My uncle the plumber laughed at my kitchen sink layout and he was right

I spent like 3 weeks designing my dream kitchen remodel and had this whole island with a big farmhouse sink right in the middle. My uncle Mike who's been a plumber for 30 years came over to look at it and just started chuckling. He told me I was building a wet zone right in the main traffic path and that every time I'd carry a pot of pasta across the room I'd drip on the floor. I thought he was just being an old guy who hates change. Well after 6 months of living with it I finally moved the sink to the perimeter wall last weekend. Nobody tells you that pretty design doesn't matter when you're mopping up water trails every single night. Has anyone else had a tradesperson call out your layout before you even built it?

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lucas1595d ago

Did I learn the same lesson with my DIY bathroom vent fan that now sounds like a dying goose?

keith_henderson5d ago

Oh boy, I've been there. One thing to check - make sure you didn't accidentally mount the fan housing too tight against a joist or stud. Even a quarter inch of vibration against the wood frame will turn a quiet fan into something that sounds like it's fighting for its life. Also, those little plastic backdraft dampers can rattle like crazy if they're not seated properly in their tracks.