Stainless steel sink install?

[macka09]

Hi all.
I don't normally fit these sinks but recently been doing them on a council job. The sinks are supplied with the rubber strip that goes underneath the edges. Do you lot bother using the rubber/sponge strip or just silicone? What do you treat the edges of the work top with on the cut out? Silicone? PVA?

 

[Chris@homeserve]

Treat cut out with any waterproofing substance to stop moisture ingress. PVA, waterstop, varnish, bitumin based primer. And I personally use the little foam strip under the sink rim, and then finish off with a bead of clear silicone around the rim where it meets worktop. Finishes it off nicely and ensures waterproof seal and no blown worktop

 

[Meady]

You can use either ova or silicone, I would use silicone as it's more obvious once dried if anyone checks for it. I use the foam strip all the time even though it is then mastic'd in aswell.

 

[AWheating]

i only use mastic if clipping is poor.

 

[townfanjon]

Never used the foam strip, just stick em in and seal with the same silicone .

 

[plumben]

Foam strip or silicone,
or both just keep the silicone neat

as for sealing pva usually silicone will work but its messy&expensive vs pva

 

[tamz]

Sealing the worktop is the joiners job. If it swells up it's not my problem but it won't as i stick it down with silicone

 

[djobe]

PVA, & I tend not to use the black.