Sink clips

The proper clips have a screw in them that tightens against the counter top. If you cannot find them glue it with silicone adhesive. WW

Thanks, but that's not the issue.

The problem is attaching the clips to the SINK.

What did the vendor of the sink tell you?

Nothing. Bought on clearance sale a dozen or more years ago. Sink is okay, I replaced the counter. In its immediately preceding life, the sink wasn't anchored at all, depending, I suppose, on gravity - or goodwill - to keep it in place.

This arrangement allowed some small amount of moisture to infiltrate the particle-board substrate with predictable results - hence the rebuild.

Now, I'm trying to do the job right and am flummoxed over holding the sink down. Fooey!

As someone else already said, simply use a silicone bead if available clamps won't work satisfactorily. Use some weight as the brads "until the glue dries"... :)

I've seen at least one sink that the clip rail has holes punched in it and the clips have a hook for them.

There are myriad clips made to adapt to sinks of all rim configurations.

Here are just a few -

Joe

Any of these look helpful? Sink Rim Mounting Clips

Sadly, no. I bought a pack of #65, but there's nothing for the the "J" hook to grab.

Woe is me.

The sink is supposed to have an aluminum frame around it between the counter and sink. The clips that hold the frame in look like these. The clips are of different shapes to adjust for the counter top thickness.

This example shows adjustable clips for the frame.

Thanks, but all your example involve some sort of "J" bracket that hooks on to something. In my case there is nothing to hook onto!

There is a "U" frame circling the sink, but it has no lips (kinda like I felt after dating a University of Texas Longhorn Band French Horn player) to hook onto.

I'm a goner.

"HeyBub" wrote in news:L-edna3iwqMrURXUnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@earthlink.com:

HeyBub, can't post a pic?

Take another look at the "corner clip". Looks like it has a thumb screw. Insert the clip at a corner(s) and not along the sides of the sink.

This it?

No. Look at the link above for a corner clip, one I'm mentioning.

Gravity is still working, but global warming makes its long time future dubious.

Go look at your friends' sinks, or better yet, sinks on display whereever you bought the sink.

My kitchen sink was simply attached, though I don't remember how.

Lamentably, no. There is nothing about the *&$%@! sink to which anything else can clip, hook, grab, infiltrate, tie, or grasp. Your picture has some well-placed slots into which some maner of clip can grip.

Well, fugg it. It's not like the sonofabitch is gonna levitate itself into the cosmic ether or miracle itself into the next room!

Thanks, everybody, for the searching and suggestions.

Last ditch perhaps, but here goes - - - -

Embed the sink in a good bead of silicon, get it squared with the counter edges and place a cement block or two in the basin(s) and let it sit for a day or two. Don't laugh at me - I've done it in a workshop counter three years ago and it's still hanging in there.

Good 'nothing to lose' workaround, but rather than scratch and bend the basins with concrete block, I'd cut a scrap of plywood to fit over the top, resting on the edge flanges, and stack the weights on that. That will provide more even pressure, straight down on the silicone sealant. A ring of something like that is how previous owner mounted the vanity sink in this place, and it held till I had to apply excessive torque changing out the trap. That was at least ten years.

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