Nice, the top in the video looks pretty smooth for not having to polish too much. Post up some pics when you are done, I'd like to see how it comes out.
Progress to date. Setup was easy enough. One full day last weekend. The only problem is - I saved forming the sink figuring I could spend an hour on that and get to pouring … until I noticed I didn’t have enough edge form for the corner sink I chose. I screwed with it briefly thinking I could jigger something without ordering more until I came to my senses. I’ll pour next weekend.
Looking good so far. So the top of the sink sits at the bottom of the forms and the top edge will be concrete?
Yeah, I bought an undermount sink. So, that slips into a cutout in the cement board base, it gets lined with a form and I’ll pour on top of the sink lip. It’s really the only way to do an undermount without seeing the cement board edge. If you’re envisioning how I described that, you’re probably seeing one of the limitations of this system: doesn’t leave a ton of flexibility. But, all in, it’ll run around 25% of the cost of the granite slab I had my eye on. If it comes out with the look I’m going for, that’s an easy tradeoff.
Yeah, I wasn't thinking about the cement board but now that you mention it, I can see why it has too be done that way. And I'm with you on cost, stone prices have gone nuts the last few years
Figure this might be a good place to put this? My dishwasher keeps tripping a ground fault outlet and not running. Initially I thought there was a clog and it wasn’t draining, but now it’s running through almost its entire cycle and then tripping the outlet. I reset it, and it keeps tripping it. Any ideas as to what’s going on? I can call maintenance since I rent but it’s such a pain in the fucking ass to let them in with my dogs running around especially when it’s some jerk off that I know doesn’t have any more of a clue than I do.
That sounds more like an electrical short. If you can, listen to what cycle it goes into when it trips. Edit to add, it could also be a faulty gfi outlet
Does it always trip in the same spot in the cycle? If it does, likely a problem with the relay or switch in the dishwasher. If it is just random, when it trips, they as mentioned, could be a faulty GFCI
Yeah, my first thought was the heated drying cycle at the end causing more amps than an aging gfi can handle. I’ve also seen condensation/pin hole during the draining cycle cause a short.
I’ve tried different outlets with an extension cord and get the same thing. When it first happened, it wasn’t draining but now it seems to drain just fine. It’ll trip, I’ll reset the GFCI outlet and then it’ll trip immediately if I turn it on until the next day.
Definetly sounds like something they will need to check out. So if it trips, it pretty much has to sit over night before it will run for a while without tripping again? I’ve mostly found with(especially older ones), that things like that happen from a. Short, or a change in amps when a different cycle kicks in. Also , if it’s hooked up to an insinkerator that could come into play too, especially if it’s happening near when it’s draining
If you are plugging into different outlets, that are near the GFCI, those outlets are likely hooked to the GFCI so the same tripping would be expected. Overheating, which can be caused by faulty heating element, could be the problem causing it to trip, which would explain why you can't reset the GFCI and restart the machine again, since it would still be hot. It could also be a faulty motor or other loose wire, but I'd lean towards overheating since you can't start it right back up. Unfortunately it's hard to narrow it down much more than that. I don't think many dishwashers have the option, but see if it will allow you to run it without using any heated water. Likely not since the heated water is what sanitzes everything at the end of the cycle. But if it did allow you to turn off the heater, if that stops the tripping, then you have it narrowed likely to the heating element
