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Originally Posted by 908/930
You lost me are you making the sinks out of 14GA ss now vs stone?
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I am now leaning that way.
The stone process is turning me off. I asked a designer for stone fabricators, she does but I have to work through her. She referred me to a couple of stone suppliers. Not being accompanied by a designer, I was largely ignored there. Wandered through the warehouse looking at slabs, found some likelies, they won't give me a price, I'm to give the slab code to my designer who gets the price. The total cost of stone may well be competitive - the rough fabrication price I've heard is $1,300 for two sinks plus the stone, but I am irritated.
The temporary sinks have me realizing that thick material has a disadvantage, even though it will look good. Even the plywood used here is pushing my faucets forward by 3/4", reduces the internal size of the basin by 1.5", etc. Wash sink basin (outside dimension) is about 18" W x 20" D x 12" H. I want to be able to soak half sheet pans, big stock pots, swallow an entire large dinner party's worth of dirty dishes, etc. Internal dimensions of 18" W x 20" D x 12" H seem notably roomier than 16" W x 18" D x 11" H. I see all these 30" wide kitchen sinks out there, and am having "size insecurity".
Cautions about stone maintenance, chips, discoloring, etc - this is going to be a hard-cooking kitchen, heavy pots will get placed in the sinks with varying degrees of care, I don't want to have to baby the sinks. I assume 14 ga SS will be pretty tough.
I worry about SS sinks looking cold, but I think copper/wood counters will offset that. I worry about too much SS in the kitchen, but I'm afraid that ship has long sailed.
We'll see what SS fabrication costs. At least I can deal directly with the fabricators.