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maflannery

Tue, 10/03/2006 - 12:16pm

Under sink damage

Help! My kitchen cabinets are only five years old and a leaky drain pipe has damaged the bottom of the sink base. Most of the 'floor' of this cabinet is good but there is a bit of a dent where the drain pipe empties into the main house drain. And, the finish has been dissolved. I have considered using some epoxy filler and installing Formica on the floor and caulking the Formica around the sides. What do you think? Has this ever happened to anyone out there?

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It has happened to us too

kamond1 writes:

Thu, 11/16/2006 - 2:44pm

It has happened to us too and I'm not quite sure yet what we're doing about it. We have the kitchen completely gutted right now for renovations but we will be putting the same cabinets back in. Kim

Yup!

BeeCee writes:

Fri, 11/17/2006 - 12:18am

It's actually quite a common problem. Your cabinet base is made of plywood and when the ply has been in contact with water for a while, it will warp and bend - in your case, divit. You have a few options:
1. Cut a piece of 1/4" plywood to size (same as current base), insert and either glue down or nail down. Then just put a piece of small trim molding to cover the front edge.
2. Use peel and stick vinyl floor tiles for easy wipability (is that a word?!)
3. Use shelf paper, however with this option, you'll still have the divit in your cabinet base.

However, you'll consistently run into this problem until you fix the cause. So figure out where your sink is leaking and repair it. Remember, plumber's putty is your friend!

Good luck!

Under sink damage

maflannery writes:

Fri, 11/17/2006 - 11:22am

Thanks to all who replied. Glad to have some empathy out there. I just finished the repair last night--well, at 1AM. I went to Home Depot and consulted with a couple of professionals there. I bought some vinyl filler and slowly built up the 'dent' around the drain pipe. Then, I sanded and made the floor of the cupboard level. Bought a Formica type of laminate and contact-glued it (after making a very precise template and scoring the vinyl-not as easy as it sounds)to the bottom of the cabinet. I then used a perimiter caulk for laminate surfaces. It worked! It matches the laminate walls and looks wonderful. I want an award. The floor of the cabinet was not plywood but a manufactured material. I did not choose to have the floor routed out and replaced with plywood, which has problems of its own. Of course, the very first thing I did was to have the plumbing problem fixed. Why does sink plumbing cause so many problems? Best...... M. Flannery