Kitchen Sink
 

We are in the process of installing granite in our home. My question is whether to install one large kitchen sink or a sink with a low divide? Please advise.

I would chose one large sink. The existing two sink configuration with or without a low divide is inadequate, IMHO.

If your base cabinet is wide enough, I would get a 31" or 32" undermount single bowl stainless steel sink such as the one below. From a good granite installer they should cost between $300 to $350, if not you could go to Lowe's or Home Depot and find them there. In fact, go to one of those stores and see in person the various configurations. As RickD stated above, a divided sink is really useless and when you have big pans to clean you'll be thankful you chose the larger.

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I don't have a better picture, but here is a kitchen we had remodeled in Baltimore. On the far left of the photo below the window is a 31" sink. With a nice sprayer it goods great. The granite still has rounded corners even thought the sink is squarish.

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I love our double sink. (Sink pictured is similar to ours.) One side is longer than the other, and they are both deep. I keep a dish drainer in the smaller side for the dishes I hand-wash throughout the day (coffee mugs, lunch plate, miscellaneous stuff I don't put in the dishwasher). The other side is deep and long enough to handle any of my pots, pans, pizza stone, sheet pans, etc.

If I didn't have the second sink, the dish drainer would have to be on the counter, which I don't think would look very neat.

Personally, I hate double sinks. If we visit our kids homes and I help washing dishes after a large gathering, their double sinks are a pain. The sinks are too small to hold a large pan. When we come to TV in a couple weeks and work out the details for a house we hopefully will have built in Osceola Hills, we will definitely want to request a single sink in the kitchen.

Hi I vote for the biggest, deepest double sink you can fit and afford.
Good luck with your new project. Connie

I have had both a double sink and single sink. Go for the single sink! They now make nice drain pads you can put on your counter when needed to dry dishes. When you are finished with the pad you can store it away.

Our new house came with a double sink. I found it very awkward, as larger pieces would not fit in it. We had the sink replaced with a large, deep, granite composite single sink. It's perfect!

I love my apron front farm sink. It has a 60/40split, very deep and is big enough for my largest pans.

Single, large for sure !

double especially concerning the garbage disposal, rinsing

I've never used a garbage disposal and never will. Why junk up my drain system when I can toss it out for pickup.

I prefer a double sink. And a high faucet with a spray.

We are going with the low divide. You can wash a few dishes without wasting water filling the entire single sink. The large pans can can be done using the entire sink if needed.

Agree use it sparingly but glad its available to me.