Timeline for Cutting out most of a sink cabinet back panel to access utilities
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| Nov 27, 2020 at 14:52 | comment | added | Hot Licks | Don't cut any structural pieces, and try to leave at least 4 inches all the way around. | |
| Nov 27, 2020 at 13:26 | comment | added | George Anderson | @manassehkatz-Moving2Codidact Could be, I did a quick search (which I should have done before my previous comment), and it seems they ones I was thinking of are quite rare now. The ones I sold when working hardware just had the front, with a door (or 2 depending on the size) and the base. But dang, that was 45 years ago! Man how time flies. | |
| Nov 26, 2020 at 20:25 | comment | added | manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact | @GeorgeAnderson Interesting. My experience (primarily my own kitchen ~ 21 years ago) is that "sink front" was the term for the fake drawer-front on a sink cabinet. The sink cabinet was (and still is in my kitchen) a full cabinet in all respects (side, base, back, doors) except that instead of drawer slides and a drawer, the top section just has the sink front across it. | |
| Nov 26, 2020 at 20:15 | comment | added | George Anderson | Agreed, Jack. In a previous life, when I was going to college, I worked in a hardware store and did a lot of kitchen cabinet layouts. We had something available called "sink fronts" that were basically just the front and bottom of a cabinet....no sides or back. Whenever I've done a kitchen or bathroom re-model I cut out a big chunk of the back of the cabinet, no issues, even on stand alone vanities. They are usually pretty well anchored to the wall, so racking wasn't an issue. Yeah, make it easy on yourself and cut out a large portion for access to utilities. | |
| Nov 26, 2020 at 20:01 | history | answered | JACK | CC BY-SA 4.0 |