Another sink rail question

last year

We have face frame cabinets, soapstone counters, and Kraus Dex under mount sinks. @Joseph Corlett, LLC has said repeatedly that it should be possible to get an under mount sink less than 3” from the edge. Our fabricator is not willing to go less than 3 3/8” between the edge of the counter and the inside edge of the sink (3 5/8” between the edge of the counter, and the counter edge that overhangs the sink.)

That gives 1.5” from counter edge to cabinet; 3/4” for the cabinet box; 1/4” gap; 7/8” for the sink flange. I asked about routing the top of the cabinet so the sink flange could sit on it, and he nixed that, saying they need the gap so they have some wiggle room during install.

What an I missing? I don’t understand the wiggle room argument - laser measurements should be precise.

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Joseph Corlett, LLC
last year
Your fabricator has a bit of "....but we've always done it this way". 3 5/8" isn't bad; certainly not worth finding another fabricator over. You could consider switching to an apron front sink.
Isaac thanked Joseph Corlett, LLC
Isaac
Original Author
last year
Thanks for the rapid response! We couldn’t find an apron front sink that met our other criteria (stainless, rounded interior edges and corners, size) and felt the stainless aprons would look lousy with our butter yellow cabinets.

This is the only fabricator our contractor works with (to be fair, we are semi rural and there are very few options).

Our carpenter will make a mockup of the 3 5/8” setup out of wood so we can see how it will look and feel. My partner is 5’ tall, which is why we were hoping for a narrower rail.
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