A kitchen without a double sink/sink and a half

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Planning a new kitchen. I’ve seen lots of designs which have a single sink, albeit a large one, and I’m wondering whether this could be an option.

I’ve only had a kitchen which has a sink and then a small sink next to it, which I’ve always used to empty cups, rinse things if the big sink is full of water. So, say the dishwasher is already going. If I’m doing the washing up, I run a sink full of soapy water and whilst that is filling, I empty anything still in cups and glasses down the little drainer.

How does it work in reality without that extra sink/small drainer? Do you always empty cups etc before running the water and just be absolutely sure that you don’t miss anything?

Or you use a washing up bowl and pour/rinse alongside.

We have a single sink. We just don't fill it with water, we rinse under the tap and then put stuff in the dishwasher. Pots and pans and anything delicate, we just soap up and then rinse.

Depends what you’ll be washing in the sink. If heavy pots and pans then you definitely need a large single bowl (doubles and 1:1.5 are too small). If your plan is to put the pots and pans in the dishwasher but wash glassware then you probably need a seperated one.

You need a washing up bowl or you need to do multiple rounds and be organised. Or put everything in the dishwasher!

A washing up bowl. Of course. Thanks!

I find the extra sink handy for rinsing. Depending on what your sink is made of pouring things down the side of a washing up bowl can mark the sink as the bowl holds the colour against the sink. I’ve had both, I’d personally go for the 1 1/2 if you have space

We had a small sink and a big sink, with no draining board, in our last house. We would put the draining rack thing in the big sink, so it served a draining board but it was also available to wash big things, and rinse things. The arrangement took up the same room as a normal sink and draining board, but was much more useful.

I have just one large sink. It's never filled with washing up water because everything gets put in the dishwasher.

I had a single sink in my last place and HATED it. Such a faff even to wash my hands when washing up

I had a single with a small middle bit, not really another sink but enough to pour bits down. The washing up liquid, sponge & cloth sat in it.

When I rejigged the kitchen I had to lose it and just have a single sink. I miss the storage area for the bits, but I never emptied stuff down it anyway.

If the dishwasher is on then washing up gets left on the side for when it has finished.
I do wash pans, but don't fill the sink - just wash with liquid & sponge then rinse them off.

I always use a washing up bowl if I do washing up by hand. We have one big sink so I can fit big things in flat rather than dripping water everywhere.

We've just gone from 1.5 to one large sink. We put the DW on after our evening meal and wash any handwash items then, so pour the dregs away before filling the sink. If it's just the odd small item eg a mug, it just gets washed under running water. If we are cooking and putting handwash items in the sink to do later there is room for them to be to one side and not block the plug when you want to drain veg or whatever.

When we first started planning the kitchen I was adamant we were getting another 1.5. DH persuaded me to go for one large and it was definitely the right choice, so much easier for large items such as trays, fridge drawers etc. Looks nicer too IMO.

Had a large single sink and no dishwasher and that was a pain. Next house dishwasher and 1.5 sink which was rarely used. We are getting a single sink put in new kitchen. It’s larger looks better and it’ll be fine.

We have a larger single sink with a washing up bowl instead of a 1.5 as a larger sink is much more useful for trays and large things, we do have a dishwasher though

We have one large sink with a teeny sink alongside. It’s a 550/200 so the large sink is 55cm wide and the small is 20. Best of both worlds IMO, if you have space for it?

Can I ask wherever you are all getting your large sinks from the please

I have two single sinks side by side and I love them. Hate half sinks

Ours is made by Blanco Autumngoldleaf

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Can I ask wherever you are all getting your large sinks from the please

Mine is from here:

www.the1810company.co.uk/single-bowl-sinks/

The 550mm and 700mm are large size sinks

Get a washing up bowl and pour stuff down the side of that.

I grew up in a house with a single sink, but with a drainer on either side of it. It meant your dirty dishes and tea pot didn’t stain the work surfaces.

After 3 years with a single sink I was SO excited and never under appreciate our double sink.

Hate that extra half sink - I have no use for it. I rinse put stuff in dishwasher. If I wash anything by hand I just soap up the sponge and wash with water running, perhaps not very environmentally friendly but I don't wash by hand much. Washing up bowl seems like just another thing you have to wash up ! And it's really ugly. I get the biggest single sink possible so I can fit my bigger roasting tin and casserole dish in to soak and wash. If I inadvertently have to empty a cup it just goes in the water.

I have a double sink at the moment. I would give my right arm for a big single sink ( where I could put a wash up basin).

YY to the difficulty presented by double sink ( necessarily smallish) and roasting pans, big pyrex dishes, etc.