Full or Divided Kitchen Sink?

[fluff 87]

Lets hear it.  Been a divided fan all my life but remodeling the kitchen and would like to hear thoughts from folks that have gone from a divided sink to a full sink.

When I cook, I like to have a side full of hot soapy water for dirty dishes...If you have gone to a full sink, what do you do instead?

[PorscheGuy 127]

I resisted the change for years.  Kept my double bowl sink the first time we redid our kitchen.  I remodeled our kitchen a year and a half ago with a big single bowl fire clay farm sink at the insistence of the wife.  I have to admit, I love it.  To me, it does not get beat up on the center divide from the handles of pots and pans.  There is more room for large pans.  And honestly, I rinse off a few things at a time and they go right into the dishwasher.  I since added stainless steel single bowls sinks in the utility and outdoor kitchen and love those as well. 

FYI, If you are getting a new DW too, go with a Bosch.   Best money you will spend.  You really don't have to pre-wash anything and it will come out perfectly clean.  So damn quite I cant tell it running.

Let me know if you have any other specific questions, I was in the kitchen and bath remodeling industry of almost two decades and would be happy to give you honest feedback on any products you are looking at.

[woohorn 1131]

FYI, If you are getting a new DW too, go with a Bosch.   Best money you will spend.  You really don't have to pre-wash anything and it will come out perfectly clean.  So damn quite I cant tell it running.

Hopefully the food trap/screen is easy to get to. Mine ain't. The thought of all that food waste crap sitting at the bottom of my dishwasher for years is the reason most "pre-wash" dishes.

[Steel Shank 9426]

full sink fan boi here. lot more flexibility with the space. it's a no brainer.

[HouTex 1867]

Mine doesn’t slope enough to the drain. So it takes a lot of water and effort to get everything down the drain. I miss my old side by side. But it’s the trend. No fighting the trend. It does look nicer.

[utee94 15824]

5 minutes ago, HouTex said:

Mine doesn’t slope enough to the drain. So it takes a lot of water and effort to get everything down the drain. I miss my old side by side. But it’s the trend. No fighting the trend. It does look nicer.

Two of my friends have full sinks that are like this.  It sucks and it's a deal killer.

Whatever you get, make sure it slopes to the drain.

[DFWTexEx 276]

Full sink here, for sure.  Ours drains pretty well, but the spray attachment on the faucet helps clean things up.  Any annoyance in draining is minuscule compared the annoyance of a divided sink that can't hold pots and pans.

And yeah, no reason to get anything other than a Bosch dishwasher.  Big difference.

[Tailgate 3022]

1 hour ago, Steel Shank said:

full sink fan boi here. lot more flexibility with the space. it's a no brainer.

This

[otisdog 365]

32 minutes ago, HouTex said:

Mine doesn’t slope enough to the drain. So it takes a lot of water and effort to get everything down the drain. I miss my old side by side. But it’s the trend. No fighting the trend. It does look nicer.

What kind?

Ummm...I see we have 2 threads by the same person on the same topic....

Edited January 23, 2020 by otisdog

[HouTex 1867]

What kind?
Ummm...I see we have 2 threads by the same person on the same topic....

I’m drinking a bit so I don’t recall the other thread. I don’t know what I have now. It looks great but it just doesn’t drain well.

[VABuckeye 2472]

Start another thread on it. Three isn’t enough. 

[Continental Op 3934]

Full

[Steel Shank 9426]

Also get one of these. Very useful for washing out the single basin.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Single bowl faggots !!  thats like only having one ball. 

 

Double bowl, one side larger than the other. It's function over form 101.

[futureman 22467]

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