juice, etc, otherwise you will need some elbow grease to clean it
 
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So this is the damn break that... that fake insider talks about.
 
Fishy said:
God knows that I hate these threads and I simply could not have less regard for any of your opinions, but has anyone installed a quartz composite sink? We just threw the kitchen away because my mom's dog once peed in it and I'm considering putting a new kitchen in the hole where the old one was.

I will accept answers that include recommendations to change careers, selling the house and buying one that already has a new sink, going without a sink and relying on a local stream for fresh water, etc.

I will even accept an answer from someone who has actual experience with a quartz sink.

I didn't put OT before the title because I knew it would trigger 87% of Boneyarders.
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You sound like such a casual DIYer. Sell the house and buy a yacht. Then if this dam actually breaks you’ll be safe.
 
Fishy said:
God knows that I hate these threads and I simply could not have less regard for any of your opinions, but has anyone installed a quartz composite sink? We just threw the kitchen away because my mom's dog once peed in it and I'm considering putting a new kitchen in the hole where the old one was.

I will accept answers that include recommendations to change careers, selling the house and buying one that already has a new sink, going without a sink and relying on a local stream for fresh water, etc.

I will even accept an answer from someone who has actual experience with a quartz sink.

I didn't put OT before the title because I knew it would trigger 87% of Boneyarders.
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Replace the quartz with two pintz.
 
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Sounds expensive. To free up some money you should release from scholarship two of your under-producing family members immediately, especially if your not the biological father. It's the way things are done in the sink business and if you don't act now you will fall behind all of the other quartz composite sink programs in your neighborhood.
 
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@tdrink is your man.
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Can you please film your wife’s reaction when you tell her of the advice you got from the guys on the Boneyard?
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I'm more interested in what happens when the dog pees in the new sink. Though iirc, dog's not allowed back. I think it took out a bed, a couch, and now a sink.
 
Sounds like a heavy sink. Doing a bathroom now and waiting for quartz counters to come in. I’m spending money like a drunken sailor. I want to go back to college and my rental apartment.
 
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prankster said:
I just finished a kitchen reno.

Sinks are easy.

Cut the hole in the counter.

Mount the sink.

Attach drain(s) and water.

Follow those 3 simple steps. You can't go wrong.
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This guy stayed in a Holiday inn express last night
 
Fishy said:
God knows that I hate these threads and I simply could not have less regard for any of your opinions, but has anyone installed a quartz composite sink? We just threw the kitchen away because my mom's dog once peed in it and I'm considering putting a new kitchen in the hole where the old one was.

I will accept answers that include recommendations to change careers, selling the house and buying one that already has a new sink, going without a sink and relying on a local stream for fresh water, etc.

I will even accept an answer from someone who has actual experience with a quartz sink.

I didn't put OT before the title because I knew it would trigger 87% of Boneyarders.
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Probably closing in on fifty kitchen remodels.

Sink material is relatively immaterial. That's mostly asthetics. Things like how well the bottom drains, or the configuration (double bowl, 3/4 bowl, single bowl) are usually more important functionally.

If you aren't changing your counters (most people who ask about changing a sink are keeping their counters, otherwise they would ask about counters) then your biggest consideration is whether the sink will work in the existing configuration or not. If the old sink was undermount, then you will need a sink that has a nearly identical shape. If it's a drop in sink you might have a little more tolerance or could go a little bigger and field cut the counters to accommodate as long as the cabinet doesn't prohibit.

I usually suggest aluminum for drop ins because the lip is pretty fat on composite sinks. (Quartzite is a composite that includes a high percentage of quartz aggregate.) But a lot of it comes down to trade offs.

All of that said, I have done some very high end, very involved retrofits of interesting sinks. Those jobs were relatively expensive for my clients and came with a substantial risk to me. One wrong precision cut and all the counter tops would have to be relpaced.
 
NJHusky said:
We installed this sink a few years ago. Sink

Since the counters were also new...i didn't technically install it. But as someone who has personally renovated 4+ kitchens, I was there when installed and can give you my opinion (since you asked). It's no different than any other sink. If it's an undermount as ours was, you just need to properly wedge the bracing in place to support it until the adhesive dries, as it is much heavier than a stainless sink.

If it's an above counter sink, I can't see any difference.

Another piece of advice, don't let things that will stain linger....red wine, grape juice, etc, otherwise you will need some elbow grease to clean it
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The stain business would be a no-go for me. Unless dog pee works on it.
 
You guys are nutso....take fandom just too far, IMHO...Husky pee in the sink?

I guess every fan base has their own rituals.
 
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