Prep Sink Size?? Any regrets-smaller or larger?
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Any cons to installing a bar/prep faucet on my main sink?
Comments (8)The main thing to consider is the height of your faucet. As long as the prep faucet moves side-to-side, you should be able to get things in and out of the sink easily, but you may not be able to wash or fill larger pots and pans. I chose a lavatory sink and lav faucet for my prep sink. I did this for aesthetic reasons. Everyone tried to discourage me on the sink size, placement, and my choice of faucet. I took lots of time to consider how the sink would be used, the biggest thing I might want to wash, etc. The only problems that I encountered is that lav (and prep sinks) have smaller drains. This meant that I couldn't use a regular strainer basket. Of course the prep faucets may not have sprayer features, but who cares?!!!? If you like the faucet combo you've selected, I can't think of a reason not to go for it. After all, it's YOUR kitchen. (By the way, I have a high-end Delta faucet in an unusual bronze. It did not come with a drain or air gap for the dishwasher. Don't know what color your is, but buying the matching accesories for those two items was exorbitant. Good luck!...See MoreIf you have a prep sink, what's the size of the cleanup sink?
Comments (9)Where I'm going with this is having a huge sink in a smaller kitchen, thus looking like a big bathtub where counter space may be more helpful. Sounds like the super single is the choice for most people with a prep, though, so I'm probably overthinking it. I guess I'm a little surprised that so few use smaller sinks but I may be a rare one to have a prep sink in a non mega kitchen. I see what you're saying about size of prep not mattering but I guess my thought is that since I won't have anything in it other than dirty dishes that I should be putting away anyway, I should move down a size. I'm not competing with prep space in that same sink as I am now, IYKWIM. The other thing that gives me pause with that sink is that I don't *love* the depth - I'm tall with back issues and my current sink (same depth) gives me fits when I stand at it for long (alas, no one in my family jumps to do the dishes, though, no matter how much I complain). To be fair, though, I prep there too and the Rondo is a shallower sink - hopefully that will help once I get the prep area. Plus we currently have tile and are replacing with softer wood. Did I mention I'm probably overthinking this???...See Morelarger or smaller induction cooktop in a smaller kitchen?
Comments (7)You do use the cooktop's glass surface as a countertop. All the time. Not just while prepping. You can use it as a countertop even when it's hot. Induction is that good. The wall in question is about 109" wide from end to end. That is huge. The cooktop can straddle two cabinets. This is great because you store important things under both sides, in drawers, which can each be opened while you stand to the side of that drawer being opened. To straddle cabinet sides, you have to notch the cabinets. Any saw will do. A single large bowl sink is great. 24" is big enough. Of course the hood should match the width of the induction cooktop. Any canopy capture basin hood shape, an inline fan, and a filter at the hood-duct junction point. Not a big deal. The slideout hood fori mentions is also great....See MoreWill I regret not adding a prep sink?
Comments (79)I haven't read all the comments, but we have nearly exactly the same kitchen layout as you (no door in the upper left corner) and I fretted over chopping up my beautifully large island space with a prep sink. Here are pics of our kitchen Our island is about 4'x10'. The prep sink turns out to be one of my favorite things about our kitchen. This is because: 1. I cook and DH cleans, and he tends to let dishes pile up, then do them in a batch. I love having an open sink to wash stuff in. His clutter is hidden from sight. 2. It's nice to be able to wipe counters directly into the sink instead of into your hand and walk over to the trash or sink. Faster/easier cleanup. 3. The obvious: no dripping produce when moving from clean-up sink to island for chopping up. We don't need trash near the clean-up zone, because we compost all food waste. Our trash is generated in the prepping process. But YMMV. We can (and often do) have 8 or 10 people standing or sitting around the island prepping at once. We love it! We have disposals and Never MT dispensers on both sinks: dishwashing soap on the cleanup sink and hand soap on the prep sink. Hope that helps!...See Moremaydl
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