single or double bowl sink...help me decide
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Comments (12)I'm a double bowl person: I like a soapy side and a clean side if I'm cooking and cleaning at a good pace. I also like being able to get a little cold water without diluting and cooling the hot, soapy sink, and I like being able to get a few inches of water in the sink to soak a couple plates without waiting forever and wasting a huge amount of water. The plastic tub isn't an option for me. I'd rather live with a sink not *quite* large enough for the biggest cookie sheets to sit flat on the bottom than have that sort of eyesore lurking about. I'm currently leaning towards the Blancoprecise silgranit 1&3/4: The large side is 18x17 inches, and I think the straight lines will blend better into my mission style space than the more popular rounded models. I'm using an asymetric sink to help disguise that things aren't going to line up under my window perfectly....See Moredouble bowl or single bowl
Comments (7)I believe it depends on your "style" of dishwashing! As my kids have gotten older and left home (I'm down to 1 and a half now!) I have fewer dirty dishes and prefer to wash them by hand. When I rinse a dish I like to rinse it under running water. Maybe I would dip it into a double bowl, but I don't have a double bowl. I have a one and 3/4 but am also in the market for a new sink. What I think you should do is imagine how you would takle your chore the next time you are rinsing or washing at your current sink. How would you do it at a single sink? A person can always take an extra plastic tub for rinsing and put it along side a single sink. Or rinse under running water right into the single sink. Or you may be like the majority (I believe) who just rinse and put everything into the dishwasher. I have a single sink up at our lake cabin and ironically I have more dishes up there because of frequent company. I put a plastic basin in the sink for washing and rinse under running water. I am not a fan of paper plates but then again I really don't mind washing by hand....See MoreSinks - double vs. single bowl
Comments (19)This topic is one of the most frequently asked on this Forum. There is no right or wrong choice; it depends on your cooking/cleaning style in your kitchen, and also on the amount of space you have for a sink. Your OP does not mention what size of sink you are considering, or what size will be your base cabinet for your sink. IMHO, if you do not have a lot of space for a sink, you are better off with a single bowl so that you can soak large pans. If you have more room for a sink, then you have more options for the double bowl like what Buehl has. Also, IMHO, if you are space-constrained, a rectangular sink will give you more interior space than a D-shaped one. I myself have a large rectangular single-bowl sink. I have the space for a double bowl, but really wanted a single bowl. I love it, and would never go back to a double-bowl, but that's just me. As to Bugbite's example of raw chicken, I will rinse a chicken under running water, and immediately place it on a cutting board, with the bad parts going down my powerful disposal or in the garbage immediately, so I am not leaving chicken sitting in my sink, so I don't see how a double bowl would help me with raw chicken, but that's just my style of prep. Speaking of my cutting board, it's large and heavy, and I am glad to have a large single bowl sink to clean it properly. Also, I spent Very Big Bucks on my Miele dishwasher, and by golly, I am going to use it, so I don't have much that needs hand-washing or draining. I do hand-wash my pots and pans, and am very happy for the space of the single-bowl when I do so. Then I either dry them with a towel and put them away immediately, or put a towel down on the counter and leave them to dry before I go to bed. So that's my style, but I hope that helps you understand why some people prefer a single bowl. P.S. - when you are shopping for a sink, whether single or double bowl, it's nice to have an "offset drain". That's where the drain is not in the center of the bowl, but toward the back. That way, you can set dishes and pans down without covering the drain. It seems like a minor point, but it's really a nice convenience....See MoreSink help - single bowl
Comments (25)RCKsinks - on the silgranite he didn't like the look or feel of it. He said it felt like "plastic" to him. I don't agree, but he couldn't get past it. i think it was more of a case of not interested in embracing the "new". In regards to Fireclay he liked the look, but we have a farmhouse sink that is fireclay right now and it is extremely chipped and has grey lines through the finish after 10 years he didn't think that was a good route to go down. We weren't able to find any of the virtuous china on display in our area to look at, so that was out. We looked at the corian, but he again didn't like the finish. He likes the stainless best (I think it is a man thing, to be honest!) but I am very hesitant with the scratching / watermarks. He agreed that he would be "OK" with the cast iron - which would probably be my second choice (after Silgranite), but I am starting to wonder if it is deep enough (its 9 1/2 inches). I know it is deeper than what we have - but my sister in law keeps raving about her deep sink that is over 10 inches deep - so that is hanging in the back of my mind. We are going to their house for Thanksgiving - so I plan to do some hands on research this week :) dorothy - Thank you SO much for the link! I do like the ledges - I know I can achieve the same usability with just placing a cutting board straddling the sink - but something about the ledges makes me happy....See Moredoonie
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