Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. A phone that grows with your child.

Meet the Other Phone.
A phone that grows with your child.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Property/DIY

Join our Property forum for renovation, DIY, and house selling advice.

Original poster

Help me settle an argument about sinks

51 replies

Emzar · 30/05/2014 22:19

I'm in the middle of a heated argument with DP about choosing a kitchen sink (yes I know). We both like the look of a round sink we've seen, but the volume of it is quite a bit less than a standard rectangular sink. I think that this is an issue and that a smaller sink might be annoying, DP thinks I'm being silly and we should just order it because it looks nice.

Does anyone have a round sink and love/hate it? Or a sink they regret buying because it's a bit small?

OP posts:
fuckinglondonballs · 30/05/2014 22:28

Had one. It was shit.

RudyMentary · 30/05/2014 22:29

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

JugglingChaotically · 30/05/2014 22:31

Choosing one at the moment. Round is ok if separate prep sink but can't fit baking trays, roasting tins - and lots of other stuff - in so we're going back to rectangular!

pictish · 30/05/2014 22:32

Hahaaaaa! Have one. Was here when we moved in.
Hate it. It is bollux. It's awkward and too small, and as kitchen sinks go, the worst possible choice to make. Totally impractical.
It does look pretty. If I could refit the kitchen tomorrow, the stupid pretty sink would be the first thing to go.

ouryve · 30/05/2014 22:33

I'd only get one as either a second sink or for a futility room.

pictish · 30/05/2014 22:41

And to add...fine as a prep sink only. It's not use as the sink...iyswim.

pictish · 30/05/2014 22:41

no use

burnishedsilver · 30/05/2014 22:43

My next door neighbour has one. She hates it. You can't wash anything square or rectangular in it.

Gadgettherobot · 30/05/2014 22:56

Awful. Had one. Horrible. Was shallower than a normal sized sink as well with a big tap which then bounced water out the sink on to you/the floor/everywhere when you turned it on too hard. Made me miserable. When we extended the house I put in a big, deep, double butler sink to rectify the awfulness of the years with it.

Avoid at all costs. Could only see it being ok if it was a secondary/prep sink in a food prep area, only used for washing hands/veg/rinsing a spoon or something. Not as main sink.

Have just been reliving the irritation of previous sink in writing this. Has made me a bit tetchy, even with several years in between me and it.

Chumhum · 30/05/2014 23:02

I usually choose things based on how good they look (including husbands), it's not always the best choice.

CointreauVersial · 30/05/2014 23:06

LOL Chumhum.Grin

Mine has neither looks nor practicality. My sink is pretty good, though. Wink

RuddyDuck · 30/05/2014 23:42

It's fine to have a small sink in your kitchen as long as you have a large rectangular sink elsewhere to do baking trays etc.

We have a small sink in our kitchen because when we had a new kitchen put in last year, that is what suited it best. But we have a huge sink and draining board in the futility room, which is where we wash up.

If this is going to be your only sink, then don't get a small one or a round one.

hench · 31/05/2014 00:38

We considered a round sink when refitting our kitchen recently but opted for rectangular when dh pointed out that washing up rectangular things (like oven trays for example) wouldn't work so well. If you think about it, round bowls and saucepans will fit better into a rectangular sink than rectangular dishes/trays will fit into a round one. They do look nice though.

PigletJohn · 31/05/2014 00:46

a small round sink can be an attractive kitchen ornament, but serves no other useful purpose.

You will also get lots of water on the worktop around it.

wafflyversatile · 31/05/2014 00:49

I don't know about sinks but I definitely want a futility room. Grin

TitusFlavius · 31/05/2014 00:50

Jumping in to say how useful this thread is for me, too. Thanks, OP - I wouldn't have thought of posting here.

Can i ask a supplementary question, please? Can anyone with a ceramic sink tell me if ceramic means like a butler sink? I don't think I want one of those, as I'd break all my crockery in it in the first five minutes.

LettertoHerms · 31/05/2014 00:55

I have a small sink, and it's awful. You soak the countertops and yourself whatever you're washing, and you can't really leave anything to soak, or let more than a small meal's dishes accumulate.

Custardo · 31/05/2014 01:04

all people get stuck on something - for instnace my dh has a thing about frying pans - and stove to kettles. I have a thing about sinks

i do not understand the need for large sinks and i hate them with a passion. sinks are only needed to wash food and hands and for no other reason.

If i could design a sinkless kitchen, with a continuous work surface with tiny holes and a slight graduation to allow water to run downwards - i would. kitchen sinks are unecessary in the modern age

Custardo · 31/05/2014 01:06

like this scroll down to sinkless blog item

TitusFlavius · 31/05/2014 01:09

Custardo - that would seem like a huge waste of water, if you have to have the taps running while you wash up.

Notso · 31/05/2014 01:24

I have a small, good looking round sink and a good looking, extendable tap.
The whole sink area gets covered in water all the time, it is a good looking PITA.
I am getting a big sink put in the utility room for washing muddy boots, soaking stuff and filling buckets etc.

fuckinglondonballs · 31/05/2014 01:27

Am I the only person who doesn't have a utility room?!

Notso · 31/05/2014 01:28

That blog post with the pros and cons of cement fence posts is amusing.

Bugsylugs · 31/05/2014 01:43

Awful to use and don't even look great

Custardo · 31/05/2014 03:17

i have a dishwasher - which is why i dont see the need for a sink

Swipe left for the next trending thread