How To Install An Apron Sink Inward A Stock Cabinet

When nosotros get-go started to computer programme the novel kitchen design, i essential chemical share I knew I wanted to include was an apron front end sink. I also knew it was going to live on a hard sell to my husband. He's non a large fan of the farmhouse style, as well as has openly expressed his dislike for apron sinks. 

I was planning to a greater extent than of a modern expect for the kitchen, as well as when I showed my married adult man this stainless steel apron sink from Moen, he could run across the vision as well as agreed. Success! We chose the STo faucet and a modern lather pump, as well as nosotros were gear upwards to larn to work. 

As alongside the residue of the kitchen remodel, the computer programme was to modify the stock cabinets as well as non supercede them. The detail apron sink nosotros chose is 9" deep, requiring novel lower cabinet doors as well as changes to the confront frames. It sounds daunting, but it actually wasn't difficult. Here's how the cabinet looked before.

This is how I installed my under-mount apron sink. If yous are installing an over-mount sink, your procedure volition live on different.

The get-go thing nosotros did was to detach the confront frame from the cabinet. Most stock cabinets built inwards the final xx years convey confront frames assembled alongside steal holes. To take away the frame, I but had to unscrew a handful of screws. I exclusively needed to take away the ii horizontal pieces as well as pump dividers. I made certain to expire on all the pieces for afterward use.

This is how the cabinet looks alongside the frame removed.

With the confront frame gone, the side yesteryear side stair was to mensurate 1/8" from the transcend border of the cabinet sides as well as to ascribe a line.

Apron sinks are typically pretty heavy as well as ask a sub-frame to back upwards their weight. I get-go measured the underside of my sink to create upwards one's take heed how deep the frame needed to be. I therefore cutting the transcend plate to length, as well as cutting the legs long plenty therefore when the transcend plate was attached, the sub-frame would come upwards up to the previous line, 1/8" from the transcend edge.

My cabinet beingness 36" broad as well as my sink exclusively 30" wide, I built the sub-frame on both sides of the cabinet, from 2 x 3 lumber. I attached the transcend plate to the legs as well as attached the entire sub-frame to the cabinet using 3" forest screws.

At this indicate nosotros could lower the sink inwards house for a examination fit. The wings of the transcend border of the sink laid perfectly on the sub-frame. I therefore took a leftover, horizontal slice of confront frame as well as attached it to the sides of the frame, take nether the apron of the sink. I used *1-1/4" steal holes screws , through the pre-drilled holes.

I was also able to reuse the master pump divider. It had to cutting it downwards inwards length, as well as ii novel steal holes drilled. Then it was exactly a affair of clamping the pump divider inwards house as well as attaching it with *1-1/4" steal hole screws .

Our cabinet is 36" wide, but the sink was exclusively 30" wide. If nosotros had dropped the sink inwards at this point, at that topographic point would live on sizable gaps on either side. We needed to swap out the transcend sides of the confront frame alongside something wider. First, using a multi-attachment tool, nosotros made a horizontal cut, correct higher upwards the horizontal support. We therefore used the cutting off pieces every bit a template to cutting wider boards to length.

Fortunately, nosotros had unopen to scrap, 3-1/2" broad confront frame boards. If yous don't convey unopen to matching boards on hand, don't worry. In the cabinet aisle of Home Depot, yous tin fins pre-finished boards to agree several pop cabinet colors (including that gorgeous dear oak). Our detail board already had a dado cutting on the backside, therefore in i lawsuit each side was cutting to length, nosotros could easily gum them inwards house as well as secure it alongside complete nails. 

At this point, I filled all boom holes as well as seams, as well as sanded as well as prepped for paint. If yous aren't wanting to paint, I would recommend using pre-colored forest filler. smoothed over alongside a damp rag. 

As I mentioned, lowering the horizontal confront frame agency I needed to purchase novel cabinet doors. I establish a trend that matched my existing doors perfectly from FastCabinetDoors.com. My sink cabinet is a measure 36" x 33-1/2" base of operations cabinet. After the modifications, I needed two, 16" x 18" doors. I opted to convey my doors bored for hinges (and addtional $5 per door). The sum terms was $32.32 per door. 

"Adobe" Inset Panel Cabinet Doors - cherry-red oak

Once everything received ii coats of primer as well as 3 coats of pigment (Sherwin Williams - ProClassic - Snowbound), I mounted the door with *concealed hinges as well as added the decorative hardware. Here's how it looks now.

I freaking love this sink! Its therefore deep as well as large, I tin enshroud muddied dishes without guests catching glimpse. The modern pattern of the STo faucet blends contemporary alongside traditional. I larn compliments on my apron sink and faucet every fourth dimension person comes over. 

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