Ikea kitchen - bravad sink unit, is it hideously impractical?

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i want one but suspect i will end up flooding the kitchen. see sink here

anyone?

Why would you flood the kitchen? Will it be up against a wall? Will you have a splashback type thing? How often do you use your sink anyway if you have a dishwasher?

Ikea do drainer things that sit across the sink bowl if you do do washing up of smallish items. I love that stainless steel look, its what I've gone for in my kitchen.

I think it would drip everywhere. Watched the last few mins of an episode of DIY SOS today (as you do!) and they had just done a kitchen with something similar and all I could think was that she would be so pee'd off with it when it kept dripping water everywhere!

I assume there is no lip on the outside edges of it, so it would just drip.

there is not lip or anything. so any water will just pour off the surface (i imagine) but do go on, i would love to be convinced.

we use the sink for saucepans and food preparation.

Does it not have an overflow thingy?

x post. yes the lip thing is teh issue. there is one with a lip but i fancied this one as you can get a diswasher in it.

Why would it flood anymore than an sink underset in a worktop? The tap will have water running into the sink, not all over the sides so i don't follow the flooding/dripping argument.

when you put things to drain on the side? or when dh is being his usual splashy self.

oh an di have been badly burnt by the sink under the worktop thing before. looks lovely but so impractical.

Sounds like you are talking yourself out of it....

no no talk me into it!

My inset sink (ie sink under worktop) is brilliant !

How are they impractical ?

What is a "sink under worktop" thingie?

we had a sink under a wooden worktop and the wood went all crappy cos it was always wet.

ndp do you get much splashing onto the worktop? what happens to the water?

has a lip but too big and no built in dishwasher

i thik it would annoy the tits off me

you wash your veg in the sink, lay it on the side, the water runs off veg and drips on the floor

like this rather than this

My sink in undermounted beneath a granite worktop which has grooves in it to drain the water off.

sorry, my sink is

they have dreels for the water to flow back to the sink tho ndp

i saw a cool ikea bunker - was all in one - fancied it myself (but wasnt stainless steel)

ndp - grooves are important!

be quiet np, it looks really nice

Ah, granite is much more practical than wood when it comes to excess water

yes it looks nice

you can shine it polish it and admire it

but dont wash the veg on it!

Ah. I get it. For some reason I was thinking it was underneath the worktop not just set just below!