Farm-house sink Vs double bowl sink
mrao77
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single vs. double bowl sink?
Comments (6)I love my double sink, and I can't imagine not having one. I usually have dishes in the large side, and I use the small side as a prep sink. The disposal is in the small side, and as I cook, I dump food waste into the small side and things that need to be washed in the big side. If you are going to have a prep sink, I think a single bowl main sink would be fine. Without that secondary prep sink, I know that I would be unhappy with a single sink....See MoreSink question for double sink owners - bowl placement
Comments (15)Regarding Stretchad's question, we have the large bowl on the left & the small bowl on the right with the DW on the right as well. The Garbage Disposer is on the large bowl. My DH does most of the cleanup and this is the configuration he specifically asked for. He uses the small bowl to soak utensils (b/c they're the things our KA DW seems to have the most trouble getting clean) and also uses the soapy water to wipe down the table & counters. Meanwhile, the large bowl is used to scrape food scraps (no, no composting...yet) and soak bigger pots & pans, if necessary, or just stack dirty dishes until cleanup time. This keeps the big pots & pans off the counter...something I especially dislike if they're soaking. Why the DW on the right? Because that's the side the TV is on & he likes to watch TV while cleaning up! Left/right had nothing to do w/being left handed or right handed...it was all "what side will the TV be on?" LOL! However, the side for the small bowl was determined by the side the DW is on. He wanted to be able to take the soaking utensils out of the sink & put them directly into the DW w/o too much dripping. Since dishes are usually scraped but not rinsed, there's no dripping when they're put into the DW so closer proximity to the DW for those items wasn't a priority. (BTW...There are two versions of our sink...one with the small bowl on the right (ours) and one w/the small bowl on the left.) Judydel...I'm not sure I understand your statement: "... I'm the only one I know of on GW that found a double bowl sink that actually has a full size basin plus smaller basin..." and then "...large bowl...interior dimension is 20.75" x 15"..." Many people here have a double-bowl sink with the large bowl even bigger. The large bowl in my sink, for example, has interior dimensions of 21-3/8" x 18-3/4". It's the Ticor S405D and many people on GW have the same sink. "...smaller bowl...interior dimension is 12.75" x 15"..." My smaller bowl is narrower by approx 2" (10-1/2" x 15-7/8"), but for the smaller bowl that's actual better for us. Less water needed to fill it when we need to soak things...yet it's still big enough to fit my 8qt pot. It really depends on how you plan to use your sink that should drive answer to the single/double bowl & bowl size questions. One thing, some GWers have noted that a single bowl works for them only b/c they have a second sink in the kitchen...no, not everyone says/has this. But if you have a second/prep sink, you may or may not need a double bowl sink. In my case, we have both...a double bowl main sink & prep sink...but they're on opposite sides of the kitchen (as are our Prep/Cooking Zones & Cleanup Zone) across a 6-1/2' aisle, so even a double-bowl main sink wouldn't be much help for us for prepping & cooking....See MoreTop mount, short apron farm sink with 60/40 double bowl
Comments (8)Yes. I had a 50/50 before and have had to adjust:) The divided Whitehaven (70/30) had the smaller part on the wrong side for my set up. My old 50/50 cast iron sink, even though it was for a 36" cabinet, had much smaller bowls, so you might want to see that 50/50 in person - it might be big enough. I have worked it out by using a dish rack with sides which I keep in the left inside of my sink. I also have a little pretty wood rack for some depression glass and other hand washables. My drain is way to the right, but the Vault drain is in the middle - that might make a difference for making something like this work. : That one is by Simplehuman, but there are others. Here is a similar gray one: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07539JCNB/ref=asc_df_B07539JCNB5298712/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=394997&creativeASIN=B07539JCNB&linkCode=df0&hvadid=216558267793&hvpos=1o3&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2460828519382747571&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9018505&hvtargid=pla-361925929854 Different company - I don't have any experience with this one: http://www.qvc.com/Squish-Dish-Rack.product.K305653.html?colorId=000&sizeId=000&ref=GAS&cm_mmc=GOOGLESHOPPINGFEED--GShopping|L|BrandProduct|cooking+dining--pla--sCaLVwTno|dc_400057871687__K305653-000-000&mkwid=sCaLVwTno|dc_pcrid_400057871687_pkw__pmt__productid_K305653-000-000&TZ=EST I recently got the sink grids for my sink because I did not want to ding the cast iron and now the in-sink dish rack won't sit flat - so I am keeping my eyes out for another. Many here on this forum do not use dish racks. I have rinsed recyclables and non-dishwasher pot and pans so understand the desire for a dish rack - but be prepared for some to tell you to live without one:) I hope Joe chimes in - he knows every sink out there....See Morekitchen: two sinks versus double-bowl sink
Comments (15)Two sinks at least 18" each Did she put countertop between, or did she just butt the sinks up against each other Catherine B - please do not take this the wrong way, I am trying to help you. But from your comments, you did not read my post carefully. Please re-read it. One of my mother's sink's is 27" wide, and the other is 20" wide. One of your bowls cannot be "at least 18 inches". it needs to definitively be large enough to set down a big pan, which means 25" or more in width. My mother's granite counter strip between the two bowls is at least two inches wide. My mother's arrangement resembles most closely Traci's last pic above, except my mother's sinks are D-shaped. She put these sinks in about 15 years ago when the D-shape was in style. Also 15 years ago they did not have the 40"+ double-bowl 60-40 sinks available in stainless steel, but that was what she wanted, so that is why she created that arrangement. [P.S. I have a 30" wide single bowl sink, which I love. I do not use a plastic bowl. I can leave my large pots to soak due to the width. When I handwash, I either towel dry right away (really, it takes literally 20 seconds per pot or dish), or I leave them on a mat to air-dry. Setting a dish rack in one bowl isn't fooling anybody, isn't hiding them, they are still visible, and 18" won't hold much to dry, and if you don't remember to swivel the faucet to the other bowl you will inadvertently re-wet them while they are drying in the sink, and it doesn't really give any advantage.]...See MoreBuehl
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