Washing up in the bath..

[Marmitelover55]

We are six weeks into our extension/remodelling project and until this week had managed to hang on to the cooker and sink. However, they are no more and I've had to start washing up in the bath using washing up bowls. Looks like we won't have a kitchen for another 2 months . Can anyone give me any tips on how best to do this? I am very susceptible to lower back pain and hope this isn't going to make it worse. Thanks.

Bathroom sink?

Get a little fold up table/ garden table and wash up in the bowl on that alongside the bath. Or would your bowl sit on your sink?

Get a bit of board and lay it across the bath as your drainer.

Only half fill the bowl and then accept you'll need to do it twice or three times - it saves clearing up all the slop everywhere and making the bathroom floor a hazard.

Get everyone to wash their own cup and glass. Do lots of one pot/ one dish meals. For sandwiches consider lining plates with a piece of kitchen roll then just dusting off the crumbs and giving a proper wash post dinner.

We washed up in a bucket with a big washing up bowl with a tea towel next to it to put the clean stuff into. Knelt on the floor to do it.

Thanks. Sink is a good size but then no where to put the things I've washed. In the bath I can have 3 bowls - one for dirty stuff, one for washing and one for clean stuff (have only got 2 bowls at the mo, but think will buy another one)...

Buy a packet of 100 paper plates to cut down on washing. Not very environmentally friendly, but it's gor a limited time. They're easier to eat from if you put a proper plate under them.

We used a couple of these plastic trugs, kept the dirty plates in one to lug upstairs and washed them into the clean one to drain and carry the stuff back downstairs to put away into temporary kitchen setup. They're deeper than a washing up bowl so not quite as much bending over.
Nice thick towel rolled up to cushion knees and stand up and stretch at the first sign of backache, go back to the pots when it's eased.

It'll be worth it in the end!

Is there no way you can hook up a dishwasher? All through both conversions we have managed to keep the dishwasher plumbed in somehow.