Which kitchen sink?

lol - I got my sink at a home restoration place - the kind that is hired to tear down old houses and saves the "good stuff" like antique bathtubs, sinks, light fixtures, etc.

I paid 5.00 for my sink..and yes, if I move, that sink is going with me!

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Thanks Angie, I am glad you like my skin, but what do you think of my sink?

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IMO, a fairly deep, SS double sink is hard to beat.

When re-doing my daughter's kitchen, we found a decent Kohler at Lowes that had a rebate if you also bought a Kohler faucet. After rebate, I think we paid about 200 bucks...

I prefer double and as deep as possible with tall faucet...still up in the air about the finish though.

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If you're going with stainless, I would suggest one of the thicker, heavier gauge, sinks. They won't dent. Most sold today sound like tin cans. The black spray on material helps hide the tinny sound.

YH--you need little curtains under your sink

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Yup, little curtains under the sink really look nice in a kitchen. Plus they are a lot easier to build than wooden doors.

We put in a lovely porcelain over cast iron sink in our kitchen and we ended up with loads of cracked and broken dishes. If a glass did nothing more than fall over in that sink, it died. When my DH's favorite coffee cup got chipped, that was the end of that sink. We sold it for about the same price we paid for it and then installed a deep double stainless steel sink we found at a yard sale. It isn't anywhere near as pretty as the porcelain sink was but it is a lot easier on the dishes.

We have very little counter space but we have a wooden cutting board with holders on each side which let it fit into one side of the sink. That is used a lot since things can now be washed and cut up in the same spot.

We have a molded in sink made of Corian in our house in Alaska and though it looks good we would never go that way again. They scratch, you have to watch pouring anything hot into them or they may crack, etc. What we do like is that we have one big deep sink and then a small sink to the side with the garbage disposal.

In our farmhouse in Missouri we have a single cheap stainless sink that will be in the rubbish as soon as we live there full time (all the original sinks from the 1940s are in the barn but are probably too far gone to be redone). We are going to go with an old farmhouse sink like YH (that really looks nice YH); just a single deep sink with drainboards and no disposal (we have a septic system).

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I have a stainless, heavy gauge sink. It is three compartments-two on either side of a small shallow one in the middle. Both sides are much deeper than average too. The only thing I would change out is the faucet, I would prefer a taller one for my biggest pots. That said, they all fit under it-barely, lol A retractable head would be ideal.

You'd be amazed at how much you would use the center drain, even though it's very small.

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I've had several sinks; stainless, porcelain on steel and enameled cast iron.

FWIW...I absolutely HATED the stainless. The sink had to be constantly wiped dry because our hard water always left spots. The sink NEVER looked clean and when I did the dishes, the water cooled off very quickly and it was noisy! The porcelain on steel was OK, except that the hot water cooled off really quickly. Since I was raised in a home with a large cast iron, single bowl sink, that is what I gravitate toward. And when you purchase a sink, buy a name brand.

When we moved into our house, there was a Kohler cast iron sink with a large deep bowl and a tiny, garbage disposal bowl. I never used the garbage disposal so the little sink was virtually useless. So when I replaced the sink (and faucet and water and drain lines), I opted for another Kohler sink. It is called a "Smart Divide." The sink is divided equally but the divide itself is lower so I can wash large pans with NO difficulty.

The sink cleans like a dream and even with our hard water, never shows spots. I have never had a sink of this type chip or crack and would highly recommend this brand. Of course, the tough part is picking the right color ;-)

RVcook

We do have curtains under the sink now, the photo was from a year ago. If I have enough walnut lumber left after I build her book cases and desk...... then I will replace the curtains with some matching doors for those cabinets.

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We have a molded in sink made of Corian in our house in Alaska and though it looks good we would never go that way again. They scratch, you have to watch pouring anything hot into them or they may crack, etc

--Ditto!!! My mother's hasn't, but if the sink leaks, you're replacing the entire cupboard as it's all one piece (is that what you're describing?)

Worse, you can't use old methods on new technology. (Mom scoured off the finish with her comet & baking Soda scrubs. Now anything even slightly colored stains the sink and she has to constantly keep up with her comet & baking soda.

Cast iron (porcelain) and stainless steel are the way to go, from a professional cleaning standpoint. Don't forget to include in your fixtures a removable faucet. The kind that allows you to stretch it over and around dishes to get those tight spots. Invaluable.

I have a granite sink that I love. I can put a hot pan in it with out having to worry about cracking. I can use comet to clean it. We have very hard water but I've never noticed any hard water spots on it. It's very quiet.
It's a pretty sand color also.

You got it Merit and you Mom found out the hard way that you have to be careful what you clean them with. The more I live my life the more the old ways seem to make sense. hmmmmm

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Work around the skin rasie up the counter put a new faucet in. Also put cabints doors in front of your skin. Mix the old with the new.

I've coveted a sink like YH's for a long time, although I'd prefer a double. But my ideal would be a commercial double sink, heavy SS, with built-in drainboards like that porcelain one has. No dishwasher, no disposal, just a good quality sink.

Kathleen

I've got a big double Kohler with a bit of history. My house was built from used barn lumber and the next door neighbor's house was actually the large chicken house. Became a home in the 1920s and the sink was from when they were heavy cast iron monsters designed to last forever. In 1983, neighbor asked me to replace it with a stainless one. Since there wasn't anything wrong with the old one other than a few stains, it was stored in my garage. Then I could say that one may find anything in there, even the kitchen sink! That's where it sat until several weeks ago when the cheap sink in my house had accumulated enough chips to where we were tired of looking at them. Finished installing it a week ago and the offending stains came off with vinegar and/or bleach. It looks almost like new despite probably being around 80 years old.

Martin

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In my next place I am going to get a large single sink... the double one here is driving me nuts.


Ooh what did the OP decide today?

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Triple Bowl Stainless Steel Sink !!

Several years ago I spotted a heavy duty triple bowl sink at Habitat for Humanity for $25. It had a sound damping coating sprayed on the bottom. At the time I didn't have any idea what I'd do with it.

Now it's in my kitchen. Those two large bowls on either side handle anything I want from washing big pots to washing large amounts of greens for freezing/canning. Regardless of whatever the big bowls are being used for, I can wash my hands at the small center bowl.

If there's only a few pieces of dishes to be washed, the small bowl is pefect. Less water needed.

I can have both big bowls in use, and still drain a pot of pasta at the same time.

When doing a lot of dishes, I can put a dish drain in one of the big bowls, another along side the sink. Use the other big bowl for washing and the small bowl for rinsing. In fact I did that yesterday when I was washing canning jars.

Haven't had any problems with scratches. It's easy to sanitize after working with chicken. Every once in a while, I'll bleach it, when it starts getting a coffee stained appearance. (I think it is coffee, as we drink a lot of it here.)

FWIW, I've used a large single bowl and a couple of regular single bowl sinks that weren't very deep. And I have the equivalent of a commercial kitchen double deep sink in my shop. (It's actually a double laundry sink.) By far, the best sink I've ever used is the triple in the kitchen now.

When I installed it, I added a single leaver faucet with the built in pull-out sprayer. It reaches all parts of the triple and beyond. For example, I fill up a 5 gallon water cooler sitting on the counter, beside the sink, when we prep for storms.

Just my 2-cents on sinks. (I rarely use the dishwasher, btw.)

Lee

Forgot I asked this one, thanks for ALL of the responses. Of course everyone has a different idea, but I'm getting great ones at that. Thanks!!