Cutting kitchen sink to hook up plumbing

[branimal]

I've got a farmhouse sink that has an internal shelf. To get my basket strainer wrench around the strainer's locknut I need a 13" radius around the drain. I also need to get the water supply connected and install 2 soap dispensers.

I hate the idea of butchering this cabinet. But it seems like the only way to finish the installation easily.

Should I just cut it out with a circular saw?

Thanks

 

[nadogail]

Can you connect the strainer to the sink before you lower it into the cabinet?

 

[flat350]

Doesn't look like the shelf is worth much when the sink is installed anyway.

 

[branimal]

Can you connect the strainer to the sink before you lower it into the cabinet?

Excellent point

 

[larry4406]

We rarely do farm sinks. I took pictures of one installation so I could remember for the next time.

We provided a large hole in the "shelf" for the plumber to later connect the strainer basket set up for the garbage disposal. We had to add wood blocking, shims, and glue so the sink butted tight to the counter top which came later. We had to add a rear "stop" to set the sink projection from the cabinet. Ignore the small hole that the cabinet company made.

The normal sequence of events is set the farm sink, set the top, then the plumbing final. At least this is how it goes in production building.

 

[jar944]

Cut the cabinet

 

[branimal]

I preinstalled the strainer with silicone and got it decently tight. I cut out a slot in the "shelf" for all the hook ups. The slot helped the quartz countertop installers level out the quartz join, which they put in the center of the farmhouse sink.

thanks for the help guys.