Unscientific Sink Survey

[ronhic]

Double bowl, double drainers in stainless steel. A total of approx 5' long and 2' wide.

 

Right handed and tend to use the left hand bowl, washing from left hand drainer to right hand drainer. Dishwasher is under the right hand drainer.

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[cuffs054]

Interesting discussion. The casa has a SS twin bowl and the cabin has a single large bowl. kinda think I like the single bowl better.

 

[whirlykenmore78]

Double bowl SS:

garbage disposal on the right. This makes sense as the DW is to the right of the sink. For those who are interested the DW is a KitchenAid KUDS-23 and the disposal is a ISE Evolution 3/4 HP.
WK78

 

[circlew]

The house I'm presently living in has a rather cheap 33x22 double bowl stainless sink, probably 20 ga., with equal size bowls.

In the new kitchen of my own house, I'm planning on a double bowl stainless, with one bowl 19"x16" 10" deep, and the other 14"x16" 8" deep. The disposer will go in the small one. which will be on the left. The sink and top will be one piece, with a length of 72". This will be 18 ga.

I am right handed.

You didn't mention triple bowl sinks, which one of my neighbors has. Another neighbor has a corner double bowl sink, which is unusual. Both are SS.

One of the nice things about stainless is that you can specify the size (width and depth) and configuration of the bowls to suit your need. You can also specify the gauge of metal, and the type of stainless (304 or 316).

 

[gusherb]

Our house has a red Kohler cast iron double bowl sink with a large bowl on the right and a small shallow one on the left with the garbage disposal on that side. It's original to the house and the enamel is quite worn. It originally had a Grohe single handle faucet with pullout sprayer, which I hear was quite the novelty in 1990 and had to be special ordered from Germany.

 

[appnut]

Double ss sink.  Left bowl due to disposer on that side.  Dishwasher is on the right of sink.

 

[iej]

I've got the big sink to the left and a central smaller sink with a basket in it for peeling vegetables and all that.

The seem to be common in Europe.

Double full sized sinks are a bit unnecessary in a modern kitchen as you'd rarely need to wash dishes by hand.

I've a large sink in the utility room which basically gets used for filling and emptying mop buckets.
I can't see myself ever washing clothes in it. I can't think of anything the Miele can't handle, even very delicates, once you select try right cycle and detergent options.

Washing wool by hand seems a lot rougher and more likely to stretch things than doing it in a wool / hand cycle.

 

[polkanut]

Double bowl SS sink here also with left bowl being used the most because of the disposer being on that side, and dw also.

 

[turquoisedude]

The Kitchen Centre only seemed to offer a very large (29-inch +/-) single bowl sink so that's what we have by default in the kitchen in Ogden.  However, I also added a small bar-sized sink on the opposite wall to Kitchen Centre - it's not used for food prep, but it's darn handy for filling the coffee perk or ice trays.  It's also the one with the faucet fitted for the portable dishwashers with the 'larger' adapter like the later D&M's and KitchenAids.  The smaller or narrow style adapter is on the GE sink for the Mobile Maids, early KitchenAids, and the occasionally-used 61 Whirlpool. 

 

As of August 11th, the kitchen sink will be a regular double-bowl sink sans disposal for the moment.  I'm hoping that this will be swapped out for a turquoise-enameled double sink that I got from Cory.  

 

I've been used to having a double sink in the old Montreal apartment; the disposal was in the right-side bowl and I set a dish drainer in the left bowl to allow air-drying of plastics and fragile stuff that I didn't put (or didn't fit) in the dishwasher.  

 

[firedome]

forgot...

to mention the sink at the Lake House... single bowl Elkay Stainless, extra deep. Much prefer SS to a porcelain/iron sink, there was a reason stainless sinks were an absolute revelation when they came out, so much more durable (if of decent heavy gauge) and cleanable. Much more appropriate for a sink than for appliance skins imo! And the big single is great for canning, and for soaking really big pots and &c, as mentioned.

 

[sudsmaster]

Main house kitchen, single deep bowl, 21x15x8. Enclosed patio kitchen, bigger, wider, more shallow single bowl, 27x17x5.  I like the single bowl setup, easier to wash/rinse large pans etc. I don't think I'd care for the double sink setup unless there was a lot more room for it than there is now.

 

Both sinks are porcelain over cast iron.

 

Double sinks seem to me to be a waste of space.

 

 

 

[revvinkevin]

 

 

1. Double bowl porcelain coated cast iron in the kitchen.

 

2. The right side is the go-to because the faucet is "centered" to the right.  The disposer is installed on the right side and the dishwasher is to the right of the sink.

 

3. I'm right handed... HOWEVER... there are 2 sinks in the master bathroom and I always use the one on the left!

 

[volvoguy87]

Kohler Stages 33"

I am putting in my kitchen now. I bought a Kohler Stages 33" sink (the narrower of the two sized offered). The bowl is on the right and the shelf is on the left. I have precious little counter space, so I need a sink that can do many things. This sink has a wooden cutting board, and 2 different size plastic trays that can rest across it. Both trays can be flipped over to be either a cutting board or a shallow tray. There are also 6 square bowls which can be used to hold ingredients being cut on the board. If the bowls are flipped over, they can hold large or small amounts of stuff. The whole thing is quite efficient, and all the bits except for the wooden cutting board can be stored in a rack below the sink's shelf. The raised shelf is a convenient place for me to put my measuring cups and spoons etc. down while I'm cooking. The shelf is also an ideal place to measure ingredients because I can just spray it off with the faucet or hose, and keep my counters more tidy and clean. The shelf is on the left and the bowl is on the right It is 16 gauge stainless steel.

No, I did not pay list price!
Dave

http://www.us.kohler.com/us/Stages%22-33-x-18-1-2-x-9-13-16-under-mount-single-bowl-with-wet-surface-area-kitchen-sink/productDetail/Undermount-Sinks/427382.htm?_requestid=1672964

 

[philcobendixduo]

Kohler Lakefield

My parents had this sink in their custom-built home in Rosemount MN (now Eagan) and I chose one for my kitchen "refresh" in 1989. The one in MN was "coppertone" and mine is almond. I am right handed and my dishwasher is to the right of the sink. Works for me!

 

[rp2813]

Single bowl appx. 20" x 30" overall (including deck) and 8" deep, with disposer in the center.  It dates back to the early '70s and is in great shape.  I'd never have anything else.

 

When we remodeled the kitchen at our previous house, we wanted a sink with five holes in the deck.  At the time, single hole faucets were not approved by city code, so we needed three holes for the faucet, another for an instant hot water dispenser, and another for the dishwasher air gap.  The only choice was an American Standard double bowl model.  It didn't take me long at all to hate working within the confines of two bowls, each less than half the size of a single one, and I will never have that type of sink again.

 

If/when we remodel our current kitchen, I'm inclined to save the sink and reuse it in the new scheme.  I haven't seen anything new out there that's comparable.  I just wish I could find protective sink mats that fit it.  Right now I'm using two mats that fit double bowl models, which leaves the disposer in the middle accessible. 

 

We considered stainless steel when we remodeled at the other house, but at the time I worked for an HVAC contractor and one of the plumbers there warned me that stainless sinks have a tendency to "act like a speaker" when the disposal is in use.  That was enough for me to rule out stainless.

 

Also, without a doubt, an under-mount or flush-mount sink is the only way to go.  The double bowl Standard was a drop-in, and wiping down the counters was a PITA having to go up and over that giant lip.  Never again.

 

[perc-o-prince]

Downstairs is a double s/s with each bowl the same size and able to accommodate a 9x13" pan (no bathtub soaking). No d/w or disposal hooked up. We tend to use the left bowl more. Countertop drainer on the left. Rich and I are both right-handed.

Upstairs is a corner double with the right being a bit larger. The disposal is in the right bowl and the d/w is mounted to the right, and we tend to use the right bowl more.

Chuck

 

[gusherb]

Kohler Lakefield

That's our sink! I had no idea what model name it was until you posted that.

 

[zipdang]

Single bowl SS undermount, 30"x17"x10". Everything fits in this thing, including long-handled cookware.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Well, here's when you catch my Sink Actually Clean:

And not loaded w/ coffee grounds!

 

Anyway--two bowls, nice DEEP bowls speak for themselves--especially when water from the dish-drainer next to the smaller basin (very partially shown) drains into it...

 

Couldn't see myself moving into a place w/ a very SHALLOW ONE-BOWL--which had a very <span class="algo-summary">pequeño GE dishwasher (White, and YES it despite being a fairly-almost full-featured mid-line model only washed DISHES and had NO Delay!); it was a house that was mostly just not my kind'a place...
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<span class="algo-summary">Oh, the sink pictured, that I have: (Wait, I already said: ____ ) 'Nuff said!!!!
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<span class="algo-summary">-- Dave</span>

[this post was last edited: 11/25/2015-12:43]

 

[jakeseacrest]

I should have just posted a picture of why a single sink would never work for me. I just did turkey prep and peeled all the potatoes, onions, carrots, and parsley into the left bowl while the right bowl was overflowing with dishes waiting for the dishwasher.