Draining dishes without a drainer part of the sink? On the worktop only.

[DueinSeptember]

Sorry I didn't know how to explain very well on the title.

We are getting a new ikea kitchen fitted soon.

We've opted for the double Domsjo sink (kind of like a double shallow belfast if that makes sense).

There's no drainer part on the sink so we'll either have to use the worktop or something over one half of the sink.

Can anyone recommend any good products? Either something that drains over the sink or something with a tray that sits on a work top.

Thanks.

any help?

SOmething like this

www.jtote.com/product_info.php/closetmaid-3921-over-the-sink-dish-drainer-white-p-106356?currency=GBP&utm_campaign=product&utm_medium=free&utm_source=froogle_uk&osCsid=nu84gvhc599na7sp3qr4euigo6

Thanks both!

I like the look of the second one, but the price is a bit painful!

we haven't bothered, we either put a tea towel down or dry up straight away.

While you're searching out a tea towel under a normal plastic drainer. Then shop around for a naice one!

Okra do an small metal one with a drainer to sit it in
Mine works a treat and most of the time I sit it in one of the double sinks so there is not to much clutter on the worktops

If you only need to do small amounts of dishes then one of these works well www.betterware.co.uk/space-saving-silver-worktop-drainer-tray.html - we have one in the kitchen at work, since it's all flat stainless steel surfaces with no drainer.

Thanks everyone. I did not think of a tea towel - thanks for the tip for the meantime.

IKEA !

We use a tea towel and then put the stuff straight away.

Thanks again. I've actually been looking at a simple human one. I think it's the 'compact' version.

Which Ikea one would you recommend justaweeone? Going there shortly to buy some more things for our kitchen so that would be handy.

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we used to live in the US & had a Rubbermaid version - very effective

Thanks Ponders, I think the sink we are having has a slight raised side to it, so I don't think anything that drains into the sink will work unfortunately.

ikwym, Due, but I think they all do!

so...you sit the mat (with its lip over the side of the sink) with the dishes draining on top
later remove the dishes/draining rack/both when draining finished
then lift the mat so that the drained water pours into the sink

would that work?

Can't you just wash in one half and drain in the other half?

Or am I missing something

well I have 1½ sinks plus a drainer
which means capacity to wash/soak in one
drain on drainer
& still have one left for eg preparing veg or whatever else you need to do
(& dishwasher as well)

(I would always go for min 3 drainy areas rather than 2)

Thanks.

I'm not sure bigword, I've always had a sink with a drainer so this is fairly new to me. We are also going from a full size dishwasher to a slimline one, so I anticipate doing more manual washing up (something I very rarely do nowadays).

I guess I could just put a normal drainer in one half of the sink and take care not to get it wet. I was just wondering what others did.

www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Simplehuman-Steel-Flip-Top-Knife-Block-and-Dish-Rack/6165629/product.html?cid=133635

You can get a ceramic one but they are very expensive and probably very heavy to lug around if you didn't want to leave it there all the time.
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We have that sink. The simplehuman compact dish drainer fits in one of the Domsjo bowls or you can put it on the worktop and funnel water into the sink.

I have found that we now sink-wash so few things that I don't need a drainer, just a flat mat in one of the bowls and the bloody expensive simplehuman drainer is now cluttering up a cupboard.

Perhaps I'm being dim but if you have a smaller dishwasher don't you just run it a bit more frequently when it fills up?

We have a great work top drainer from
betterware it's nice silver/grey plastic, easy to clean and sloped so any run off drains into the sink. Got it a few years ago ordered online and didn't break the bank £10-£15 I think

Sorry can't link and we have has it a few years
It is black costed with silver drip tray
Has worn very well

www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/80213173/

Think this it it

FINTORP
Dish drainer, black, galvanised
£9.99
Does that help