Thanks for posting this - my undermount sink had to be uninstalled in a hurry this morning and although it was only silicone caulked, it would NOT budge. The putty knife did the trick! Thanks.
It kills me the way some contractors do things incorrectly and cause so much grief for a future owner. Properly mounted clips with silicone between the sink and the granite seems like it would have been just fine. I'm about to start a project with replacing mine and the contractor literally put a glob of epoxy at each corner of the sink. They didn't even bother to use silicone around the sink so it occasionally leaks. The flip side is that I'm hoping that mine will be easier to remove. My neighbor (same type townhouse) had his sink randomly fall out during the night.
I ran into a problem yesterday at a clients house and could not unmount their undermount cast iron bar sink. I was able to use my isolating tool to make a 1 inch clearance. Then I attempted to use my reciprocating saw to finish the job. Nooooo Bueno. Not sure what type of epoxy or gorilla hair glue 😆 they used, but it was eating my blades for lunch. Have you ever ran into this? Or what blades do you recommend? Is it as heating it up like you demonstrated?
Seems to me that the multi tool should work better than it did? Your blade might have been dull to start, and you would have to change blades a few times I'm sure. I've got an under mount quartz sink to remove that is just glued on to Corian. Think I'll give the multi tool a go first. Don't think heat would be a good idea, even tho the think is trashed already from cracks.
Same here - no room to get a saw between the plywood side walls and the sides of the sink on the underside. The installers made this nearly impossible to remove the sink. Anyone have any ideas?
OMG I'm getting ready to replace a ceramic under mounted sink and this scares the heck out of me!!!! I bought a new oscillating saw JUST for his......ugghhhhhhhh
@@philipwilliamshomeinspecti4665 Just like yours, mine has a very small gap. I'm thinking of just busting the sink out first and "oscillating" the chunks off of the granite afterwards.
That was smart using the heat on the surfaces to unglue it. Would it be possible to remove it if the sink is sitting between a concrete slab under and the granite slab? Got a new installation and the granite installer did a bad job. Image for reference ibb.co/gyK0PbG
Thanks for posting this - my undermount sink had to be uninstalled in a hurry this morning and although it was only silicone caulked, it would NOT budge. The putty knife did the trick! Thanks.
Did you happen to heat up the putty knife? Or just use brute force?
Thank you for sharing your experience and tips. I feel better now with having some options to remove mine.
You are welcome.
Thank you sir for being the guinea pig and letting us know you are a true hero
I know that hr with the hack saw was hell for sure.
Great advice , lucky I found this . Spent 6 hours on on side of the sink. But an hour or so with your method
It kills me the way some contractors do things incorrectly and cause so much grief for a future owner. Properly mounted clips with silicone between the sink and the granite seems like it would have been just fine.
I'm about to start a project with replacing mine and the contractor literally put a glob of epoxy at each corner of the sink. They didn't even bother to use silicone around the sink so it occasionally leaks. The flip side is that I'm hoping that mine will be easier to remove. My neighbor (same type townhouse) had his sink randomly fall out during the night.
Did you put another under mount sink in
I ran into a problem yesterday at a clients house and could not unmount their undermount cast iron bar sink. I was able to use my isolating tool to make a 1 inch clearance. Then I attempted to use my reciprocating saw to finish the job. Nooooo Bueno. Not sure what type of epoxy or gorilla hair glue 😆 they used, but it was eating my blades for lunch. Have you ever ran into this? Or what blades do you recommend? Is it as heating it up like you demonstrated?
but how did you get the sink out after you got it lose ? ... the granite is still in place ?
Worked like a charm...thanks!
Seems to me that the multi tool should work better than it did? Your blade might have been dull to start, and you would have to change blades a few times I'm sure. I've got an under mount quartz sink to remove that is just glued on to Corian. Think I'll give the multi tool a go first. Don't think heat would be a good idea, even tho the think is trashed already from cracks.
Thank you for great tips. Thank you for sharing
thank you excellent idea
Try a kitchen sink sandwiched between the plywood and the countertop granite. It’s a 6 year old house with your style of sink.
I'm in the same situation plywood and granite countertop sandwich...any tips you can send my way ! TYI
@@davidlatino8986 What did you come up with? Currently in this situation.
Same here - no room to get a saw between the plywood side walls and the sides of the sink on the underside. The installers made this nearly impossible to remove the sink. Anyone have any ideas?
@@thomaswulff5760 I just cut it out. I noticed other homes have it properly installed.
Good thinking on using the heat to work through that.
Would have been nice to see the before picture… 😮
OMG I'm getting ready to replace a ceramic under mounted sink and this scares the heck out of me!!!! I bought a new oscillating saw JUST for his......ugghhhhhhhh
@@philipwilliamshomeinspecti4665 Just like yours, mine has a very small gap. I'm thinking of just busting the sink out first and "oscillating" the chunks off of the granite afterwards.
That is the exact reason I hate to under mount sinks. Bad bad idea
That doesn't really look like a true epoxy.
That was smart using the heat on the surfaces to unglue it.
Would it be possible to remove it if the sink is sitting between a concrete slab under and the granite slab? Got a new installation and the granite installer did a bad job.
Image for reference
ibb.co/gyK0PbG