Help, plumbers and DIYer's - pulling a flush mount sink?

[scottmandue]

I am fixing up the kitchen for the new renter (ugh!) besides painting the cabinets (double ugh!) the thirty something year old sink is very tired. So out it comes, it is a flush mount with a stainless steel ring and little tabs screwed in around the perimeter underneath holding the sink in. If I unscrew those tabs will the sink fall on my head?

TIA

[MikeSid]

No. The sink is resting on the countertop. Unscrew the tabs, turn them 90 degrees, and pull the sink out from above.

[craigster59]

No, there should be a rim above or below the tile/countertop. But if it does fall on your head, diregard this reply.

[svandamme]

sledge hammer that sucker...no fear !

[scottmandue]

Funny, my dad is helping me and he installed the bugger but can't remember... he is pushing the big eight zero so I can't get mad at him.

[competentone]

Originally posted by scottmandue
... it is a flush mount with a stainless steel ring and little tabs screwed in around the perimeter underneath holding the sink in. If I unscrew those tabs will the sink fall on my head?

A picture would help, but if the "stainless steel ring" you describe is what I think it is, it provides the lip that is larger than the hole in the counter-top. The sink will drop out from below if you remove the screws and clips; the "ring" will be removed from the top. The clips force the sink up to the "ring" -- loosening the clips allow the sink to drop down.