Tell about about your kitchen sink and how you like it, as I suspect we will soon be in the market for a new one.

The orders from Mrs. Thumperfbc is a farmhouse style in a dark grey or blackish tone, just one bowl.

Doing some basic reading it seems like a fireclay or granite/quartz composite seem to make the most sense when considering ease of maintenance and durability, but I'd love to hear some opinions.

As an outlier, anybody rocking a wood sink? I really like the look but worry about dents and gashes and such.

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farmhouse style in a dark grey or blackish tone, just one bowl.

This is what I have and I hate it. Not sure of the material. I'm the first owner, but it was a bust out (i.e. builder pissed off the original purchaser so bad they walked away and I bought it with selections like this already installed).

Reasons for my hatred:

Faucets come with flow restrictors so it takes 5+ minutes to fill up the sink to wash dishes. I'd probably merely dislike it if it filled up as fast as the bath tub.

The black shows mineral deposits and this is the first home I've had to use Barkeeper's Friend. Probably use it 6x per year.

For hand washing dishes, two bowls (soap + rinse) or 3 bowls (soap + rinse + sanitize) is much more efficient. With only one bowl, I fill part way with soap and then I have to run the water the entire time to rinse.

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I have a dark gray, metal, single basin.
One of the big likes, it's much easier to wash larger dishes, like a wok, than in a dual basin.

1 dislike, more with our faucet than the sink. It's tough to really rinse the corners, as the detachable faucet head doesn't reach them well.

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Faucets come with flow restrictors

Deep double basins are available. I was able to remove the extra restriction piece from the aerators in my kitchen & bathroom sinks. They now flow much better.

We remodeled our kitchen last year.

We looked at farmhouse sinks but went with a deep, single tub, under mount, stainless steel Kohler sink.
My wife really likes it.

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I wish we had one big basin whenever I wash the big saucepot or a baking sheet. It's pretty easy to use a container filled with washwater in a single basin and still have the rest of the sink to rinse. Washing something big in a double basin sink I wind up getting water on the counter.

When we redid our kitchen got rid of the single shallow tub and went with a deep dual tub stainless Kohler. Faucet was swivel Delta with pullout head piece. Works great.

Giant, stainless steel farmhouse/apron sink made by Kraus. I could was my dog in this thing and I love it.

It's not very efficient to fill a sink to wash dishes, so I use a small plastic tub with a built-in drain. That gets placed in the giant sink and filled with soap/water.

We recently installed a Blanco in a new build. Love it so far.
This is ours but they have other layouts and the farmhouse fronts. The large/small split helps serve dual functions and needs for us.

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Originally posted by thumperfbc:
Tell about about your kitchen sink and how you like it, as I suspect we will soon be in the market for a new one.

The orders from Mrs. Thumperfbc is a farmhouse style in a dark grey or blackish tone, just one bowl.

https://www.blanco.com/ca-en/s...umberofbowls=:992002 We got this model from Blanco over ten years ago and it has performed well. The ledge to the right holds a stainless basket for rinsing vegetables. It is very quiet compared to a metal or porcelain sink. You want to get the stainless grid to protect the sink bottom. To clean I use a little vinegar and detergent, followed by occasional wiping with either mineral oil or spray Pledge. Both the main and bar sinks in the kitchen look new.

Deeper is better.

If you're going to go stainless, I highly recommend Kraus. Thicker more solid sinks than others.

More exotic material, Blanco.

We have a deep Koehler white glazed cast iron Farmhouse sink we bought when we remodeled back in 2018. We love it. Go deep.

We have this sink in our kitchen.


https://www.homedepot.com/p/El...HU3322RMB0/329508077

The good. It looks great, is easy to clean up, and the low bowl divider makes cleaning larger objects easier while having the functionality of two bowls.

The bad. Thermal shock will crack it. Elkay was fantastic to deal with and sent us a new sink. We now preheat the bowls with hot tap water before pouring in hot pasta water.

The shape of the bowls was cut into the granite countertop. We are now "stuck" with this sink or have to replace the countertop. Hopefully if the time comes, there will be a sink available to match the profile.

The depth of the bowls, plus the countertop thickness, and the height of you and your wife can cause back pain. I am 6' and my wife is 5' 3". When we hand wash dishes, I have to bend over too far and it bothers my back. A shallower bowl depth would most likely help.

How about soapstone? Link

We prefer one big deep sink bowl. We have enough larger items that we wash that a double bowl sink becomes a giant pain in the ass with a divider somewhere in the middle. That and we don't fill up the sink to wash dishes; it seems like a big waste of water.

We also have stuck with stainless steel under a granite top over the years. It's less sexy compared to some of the other options, but it is low maintenance and easy to replace (never had to do this, though.

Flow restrictors: We just moved and our faucet has one of these. For whatever reason, it also has a button on it that unleashes the full water pressure. It makes zero sense. If I wanted reduced flow, I wouldn't turn the water up as high. If I wanted full flow, I'd turn the water up all the way. Why do I need a superfluous button?

We put this in about 10 years ago. It has been great with its depth and size. It’s a farm style sink. Don’t remember exactly the material. Maybe a granite composite. Show it to your wife and she may like it. Got it from HD or Lowe’s. That’s a full size colander in there for reference.

I like the single-basin style sinks. We cook a lot and stainless steel just functioned all around best for durability and being able to maintain cleanliness. While I appreciate unique materials and colored sinks, stainless provides the visibility I prefer when working in the kitchen. If I need to collect water, I'll pull out a wash tub/basin, I've got a bunch and it divides the sink without making it a single-use.