To wonder how people choose a sink. All types appear to be s***t!

[Candl3Mak3r]

Admittedly new to the new kitchen game but had no idea sinks needed so much thought.😳

From my research:

• enamel chips and breaks things
• white stains
• black shows up water marks and looks awful
• stainless steel gets scratches and is no longer in

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Ceramic, haven't stained or chipped it yet.

We have a huge stainless steel sink and it was the best choice we could have made. It's indestructible, practical and frankly the eye just slides past it in situ.

Did used to have the big white Belfast. Chipped, stained and broke anything that tapped off the side while using it. Stupid vanity sink.

Far prefer the sink we have now.

Stainless steel isn't a classic. China sinks were around donkeys years before. I had a butler in my last place a cottage. I looked after it,no chips, kept it clean. Now we have a classic 60s bungalow, open plan, kitchen at the end of the lounge,I have a little round IKEA sink (plus a dishwasher) with a washing up bowl you get minimal scratches. I actually wanted copper, again small round,it's antibacterial, looks gorgeous,you can't use harsh chemicals. I don't have a draining board, because I don't want to see it from the living room end. I have a fold up one. My aunt had a composite and managed to burn it resting a hot saucepan on the side. I still want copper,am working on DH for a new worktop. I have composite in the bathroom,you have to be so careful about staining! I got a bit of pink hair dye on it once!!

Stainless steel never goes out

Stainless steel - but not the polished one, have the matt finish - you can scrub away to your hearts content and it will not matter.

In fact, if there's nothing much on telly, I'll go and scrub away on the sink for the pure joy of it.

That’s a good size and that portable thing on the end is interesting .

I have to admit ceramic was my original prefered choice until I was warned re the crockery damage and chipping( I’m a tad clumsy). Then switched to white composite but got warned re staining, ditto black, so here I am back at stainless. Hadn’t thought of the under counter thing. Don’t like stainless steel draining boards but how do you drain items that don’t go in the dishwasher….?🤔

For me stainless steel is always going to be the best. I find it quite frustrating that people seem to rate aesthetics over functionality when it comes to kitchens. I have a relation in Britain who has renovating his kitchen and mentioned that even though he thought stainless steel was most practical it would hurt the resale value because people saw it as cold or industrial and not home-like enough. So picked a deep butlers sink instead, which means there’s an annoying gap between the counter top and the sink where dirt can collect = more cleaning.

Nope, moulded stainless steel all the way is my favourite, preferably the long kind that doubles as a worktop and goes all the way to the cooker, and has a little “lip” to stop liquids from dripping on to the floor. Hot pans can go on it, it takes all scrubbing, it survives anything, extremely hygienic.

Wait till you get to picking taps.

I have a composite sink - it’s great. It occasionally needs a quick waft of bleach but would highly recommend.

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Our kitchen fitter recommended a white composite granite sink as our old stainless steel one would get limescale marks (hardwater area). It does scuff easily, but I've found a quick rub with a magic eraser sponge and marks easily come off, it's less effort to clean than stainless steel imo. It can smash glasses if you're not careful, but I normally use a washing up bowl to clean anything fragile.

We went from butlers sink to large under mount stainless steel and would do again, under mount means it’s less noticeable anyway. Very happy with choice 5 years on.

A fabric pad mat sat on the side while it drains. Put the mat away when you put the pots away. So it’s neat unless there are pots actively draining.
Draining mat is probably the term.

I grew up with ceramic and have ceramic myself. Love it and find it easy to maintain.

I knew it would be the draining board that was your issue with stainless steel!

You get draining grooves cut into your worktop.

Like this

Ah, nice! Do you not get water everywhere?

Wren have composite sinks in grey and a light brownish colour they call ‘tartufo’. We have one of each (utility and kitchen) and find they are both better than black and white for not showing stains and watermarks.

I don’t do huge loads of washing up to be honest, just the odd thing that can’t go in the dishwasher.

Stainless steel! If you get a stainless steel counter too you can have it made all as one item, so no grooves and joins to collect debris.

Also look at a freestanding one like goodboneslondon on Instagram: she has a huge double bowl stainless steel sink, one side for washing, one for drying. It’s incredible and bespoke but I don’t think wildly expensive for what it adds to the kitchen.

Good point!

You can sort my non stain white kitchen counter top material conundrum now!😂

Ooo will
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A proper fireclay sink will not chip unless you take a hammer to it. It is fired to a high temperature to be very resilient.

if you are prone to dropping and bashing things, you could get a sink mat to break the fall. We have a washing up bowl in our butlers sink which we use for glasses ( better water consumption as well).

I’ve had steel, various composites , enamelled metaI ( and a stone sink dating from 1840) I would never install anything but a butler/ fireclay sink again.

Now drooling over her pantry. 🤔

We have ceramic in the kitchen and resin in the utility. I was recommended composite, but it was pricey.

We kept our ceramic sink from the previous kitchen, it hasn’t chipped at all and looks fine - no idea how old it is. Also, the sink gets bleached pretty frequently just for hygiene purposes. My parents have had one over 20 years and also in good condition. I don’t know what you mean about them breaking things tbh, anything that’s been broken in my sink has been entirely my fault.