Under mount sink

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We are having a Wickes Tiverton bone kitchen with the island in Tiverton slate. We will be having Unistone Carrara Blanco quartz worktops. My final decision is the sink - we know we want an under mount but cannot decide on white ceramic or stainless steel. Thoughts?

We have a white ceramic under mount sink. It's a pain in the ass. Wish I'd insisted on stainless steel but DH really wanted it.

Ceramic every time over ss. Can you not get a built in sink in the quartz rather than undermounted?

Stainless steel. Easy to look after. Hardly shows as it's undermined anyway.

Undermounted!

I’ve not heard of a sink being built in quartz but it sounds expensive.

So 2 votes for stainless steel, 1 for ceramic. Any more?

Ceramic looks better, as functions better.

Our ceramic one is awful to use. I have broken more crockery since having it than the sink is worth! Anything that slips out of soapy hands breaks. With my old stainless, it seemed to bounce!

That should be “SS functions better”.

What are your colours? I saw a stainless sink in a blue tint, can’t remember where, it was gorgeous,

Off white main cabinets, grey island cabinets, white marble quartz worktop.

And does the ceramic get scratched or chipped?

So SS will look fine with those colours anyway then.

Ours has crazed a bit around the plug. It always looks messy though. It is very flat bottomed and puddles stay in it. And if you pour a cup of half finished coffee down the plug, it has to be cleaned. A quick rinse doesn’t do it.

Thank you. I do prefer the look of ceramic but think we will be safer with ss.

If you search for coloured stainless steel sinks, this company comes up www.reginox.co.uk/sinks/colored-sinks they look fab!

Can’t find the blue one I saw, but they have a pearly one which looks like ceramic colour. Best of both worlds I’d say.

Your kitchen sounds like ours ! Bianco Carrara unistone, porcelain units,charcoal island ( though looks deep navy blue) and .........ss blanco undermount sink ....you will not be disappointed ..the quartz is superb and very beautiful-very busy 5 man house here and every 'stain' has wiped easy away

Don’t know if they have undermounted though...

Ceramic with a bowl for washing up.

We have a large ceramic sink, it's great for washing cats in.

That looks interesting. Thanks.

I think ceramic looks nicer but not so practical as SS. These undermount sinks, do they not ache your backs?

We've got a ceramic sink, had it about 7 years now (although its inset rather than undermounted. No chips, looks as good as new and we've never broken anything on it.

Just to add a friend has white ceramic sink over granite and she said she wishes she had ss..I think because of scratching . If you do get ss I would recommend you buy a clear plastic mat for the base to avoid marks, scratching from cutlery etc ..we have a 1.5 bowl and again would recommend if you have space to get a sink that will be large enough to put your full width oven trays in ...great decision

It has to go over 600mm cupboard and we don’t think we can manage without 1.5 bowl. It’s the divider in the middle that I’m worried about banging stuff on with a ceramic one.

We had a ceramic sink in our old house. It was great. No scratches or chips. Now we’ve got a stainless steel one and it’s covered in scratches.

Jigster01 can I ask what handles you have on your cupboards and drawers please?