Building A Concrete Farm Sink

These sinks also have an open front that displays their depths.

Building a concrete farm sink.

Farmhouse sinks are beautiful spacious and timeless plus they add a distinctive look to any kitchen they re placed in. A big deep farmhouse sink can serve as your kitchen s focal point. Hereinbelow we ve included all stuff you may need for the purpose. On this project i used high grade 3 4 plywood for the mold.

Using a silicone mold for the concrete. It is very helpful to use a plywood. The hole in the concrete will be visible so making a nice knockout is required. A classic farmhouse sink is a highly coveted kitchen feature and for good reason.

To begin measure the sink basin for dimensions. Using dense insulating foam usually blue or pink colored from your hardware store cut with a scroll saw or jig saw and sand smooth to your sinks shape. Now we re going to be cutting and glueing that foam to make the actual bowls of the sink. 3 4 plywood concrete drill mixer drill screws angle grinder drain assembly circular saw paint brush polishing wheels caulk gun utility.

Building a farmhouse sink is not a hard job if you are a good handyman. Farmhouse sinks come in many different finishes and metal types. Concrete farmhouse sink step 1. Using concrete allows you to customize the front apron or add drainboards to either side for drying dishes or washing produce.

The sink is mounted under the countertop or directly to the bottom of the concrete. Center the basin on the acrylic coated board and draw a pencil outline around the perimeter of the basin. The de mould and. Use acrylic coated boards to construct the mold box walls spacer board and two baseboards.

Quick setting cement or concrete mix. Building a concrete sink time lapse part 2 if playback doesn t begin shortly try restarting your. Follow these steps and use these tools to complete to install a farmhouse sink in your home. We took a camera to our concrete sinks plant in california and shot the entire concrete farm sinks production process.

They fit well with various color schemes. In this tutorial the model is a concrete sink basin.