BELFAST SINK VERSUS STAINLESS STEEL?

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Hi got a kitchen design man coming in an hour, I want to update my kitchen. Currently have a double stainless steel sink which looks a mess. I love the look of a Belfast sink, would you have one?

No! I've always wondered how, if you have the cut out work top around, do you clean up around the top and just under the work top properly. There are bound to be splashes and you can't get properly underneath. They must get filthy.

ditto. They are MURDER on your back. Don't do it.

Have gone from having porcelain Belfast sink to a double stainless steel one and not having to yell at the kids about dropping things into them.

I much prefer my stainless steel one.

Stainless steel every time.
Had a Belfast sink in one flat and loads of crockery ended up getting chipped or broken.

i absolutely love my double stainless steel. so much more practical than poncey belfast ones. whcih look a bit twee/dated anyway

i absolutely love my double stainless steel. so much more practical than poncey belfast ones. whcih look a bit twee/dated anyway

I will always go for stainless now having had enamel. My friend chipped her belfast sink in the first month of having it (Le Creuset incident) and it gives her backache. She was able to get it repaired btw, though not cheap.

gosh very glad I asked you all, why do they make your back ache? I am 6ft tall so does that make it worse?

They're much deeper so you have to lean into them. If you're tall, you will be bent over.

I really wouldn't have one now.

I love my Belfast sink.

we have a dishwasher so only use it for some bits that don't go/fit in the dishwasher.

it is nice and big so great for soaking bigger items e.g. oven racks.

and if you want the best of both then you can get stainless steel Belfast sinks!

We have a big (800mm) stainless sink, so similar in dimensions to a Belfast. It's undermounted so looks neat, and there's a separate smaller sink (only 200mm).

Yes is great for washing/soaking oven racks and roasting dishes. We use a standard plastic washing up bowl for smaller bits. Plus the dishwasher

I miss my steel sink and drainer. Apart from being too low my Belfast sink never looks clean despite scrubbing it every day.

Jayne - Belfast sinks are easy to clean. either fill with cold water and good splosh of bleach or with hot water and good cup of biological washing powder. wander off and do something more interesting for a couple of hours, drain and rinse. repeat weekly with quick wipe downs in between.

I loathe and despise mine.

They may be easy to clean Ceres but I don't really want to have to do it everyday! I clean it in the evening after dinner and by the next evening it looks manky already.

I didn`t know there was a stainless steel version, off to google!!