Kohler Prolific sink vs. having space for trash pullout

8 years ago

last modified: 8 years ago

We were originally going to have a 24" sink cabinet with an ordinary single sink, and 15" trash pullout next to the sink. Now we are looking at the Kohler Prolific sink (especially the kids are intrigued by the cool gadget factor and it makes them feel more excited about cooking and washing things :-) However the Prolific requires a 36" cabinet. In that case we would have to eliminate the trash pullout cabinet, and put the trash pullout under the sink. (The kitchen is small and there just isn't any other place to put a 15" cabinet for trash without eliminating badly needed drawers.)

I'm looking at this thread with examples of creating 2 pullouts under an ikea sink cabinet so you can pull out one side and still have half of the standing space in front of the sink http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2700259/under-sink-trash-pullout I am not sure whether we could get this to work since the Prolific has a centrally located drain and it seems like it would be hard to fit in the pullouts with the disposal and other plumbing. I guess the next best thing would be to have regular cabinet doors and then a pullout thing inside the cabinet for trash/compost. Not sure how well that would work for us either.

I was really looking forward to having the trash pullout in its own cabinet. I haven't had one of those before, but it seems really useful. But we also like the idea of having a bigger and more functional sink that can support multiple activities at once. We haven't had that before, either. Would love to hear others' thoughts.

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raee_gw zone 5b-6a Ohio

8 years ago

I have a 30" base and the drain, although to the rear, is in the middle with garbage disposal. I still had room to put two 15" pullouts (I used a Rev-s-shelf trash unit that attaches to the door and another brand, that isn't as long, for the other side) for trash, recycling, compost and supplies.

So it seems that it could be easily done in a 36" base.

PS your pullout unit does not need to be as wide as your door if you use another brand than Ikea

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fabulatrice
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8 years ago
last modified: 8 years ago
This is how the kitchen would look with the 36" sink cabinet and two (theoretically possible) pullouts under the sink. We would lose 9" of counter space between the sink and range (compared to previous plan which had 45" of counter space there), but the sink itself would provide some prep space that I think (hope) would make up for the 9".
fabulatrice
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8 years ago
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Here are two more threads about double trash pullouts under ikea sink

http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2418644/trash-pullout-under-sink

http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2408460/how-do-i-fit-a-double-or-single-garbage-pullout-under-the-sink

All the threads mention "instructions on ikeafans" unfortunately ikeafans doesn't exist any more, I found this page on the wayback machine but it refers to a part from the akurum kitchen system, not sektion:

https://web.archive.org/web/20140717230116/http://www.ikeafans.com/forums/kitchen-planning/3326-whose-kitchen-had-deep-drawer-pullouts-under-sink.html
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We weren't sure what size garbage cans we could fit under sink but in end we were able to do two 5 gallons from Ikea. One for recycle, the other trash.
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Xochitl
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Sorry, this pic didn't post.
And we love! our giant sink!
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fabulatrice
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Ooh, that's great you could do the push opener with that setup! And thanks for showing me which size cans you could fit under there! I like that you were able to use the high drawer (with modification).

What did you use in the center/bottom of the cabinet for attaching the maximera drawers? The old ikeafans instructions give a part number for a separator but it's from the akurum system.
Xochitl
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The contractor used a piece of filler, I think, to attach the drawer railing to. You need the high drawer to do what we did, attach the drawer to the door. You could do this same-setup with a 36" wide high maximera drawer, but my husband was concerned that with the weight of the trash, the electric push opener wouldn't fully open. With the 18" drawer, it opens quickly and easily. (those same Blum push-openers retail for over 200$ and are only 140$ at Ikea)
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Connie Wiener
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Xochitl - did you have to use the shorter depth drawer in order to use the Utrusa push-opener? It looks like you have the full depth drawer.
Lara M
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Thank you so much to raee_gw zone 5b-6a as this is exactly what I'm trying to design for! My architect measured and concluded that I could have two 10" pullouts flanking the center drain/disposal of the Prolific in a 36" cabinet but as I've gone through the numbers it seemed like it could be wider. I will post back in a few months (hopefully Dec 2016) and post pictures for all to see what I end up with.

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