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7 hours ago, Moira Niedzwiecka said:

I have a charcoal coloured schock sink in the utility room. 

An absolute horror. 

It is a bugger to keep clean & only looks good when wet.

Sooooo wish I had gone for stainless steel.

The only choice in the house I regret so far.

 

Is it hard water leaving whitish marks, or does grease and muck leave stains? What do you clean it with?

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On 28/12/2019 at 11:26, Ed Davies said:

I take the opposite approach. You can empty the bowl and put it (at an angle) upside down so it drains and will get properly dry after a few hours whereas a sink in daily use never really dries out so is more likely to be a breeding ground for wee beasties.

 

I've asked my wife to do this every few weeks for years. She's never once done it in all that time.

 

Also, stainless steel that's periodically scrubbed isn't going to be a breeding ground for anything. Same can't be said for a scratched-up plastic bowl that can't be properly cleaned.

 

On 28/12/2019 at 12:42, Construction Channel said:

People (not mentioning any names) leaving shit in the sink. What is even more infuriating is when they decide to leave things in both sinks so if I want to pour something away I have to get a wet hand to pull the plug first. 

 

Even worse - putting plates in the sink that still have food on them. Drives me mental. 

 

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5 minutes ago, AnonymousBosch said:

Try putting it (on its own)  in the dishwasher on a high temp wash. Done once a month, sorts it out luuverly.

 

 

I thought you were German? Why are you siding with the English and their irrational obsession with plastic sink bowls?

 

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1 hour ago, jack said:

scratched-up plastic bowl that can't be properly cleaned.


cheap as  chips to replace!, frankly I consider them a “consumable” (that then get consigned to the garage to drain oil etc in).

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12 minutes ago, joe90 said:

cheap as  chips to replace!, frankly I consider them a “consumable” (that then get consigned to the garage to drain oil etc in).

 

None of you will change my mind, NONE OF YOU!!!

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Just now, jack said:

 

None of you will change me mind, NONE OF YOU!!!

I'm with you on this. I sat next to the microbiologist Hugh Pennington on a plane once and he said to get rid of washing up bowls. Not so much because they can't be cleaned but because you have more risk of cross contamination because of the smaller volume of water.He also suggested adding a little bleach to the water.

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On 28/12/2019 at 09:42, jack said:

My wife does this. Literally turns the hot water tap on full and stands there for ten minutes washing things up without ever turning it off, even if she wanders across the kitchen to get something else to wash.

 

My mother does this. Gallons of hot water straight down the drain. I don’t have a washing up bowl. The only time I would use one would be if camping. I am a dishwasher fan. For everything. 

 

I have a pair of stainless steel under mounted sinks in the kitchen. Seem to be ok. I have a ceramic Belfast type sink in the utility. That’s ok too. Both are easy enough to keep clean. I have had resin and composite sinks in the past. Both nightmares. 

 

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4 minutes ago, AnonymousBosch said:

When in Rome ... don't do what the Germans do: behave as if locals really dont matter.

Or St. Ives.

Emmets wandering all over the place getting in the locals way.

1 hour ago, Construction Channel said:

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Can't make up my mind what is more annoying, a teenage girl saying "Oh My God" loudly into her phone or Greta.

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On 26/12/2019 at 17:11, Ferdinand said:

Mine is a Franke.

 

The best point is that the order is half-sink sink drainer, which means that mucky stuff in the half sink can be done whilst stuff is draining.

 

My favourite sinks are sit on top, whiach mean there are no joints to go manky and no oles in worktops to cut.

Need picture..

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On 28/12/2019 at 11:41, ProDave said:

We have just had our granite worktops fitted with under mount sink.  I was surprised at how deep the sink bowl is, something I had not been expecting.  At first it seems very strange washing up so low down, but you get used to it.

 

Interesting point. I'm tall and hate bending over..

 

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We have one stainless steel sink and one white Silestone sink.

 

The Silestone sink stains easily and has to be cleaned with Barkeeper's Friend. I probably wouldn't get one again.

 

We changed from 1.5 bowl sinks in the last house to single larger sinks. One thing was I wanted to get a whole oven tray or BBQ grill in the sink, previously they stuck out the side at an angle so you had to fill the sink right up to steep a flat item.

 

Our SS sink is a Blanco Caron XL 60. We were limited in that it had to fit in a 600mm cabinet. If you do like to fill it to wash stuff in the sink it does take a long time to fill a bit sink.

 

My parents have a very modern sink with very sharp corners and say it is very difficult to clean the corners.

 

Undermounted is so much easier to push water and crumbs into the sink.

 

I would also recommend some kind of flexible tap that allows you to move the water around and a waste disposal.

 

As we don't wash much by hand we don't have a draining area as I noticed in previous house that the grooves in the granite got very dirty. This seems no problem at all, sometime we just put things on the flat surface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Our stainless sink is made by Bacofoil from one of the diy sheds ?. Not only does it sound like Rolf Harris's wobble board but it stains easily too. Told SWMBO we should buy a Franke one but I was overruled.

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If we are doing sink porn, here is mine.  Basic 1 1/2 bowl under mount sink from Howdens.  That's the Howdens (Redring) boiling water tap.

 

It's 23cm from the top of the worktop the the bottom of the main sink bowl.

 

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On 02/01/2020 at 00:35, AliG said:

We have one stainless steel sink and one white Silestone sink.

 

The Silestone sink stains easily and has to be cleaned with Barkeeper's Friend. I probably wouldn't get one again.

 

We changed from 1.5 bowl sinks in the last house to single larger sinks. One thing was I wanted to get a whole oven tray or BBQ grill in the sink, previously they stuck out the side at an angle so you had to fill the sink right up to steep a flat item.

 

Our SS sink is a Blanco Caron XL 60. We were limited in that it had to fit in a 600mm cabinet. If you do like to fill it to wash stuff in the sink it does take a long time to fill a bit sink.

 

My parents have a very modern sink with very sharp corners and say it is very difficult to clean the corners.

 

Undermounted is so much easier to push water and crumbs into the sink.

 

I would also recommend some kind of flexible tap that allows you to move the water around and a waste disposal.

 

As we don't wash much by hand we don't have a draining area as I noticed in previous house that the grooves in the granite got very dirty. This seems no problem at all, sometime we just put things on the flat surface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Previously.had under mounted Franke sink with quartz worktops and despite not having a dishwasher washing up daily I found the grooves in the quartz would always appear dirty/hard water stains. The quartz was black though.

 

That said the stainless steel sink was hard wearing and 12 years after fitting the kitchen it was still fine. My only criticism was that it had started to leak as the sealer used between the worktop and sink was beginning to perish.

 

I'd definitely look at stainless steel again but I won't be washing up as much as for the first time ever I'll be getting a dishwasher which I'm super excited about!

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On 29/12/2019 at 23:44, Moira Niedzwiecka said:

I have a charcoal coloured schock sink in the utility room. 

An absolute horror. 

It is a bugger to keep clean & only looks good when wet.

Sooooo wish I had gone for stainless steel.

The only choice in the house I regret so far.

We have soft water and we have been using two black Schock sinks for the last two years. Wendy was going to buy the proper Schock cleaner until she saw the price and she uses, yes I know gender stereotyping, Ecover bathroom cleaner. It keeps them looking black without scratching the surface.

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