I have never understood the nessessity to have anything other than a center drain. But I also think disposal should be illegal so there you go. As for flipping the sink you would need to contact the maker it looks like it would make no difference other than IMO the drain at the fron would always look like it was installed backwards

Thank you for responding! Our contractor asked the plumber if it matters if the drain is not on the same side as the d/w, and it seems like it's fine either way. We have the space, so there you go, I guess.

As to your other comments...agree to disagree! Much prefer the side drain (and I am not alone in this, and I have lived with one before) and would never voluntarily not have a disposal.

Yes you can flip that sink, but the drain will be toward the front. I love having a disposal btw...

It shouldn't matter which side your dishwasher is on. I'm right handed and have loaded dishwashers on both the right and left side and found neither made a difference.

I would be a heck of a lot more concerned that the dishwasher wasn't in a work zone. For example between sink and stove. To me that's a lot bigger problem than if I have to turn left or right.

emho, I'm a lefty too (and am thinking of putting my DW on the left side) so thanks for posting this. I wonder if there are any cheaper sinks that meet your need?

I googled "sink with drain on left side" and a bunch came up, like this Elkay

https://tinyurl.com/y2lo99mq

There was also this article, where half the pics show the drain on the left side

"6 Key Benefits of an Off Center Sink Drain"

https://directsinks.com/blogs/general/6-key-benefits-of-an-off-center-sink-drain

The Houzzers who put their pullout trash under the sink have an off-center drain. They choose a compact disposal for the drain and put the pull-out trash on the other side. (the right side in this case). I'm not sure how deep the sink would be.

Yes, @cpartist - fully agree!

We are getting rid of our disposal when replace our sink, but will be getting a sink with a drain to the side because we want to have the trash pullout on one side. Unfortunately, I'm also finding it hard to locate a left side drain sink that's 9" deep or less. We have our dishwasher on the left because that's what makes the most sense with relation to where the dishes/silverware live. I think we'll be able to run our hose/drain around and behind if we end up with a right drain sink. I hope.

@girl_wonder - I was not able to find a sink the right size with a left drain. I have a 30" sink cabinet and wanted the largest sink I could get. The Elkay one is 25.5" - I really didn't want to go below 27. The Dawn one in that article is similar. Unfortunately.

When they make disposal's illegal, I'm moving on! I'd give up my dishwasher before I'd give up my disposal!

Keep the drain at the right rear. You don't want the disposer directly behind the cabinet door. The drain hose supplied with the dishwasher should be plenty long. Whirlpool dishwashers (for example) allow up to a 12' drain hose so you could buy a longer one if needed.

@ Lawrence, thank you!

Are we talking disposals? I have one but rarely use it....first thing that clogs up in the kitchen sink is the disposal for us. As to your sink.....I love it. No opinion on where the drain should be but if we redo my kitchen, I want a sink similar to yours....not a double sink.

If your disposal is clogging, you need a more powerful disposal!

Give Kraus a call if you're worried - we bought one of their sinks and had some installation issues (turns out the wrong instructions / installations parts came with our sink, pretty funny in retrospect, boy were we confused) but they were very responsive and helpful.

As for Disposals, man, I hate 'em. I call them Dispose-Next-To-Nothings. Excited to NOT be installing one in my new kitchen.

Patricia C. Thanks for bringing this up. Most people just assume they need a garbage disposal.

I don't use one as it contributes additional waste to the water sewage processing center and eventually adds contaminants to your fresh water systems.

"it contributes additional waste to the water sewage processing center and eventually adds contaminants to your fresh water systems. " - That is not accurate, especially for those of us who don't live in drought areas. It is almost always environmentally better to use the disposal than to send more trash to a landfill. Of course, the best option is composting.

That may be - but I still think they're disgusting.

Fair is fair. Wild horses could not convince me to voluntarily clean food bits off a drain grate. I did not intend this thread to spark this debate! Hahaha.

I've had dishwashers on the left and the right. I've remodeled 3 kitchens and twice ended up with the DW not on my dominant hand. There is no learning curve. It's not a fine enough motor skill to matter.

Put the DW where it makes sense for the kitchen plan and make your family members help load the ^%*@*&# dishwasher instead of expecting lefty to do all of it!!

We must be members of the clean plate club and don't leave that much food on our plates to add to compost.

My kids don't know there's a choice for dishwasher location. It's just there! I have one lefty and one righty and they are equally bad.

(I do prefer to have the handle of my faucet on the LEFT though--as a righty I have better things to do with my good hand.)

I've had the handle of my faucet on the right for 5 years...I'm a lefty, but my husband is a righty. I'm not even that strongly lefty, but the faucet has annoyed me for 5 years. I got a faucet with the handle on top for the new place.

I apologize in advance for continuing the thread hijack re: disposers. I have always had one until my most recent kitchen reno. The reason I no longer have one is that the two water quality/wastewater engineering specialists in my family argued that it is much more efficient to put scraps into the trash (better yet, in compost) than to put them into the wastewater stream. It's not merely an issue of excess nutrients in water - a bigger issue is the energy required to treat wastewater.

/end my portion of the thread hijack

heh. I have a disposal, and I run almost nothing through it because I either compost or throw it away. I was trained long ago not to put anything in the disposal. OTOH, I have kids, and they will sometimes put something in the sink that ends up needing the disposal. So I have one.