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"Hey honey, the sink broke"
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Author:  cougarcruiser [ Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:49 am ]
Post subject:  "Hey honey, the sink broke"
Words you do not want to hear while underway on the water... The admiral pops up from down below while we were cruising back to port.

I thought we would then be flooding. You hear an expletive out of me and an immediate power down to idle.

She was cleaning up down below and heard a 'thunk' from the head. She opens the door and finds:

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Ok... So really? No bracketry holding up the sink from down below... I felt around the counter edge and it's smooth. One could think they just pressure fit the dang thing.

Anyone have this issue before or recommendations to fix?

RTV silicon or do I need to use something else?
Author:  Brett248Vista [ Sun Jul 19, 2009 2:58 pm ]
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What was it just glued in from the backside or does the rim go above the corian? If the former and not the latter, I would scuff up the edge and liquid nails that bitch in place!
Author:  mkivbren [ Sun Jul 19, 2009 7:57 pm ]
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That sucks man.. I was wondering how it was set in place!
Author:  cougarcruiser [ Sun Jul 19, 2009 8:09 pm ]
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Like Brett said, nothing a little liquid nails can't fix.

I'm checking to see how it is 'supposed' to be mounted before I go at it with gorilla glue or liquid nails...

Just one of those 'new boat' quirks I hope. At least it didn't pop out while we were out for a long weekend.
Author:  Brett248Vista [ Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:09 pm ]
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Maybe even cut some small pine or oak or poplar ears that once the bowl is glued back in place, glue the ears to the corian in such a way that they push against the bowl (like four fingers)
Author:  wkearney99 [ Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:10 am ]
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In home installations sinks are held up using an expanding nut (can't recall the correct name). A hole is drilled up into the top for the nut. Then when the screw is tightened it expands the nut into the top. This as opposed to just using a plain old screw. For a composite material like corian a screw might be fine, assuming the correct pilot hole gets drilled first. But for actual stone products the expanding nut is require (because stone would crack from the pressure of a screw into it).
Author:  mkivbren [ Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:12 am ]
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Go for the 5200 over the LN. You would think there would be some gussets in there...
Author:  aguyindallas [ Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:54 pm ]
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How about getting Four Winns invloved and make them fix it?
Author:  cougarcruiser [ Tue Jul 21, 2009 5:06 pm ]
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aguyindallas wrote:
How about getting Four Winns invloved and make them fix it?



ha!

Well, Winnisquam is 3000 miles away... My local dealer has been waiting on a part for 3 months and can't seem to put it together - and I can probably fix it both faster and better than they would.
Author:  cougarcruiser [ Thu Jul 30, 2009 11:53 pm ]
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Last weekend I cleaned all the surfaces, lead a HUGE bead of black 5200 and squished the heck out of it.

Bingo - we're holding strong. Should hold pretty good.

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Author:  mkivbren [ Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:43 am ]
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Looking good! I don't think she's going anywhere now..
Author:  wkearney99 [ Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:12 am ]
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Too late now I suppose, but are you sure the sink was supposed to be undermounted? The one in the head of my 348 is mounted into the top from above. Thus doesn't need any other support from below. I couldn't tell exactly from your first picture but it looked like it had a lip that would work from above.

Even with 5200 I'd still get some sort of physical support figured out for it. There's a lot of shifting involved in a boat and nothing keeps things in place like a secure mechanical fastener.
Author:  cougarcruiser [ Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:35 am ]
Post subject:  Re: "Hey honey, the sink broke"
wkearney99 wrote:
Too late now I suppose, but are you sure the sink was supposed to be undermounted? The one in the head of my 348 is mounted into the top from above. Thus doesn't need any other support from below. I couldn't tell exactly from your first picture but it looked like it had a lip that would work from above.

Even with 5200 I'd still get some sort of physical support figured out for it. There's a lot of shifting involved in a boat and nothing keeps things in place like a secure mechanical fastener.



Yeah, it is an undermount sink.

There is a lip on the underside that the sink fits into (a ring is cut out). I verified that the way to go was 5200.

In terms of a physical support, if it happens again, I will most definitely be doing so. I am hoping that the right application of 5200 and the prep I did will do the trick.
Author:  Brett248Vista [ Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:18 am ]
Post subject:  Re: "Hey honey, the sink broke"
Bill,

Underslung sinks in Corian are "All the rage" these days... Doesn't make sense to me.. A sink should be top mounted so that it has support, but I guess the underslung mounting is more modern.
Author:  Blessed [ Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:49 am ]
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Am I the only one thinking - looks a lot bloody more fancy than the sink in my home . . . jeeze where did I go wrong? :)
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