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Installing a Wet Bar Sink Warm-up for a little "Water Music." From "DIY to the Rescue" episode DTTR-707

JL Wagner looks over her handiwork.

As part of the renovation, the Tampa Theatre's green room gets a food service area. With the counter and cabinets already installed by the Beck Group, Karl Champley and volunteer and plumbing understudy JL Wagner work to make the wet bar wet.

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Materials:

screw gun
paddle bit
jig saw
sink
plumbers putty
drain flange
rubber gasket
paper gasket
channel lock pliers
faucet
washer
nut
caulk

Figure A

Steps:

1. Start by drawing out where the dimensions of the sink on the counter top. Be sure that the dimensions are about ½ inch smaller in diameter than the sink's edges.

2. Using a paddle bit, drill a hole in the counter top where one of the sink's corners will be (Figure A).

3. Place the jigsaw blade into the hole and cut out the hole for the sink (Figures B & C).

Figure B

Figure C

4. Next, roll out some plumbers putty (Figure D) and then apply around the drain flange (Figure E).

TIP: When you are installing sinks, it's always eaiser to install the drain assembly and the faucet assembly before you install the sink in the counter. That way you have less time working under the sink and inside the cabinets!

Figure D

Figure E

Figure F

5. Then, place drain flange in the drain hole in the sink, pressing it firmly to compress the putty (Figure F).

6. Next, flip the sink over and place the rubber and paper gaskets on the drain stem (Figure G). Then add the cover and thread the locking ring into place (Figures H & I).

Figure G

Figure H

Figure I

7. Use a pair of channel lock pliers and tighten the locking ring onto the drain assembly (Figure J). When everything is tightened properly, there is a ring of plumbers putty oozing out from under the drain flange (Figure K) creating a water tight seal that won't leak. Simply wipe away the excess putty.

Figure J

Figure K

8. To install the faucet, repeat the process. Pressing the plumbers putty around the flange (Figure L).

9. The faucet stem is installed into the sink (Figure M).

Figure L

Figure M

10. Then install the washer, thread the nut on, and tighten the nut down (Figures N & O).

Figure N

Figure O

11. Next apply caulk to the perimeter of the sink hole in the counter (Figures P & Q).

Figure P

Figure Q

12. Place the sink into the hole, lining up the edge of the sink with the bead of caulk (Figures R & S). nce the sink is set, press into place allowing the caulk to squeeze out from under the sink's edge (Figure T). Doing this will give you a water tight seal.

Figure R

Figure S

Figure T

13. Clean up any access caulk using a wet rag and give caulk time to dry after hooking up the water lines before using the sink.

RESOURCES :

The Beck Group

www.beckgroup.com .