Hi, this is Nicholas Iarocci, the Home Source Guy. President and owner of Source Development Inc., a residential and commercial construction company in Garnerville, New York, and this is how to install a sink. Now I've removed our sink, an existing sink, I took the clips off, moved it from the countertop. If you notice around the perimeter there's residual caulking in this case and not putty, that I have to remove. So I'm just going to remove it with my spatula here. So in order to have a good fit you want to remove all the excess that you can on the sink so that the new installation fits flush with the countertop. Some sinks, usually the self rimming sinks use caulk to adhere them but typically you'd use putty, plumbers putty, to install the sink, which is what we're going to use. So once we've removed the excess caulking we're going to take some new plumbers putty and I'm going to apply it around the rim. I'm going to repeat and continue that process throughout the whole perimeter of the sink. So once the putty's been installed we're going to install the actual faucet. Now this particular sink is a four hole sink. So obviously they come in all different sizes, varieties, this is a typical three stem base with an additional hole for the hand spray. Okay I'm going to install the gasket on it. This has a little reservoir to put putty in if you wanted to. Okay I'm going to mount the faucet, our new faucet, in the sink. I'm going to install these retaining nuts here. Now from the back I'm going to make sure the faucet's centered in the holes. I'm going to hand tighten, double check from the front and then I'm going to continue to tighten the channel locks. It doesn't have to be over tightened. For our hand spray I'm going to take some putty and install it around the perimeter of the base. I'm going to mount it. Again I'm going to keep the hole centered. I'm going to hand tighten it, and give it a quick tightening with the channel locks. We're going to insert our hose and in this case our spray is a push in style. I'm going to remove the protective bushing that protects the O-rings and I'm going to install our spray by just pushing over. The actual hand spray just gets screwed on to the hose. So although this is a double sink we've already got an existing strainer but I'm going to install the second strainer. We're going to take some plumbers putty, roll it, and place it on the perimeter of the strainer. Now I'm going to take our strainer and insert it inside the sink. I'm going to take our rubber gasket, insert the rubber gasket and our paper gasket. Now the paper gasket acts as almost a lubricant so that as you're applying pressure to the lock nut, the rubber isn't rotating with it. So it's very crucial to have that paper in there. And I've got this, I picked up this great strainer wrench, you can get these in any home supply store. You can also use channel locks around the perimeter but this wrench you can see is easily made for this particular application. It's not expensive either. Now I'm holding onto the strainer so it's not rotating at the same time that I'm tightening it. You might get some rotation but you notice the putty oozing out. You also want to make sure that the strainer is centered inside the actual hole. Now lastly I'm going to connect our supplies onto the faucet. And I want to do this, again, to make it a little easier on me before I install it on the counter top. I'm going to finger tighten this, and again these are no burst connections, so they have a rubber gasket built into them. Then take the channel locks, just give it an extra tightening. I'm installing the sink on the counter top here. I'm going to install our sink clips. The actual clip comes in two separate pieces, a screw and the actual clip. So the actual clip comes in two separate pieces. A screw and the actual clip that gets mounted up against the counter top. So they have to be fed through and don't completely tighten them. Leave them close to the top because I'm not going to lower the clip to the bottom position and I'll tell you why in a sec. So I'm going to continue this process for all the clips. In situations where you have a new counter top and you've got the clearance to mount the sink in the counter top prior to installing it on the sink or cabinet base, I would really recommend doing it. So here we go. I'm going to take our sink. So if you notice, after I drilled the hole for the clips, which is required in a new counter top, I shaved off the corners and I did that on purpose because as you are installing the clip you want to be able to rotate it so that there's no interference. Especially if you're working in confined spaces. And just kind of give it a couple of tightens. So I'm going to repeat this process throughout the whole installation, around the whole perimeter of the sink. So these sink clips actually push down on the putty and compress the putty between the counter top and the bottom of the sink. You'll notice that I haven't used the screwdriver yet and I'm doing that on purpose as well. So right now I'm just, you know, applying finger pressure to make sure that the sink gets aligned in the proper position. There's no interference with anything. So once the clips are positioned and they're fully installed around the whole perimeter we're going to slowly tighten our clips. And I actually prefer tightening them in a progressive manner. And the reason being is that as it's compressing the putty gets spread out. So I am going to continue going around the entire sink. So if you add too much putty on the installation, you know, as you're tightening up the clips you might notice that it's giving you a hard time. So it's great to have maybe a little helper, you know, sit down and push the rim down at the same time so the putty exits easily. So after the clips have been installed and the putty's been cleaned I'm going to make sure that it's sitting flush up against the counter top. I've installed the clips, I've checked to see that the sink is fitting flush against the counter top and I'm going to remove the excess putty. So we're ready to install the counter top on the cabinet. Okay so our sink's installed on our model here. So I'm going to basically start off by connecting the supply tubes to the supply valves. And again this is a no burst system so there's no feral and nut. I'm going to connect the supply lines. That's our cold water side. This is our hot water side. I'm going to tighten with our channel locks. Now this is a double sink so I'm going to start working backwards. I've installed our p-trap and I've got a 16 inch offset that I bought for this particular setup so I dry fitted this pipe to fit our sink. It was a bit longer but I had measured it and cut it so that it fits. I installed our nylon gasket and retaining nut. I'm going to assemble this offset. And I'm going to hand tighten it and install the nut, another nut and washer. I'm going to install it in the p-trap. So I've worked my way backwards so I can determine the length of this tailpiece that I'd have to cut. The tailpiece has to be inserted into the offset so I've got to mark it and cut it. So I've cut our tailpiece to length, I'm going to install the gasket for the strainer and if you want to apply some sealant or some silicone, plumbers silicone, you can do that. I'm going to install the retaining nut and nylon washer. I'm going to attach it to the strainer. I'm going to insert the pipe. I'm going to tighten it. And I'd like to maintain positive pitch into the p-trap and then out here insert the tailpiece and then tighten it. So once everything's been fitted I want you to go through each and every connection and hand tighten. And that was how to install a sink. This is Nicholas Iarocci, the Home Source Guy, President and owner of Source Development Inc., a residential and commercial construction company in Garnerville, New York. Reach out to me on Facebook at The Home Source Guy and we'll see you next time.
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