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Sorry to hear about your Sunday adventure with the sink.

Cabinets can and should be build without the stile. Ours don't have them unless we have to match existing or period correct, whatever is needed. Sink based are usually 36 inches with all kind of crap under there. I am nnot sure if you have done your kitchen yet, but be sure to ask your plumber or contractor to have all that crap(garbage dis., wires and the rest of rats nest as far back as possible to gain more room. Drinking water filter should be mounted up front for easy access.

I hate toilet back up. It never happens when someone goes to pee, but always happens when some one takes a big dump. All of our plumbing is brand new when I remodel a few years back. I need to make sure I never have to deal with it when the kids are still young. If it happens later, then can help clean up. Friends have call me at 9-10pm because of this. I sent my plumber. I wanted to tell them, I am a stupid general building contractor or cabinet maker, I don't do "Siht".

My favorite is when you go and disconnect something under the sink to deal with the clog, that dirty water runs down your arm right into your arm pits and you get that big gush of tasty water right into your face. I do not enjoy dealing with waste water plumbing. I give my plumber a call when stuff like that happens.

This story will make you feel better. Two years ago, I got a call to help an old client out with one of him rentals. There's this complain about rotten smell. when I heard that, I really did not want to go see it, but I had to because he was a really great client for a long time. When we arrived, as soon as we walked to the back yard, that smell hit me like a freight train. I call Rick, my plumber, as soon as I opened the trap door. He comes over and opens the trap door to the crawl space and see a sea of water under there. The main sewer pipe broke. He calls his helper, his younger son to get the bucket. They started bailing water full of wonderful stuff in there. they got it pumped out the next day and started working the repair later. Keep in mind that we have no basement but a 2-3' crawl space. They were on their bellies for a week under there. All the pipes were changed. They earned their keeps in my book. That was the worst. I heard worst stories from him on commercial work.

I forgot to ask, did yo get it all done?