I hired a plumber to replace my kitchen sink and faucet. The plumber after
removing the old sink pointed out that the hole in my counter top was a little
bit big and there were two gaps but he would caulk over it.

Well it has not worked and now there is a gap and the counter has swollen from
getting wet where the gap is. a three inch section of the counter top is now
higher then the sink. The plumber claims that the only cure is for me to
replace my counter top!!

I spent a lot of money to fix up my house and have ended up with something worse
then what I had before! The plumber makes $80 per hour, I make $7.50 per hour.

Is there another option besides replacing the entire counter top? The old sink
had a horrid metal ring around it that crap would get under and that was part of
the reason I replaced it but the ring did keep the gaps from the two big hole in
my counter top showing.