Choosing between a single and a double bowl sink can be surprisingly tricky. Here’s a look at the key advantages of single-bowl and two-bowl sinks then?
Which sink to choose? Which sink is better?
If you’re renovating from scratch, sink size is flexible – cabinets can be built around your chosen model. Replacing a sink in existing furniture? Your choice is constrained by the worktop opening, though it can be enlarged slightly. The ideal scenario is custom cabinetry, where the carpenter builds around whichever sink you choose.
Very often the choice of an appropriate model is determined by the size of the kitchen, and thus dimensions of kitchen cabinets. The smallest single-bowl sinks are slim and fit in a cabinet with a width of only 40cm. This is a great news for owners of bachelor flats and small apartments where the kitchen is of only a few square metres or a small kitchenette is provided instead.
It does not mean that any single-bowl sink will have a compact size. Models with large bowls are often sinks for 70cm or even 80cm wide cabinets. Two-bowl sinks typically require a cabinet at least 80 cm wide.
If you care about a sink with an extra bowl, then a good solution might prove to be sinks with an additional, small bowl, so 1.5-bowl sinks. They allow to keep the functionality of two-bowl models and fit in 70cm wide cabinets, and some sinks can be mounted even in such ones with smaller dimensions. A smaller bowl will prove to be very useful when defrosting foods, washing vegetables and fruits or soaking cutlery before putting into the dishwasher.
How to furnish the washing-up area?
Comfort is personal – and depends on how you use your kitchen. Without a dishwasher, two bowls are ideal: soak in one, rinse in the other. Avid cooks benefit too, using one side for prep and the other for dirty dishes. A two-bowl sink will be suitable for a kitchen without a dishwasher. One bowl can be used to soak dirty dishes, and the other to rinse them, thus saving water. Two bowls will prove to be useful for those who love cooking and spend a great deal of time in kitchen. One part of the sink can be used to keep necessary food products, and the other to put away dirty dishes and kitchenware.
A larger sink – whether single or double – keeps clutter off the worktop, freeing up valuable workspace. If you rarely cook and only need to rinse a cup or two, a single bowl is perfectly sufficient.
All Laveo sinks are available as both steel sinks and granite sinks.
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