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30 or 36' sink cabinet? Offset drain sink???

kitchendreaming

13 years ago

We will be ordering the cabinets on Friday! Suddenly we have converted to single bowl sink! We want to be able to put a trash can under the sink and are looking for a single sink with an offset drain (the drain to the side or the back) so that there will be room for the trash can underneath. We will be putting a garbage disposal and possible a faucet filter.

We need help with the following questions:

1. Does anybody know of a single bowl, offset drain sink brand to recommend?

2.Is stainless steel the best material? We found some offset drain single bowl sinks but they were all solid surface, never heard of this material for sinks.

3. Which size sink will fit in a 30 or 36" cabinet? (We are going with IKEA and they do not make 33"). We want to be able to fit a dishpan inside the sink. I figured that if we go with a 30" cabinet we could have a 6" spice cabinet pullout, but this is not terrible important. More important is to be able to fit the trash can.

THank you very much in advance!

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rem1970
13 years ago
I bought the Kohler 8 Degree single bowl sink, which is 33". The drain is offset and the sink is stainless. It's not cheap but I got a good deal on it at Overstockdeals. I also went with IKEA cabs, so the sink is going into a 36" sink base.

My counters will be measured/templated tomorrow, wich means the sink will be installed in about a week.
breezygirl
13 years ago
Blanco has a couple of great silgranit sinks with offset drains. One is offset to the middle back, and one is offset to the corner in back. I love silgranit sinks. They never get water spots like stainless. They are quieter than stainless. They don't scratch like cast iron. Do a search at the bottom of the page for granite sinks, or silgranite, or silgranit. They are really fab! Oh, and pretty too with several colors available.

The one I'm planning is the Precis with the middle back drain. It has a quilted bottom so water drains easier. I can't remember the name of the other, but if you go to faucet direct.com and use their filter search you should find them both.
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kitchendreaming
Original Author
13 years ago
thank you! I am sorry I had not seen your posts before, had some trouble with email and thought nobody had answered...
We are happy to have some options for single bowls with offset drains...
remodelfla
13 years ago
I have a single bowl curved front SS sink. it's a 36" sink in a 36" cabinet (IKEA). The brand is Lavello. The drain is a rear drain. We have a disposal (rather large one) and can fit two smaller sized trash cans under the sink.
kitchendreaming
Original Author
13 years ago
Remodelfla, are the two trash cans the kind that are attached? What are the approx. sizes? Do you happen to have a picture? We are trying to picture if this will work and a picture will help a lot... thanks!

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