Bjarney: You mentioned drilling into the countertop... A friend of mine just moved in down the street. He has a beautiful countertop with an "under the counter" sink. The knucklehead who originally installed it used only adhesive (no clamps, or whatever the best method of installation would be) to attach the sink to the underside of the counter. The drain goes to PVC pipe. Cr-a-a-c-k goes the pipe, down goes the sink.
The plumber said he would use lumber to temporarily hold the sink in place, but he was not going to touch the countertop with a drill--my pal needs to hire somebody else to do that work because the plumber doesn't want to be liable for cracking the countertop material (smart guy).
The worst part of this was that the sink is in the basement, sort of a bar setup, and was tied into the
sanitary sewer line rather than the storm sewer line. There had been a blockage in the sanitary line and that's what made the sink fill up with the backed up water, being the lowest point in the house. I was there helping to clean up and before I got started, something told me to put on one of my disposable
Tyvek suits. I'm glad I did...
[This message has been edited by ThinkGood (edited 01-01-2003).]
