IKEA sink?? Anyone have one and do you like/regret it? (Need a compact sink!)

[leeloo1]

I'm thinking of getting this sink, as its small, but nice enough looking. Its also only 50x70cm, so we'll have more worktop space in our kitchen - which'll be at a premium! There isn't a tap hole on this, but I'm hoping you could drill one.

Does anyone have an Ikea sink? And would you recommend them?

Or, if not, are there any other compact sinks that you could recommend?

I have IKEA sink along with IKEA kitchen unit, but wish I had chosen different one(non IKEA)!

It's ok, but very easy to get scratched. IKEA sell compact drill thing to open the hole(which we did).

Not sure about compact sink as I was after big one, but how about this

Good luck!

I have a compact sink, but it is circular - it was here when we moved in. It looks good but I have to tell you that as an actual functional sink, it is rubbish.
We do have a dishwasher, which helps...but even for family cooking and all other sink based activities, it's pants.
I would have the larger sink with the smaller draining board like herbal linked to there.

We have a previous version of that (the Boholmen one) in our utility. The same size but has a slightly deeper bowl if you can track one down. We chose it for the same reason to use the least worktop space.

If it was in a kitchen you would not have room for a normal sized draining rack or to stack many plates, it would do for a few mugs or pans I guess. Our plumber liked the Ikea tap hole cutter - you cut your own hole on the appropriate side for your tap.

Ikea have some other sinks which have a chopping board to fit over them, could that help you space wise?

Why not get a single bowl with no drainer, and use the worktop to drain? Do you have stone worktops?

Stone worktops? [hollow laugh emoticon] Sadly not - either oak (if I can afford it) or laminate-y looking oak if not. :)

We do have a dishwasher (hurrah!), so the sink is used for filling kettles/pans/buckets/rinsing fruit etc, not for much washing up. The draining board gets used for collanders and plastic bibs.

Thanks very much for the advice. I had a look at the one herbal linked to, but 1) I'm not sure if the smaller draining board highlights that its a weeny sink and 2) I'm not sure its a bigger sink than the Ikea one as its 62cm long - Ikea = 70cm long and bowls seem similar sizes...

It may well be better made though? Argh! I'm so worried I'll make the wrong decision and end with a stupid, useless kitchen!

I had an Ikea sink at our last house (and an Ikea kitchen to go with it), it was absolutely fine, stainless steel will scratch, whatever brand you go for. There was a tool that Ikea sold to cut the hole for the sink - though I was a bit panicked that I'd cut it wrong and bugger the whole thing up. I preferred the Ikea to the Franke one we have now (which was 3x the price).

Ikea used to sell a plastic drainer that could be stored in a cupboard under the sink - so you could just have a drainerless sink. They don't seem to have them now, but it was something like this....

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SILVER-WORKTOP-DRAINER-TRAY-SINK-DRAINING-BOARD-CARAVAN-/330704870551?pt=UK_Kitchen_Accessories&hash=item4cff8bdc97#ht_500wt_1054

I would just add that we get on fine with our little sink, it has gained a few little scratches in the base but it's a sink, for washing up, not a piece of jewellery. If you ring them up and ask to check stock on the Boholmen 70x50 sink, they still had some a few weeks ago and it has a deeper bowl than that Fyndig one they seem to have replaced it with. It's still illustrated in the kitchen brochure but it was only £30 when I bought ours. In fact the plumber commented on how solid and thick the steel was.

There is not much to go wrong with a steel sink, it definitely won't be useless, don't beat yourself up .

Hurray, thanks Ixia for your positive experience and thanks Fossil97 - you're a lifesaver and just made my choice for me! :) Having rung Ikea, oddly the new catalogue number (that makes it £59) doesn't come up, but the old one (that makes it £44) does - and its in stock (although oddly not out on display )! So I can go and collect it this weekend!

Now I just have to pick a tap, radiator, paint colours... for the work that starts on Monday eeeeekkkk!

we currently have in ikea small round sink in the kitchen. the previous tenant fitted it and well, completely unpractical. no drainage board so everywhere in the tiny cupboard of a kitchen gets soaked, the sealant keeps going moldy and lifting even though ive dug it out twice and redone it and clean it avidly, not to mention the fixtures and drainage for it. two leaks within about... 4 months? the pipe keeps coming loose and the landlord just replaced the pipes to UK standard fittings, which hasnt solved the problem im afraid to say. just beware of the practicality of the sink you choose and id advise getting a plumber in to fit it to avoid smelly pipes leaking!

good luck!

We just put that sink in last month!

Its lovely, much better then the old ceramic one!