Bathroom Sink Fell Out

Traveler

We just had something interesting happen the bathroom sink fell out. I see that it is held in place with brackets mounted to four block of wood glued in place, the glue let loose. We’ll be home in a couple of days so I have a project when we get there.

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Posted: 7:14 PM – May 29, 2014

notruffinit

What? Were you using it to take a bath? 

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Posted: 8:52 PM – May 29, 2014

Traveler

No, we were just out exploring for the day and when we got back to the trailer the sink had dropped down about 3/4″ and was held up by the pipe.  I removed the sink so not to break the drain pipe on the ride home.

I looked at the kitchen sink and it’s held on the same way but has long strips of wood glued to the bottom of the counter, I think I will do the same thing with the bath.

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Posted: 10:07 PM – May 29, 2014

JohnD222

Yes, I think they changed sink suppliers but kept cutting the hole for the old supplier.

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Posted: 11:34 PM – May 29, 2014

JS SAYN

Traveler,

Thanks for the heads up on that one. Going to have to check that out.

Brad

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Posted: 5:45 AM – May 30, 2014

retiredfields

Mine fell out also. Horrible design. The kitchen sink is mounted the same way.

I was able to pull the sink and mount it from the top. It was designed to be mounted as a drop in also. A few plumbing changes and it works fine, looks fine.

I need to come up with some supports that make sure the kitchen sink never falls out. I never fill it with water. Too much weight.

I’ve got a great idea. Let’s glue a few blocks of wood, to Corian, and that will surely hold up to 100 pounds of water when the kitchen sink is full. I is an engineer.

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Posted: 6:18 AM – May 30, 2014

Traveler

That’s a good idea to mount the sink as a drop in, just glue it in place.

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Posted: 11:15 AM – Jun 02, 2014

2rinKayaker

We managed to hit a huge drop-off in some road destruction and found our bath sink hanging by the drain. I fashioned a clamp using two pieces of wood and a length of all-thread. Set the 3′ board across the top of the countertop with a hole for the all-thread down thru the drain hole and thru the other wood chunk under the sink. Applied some construction adhesive in a bead around the top of the sink and snugged up the all-thread. Took just minutes and haven’t had any issues since.
Hope this helps!!

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Posted: 2:04 PM – Jun 22, 2014

Traveler

retiredfields wrote:Mine fell out also. Horrible design. The kitchen sink is mounted the same way.

I was able to pull the sink and mount it from the top. It was designed to be mounted as a drop in also. A few plumbing changes and it works fine, looks fine.

I need to come up with some supports that make sure the kitchen sink never falls out. I never fill it with water. Too much weight.

I’ve got a great idea. Let’s glue a few blocks of wood, to Corian, and that will surely hold up to 100 pounds of water when the kitchen sink is full. I is an engineer.

I was going to fix the bath sink as you suggested, but as you can see on the photo we have 4 tabs that hold the sink off the counter about 3/8″ so it will not sit flat– any suggestion?

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Posted: 3:10 PM – Jun 22, 2014

retiredfields

My sink had tabs also. I cut them off with a Dremel cutoff wheel. Worked fine.

After I placed the sink in the counter top, I used masking tape to hold it in place. Then, from under the counter, I filled the entire gap between the sink and the Corian with silicone. That holds the sink in place permanently and prevents any water from running under the sink lip and in to the cabinet. I did not put any silicone under the sink lip itself. That would have made a mess when it squeezed out.

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