Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Dec 10, 2011 1:37 pm Hello... you may have seen my thread about the problem with my kitchen sink - installed to be 21cm from the edge of the bench top (previously 11cm). The manager of the kitchen company even said "21cm or more is common as it avoids spilling water on the floor".
A couple of people have suggested I start a new thread to do a bit of a survey and see how 'common' this really is. So far, my mum's sink is 5cm from the edge; 3 work colleagues have 8cm, 7cm & 4cm; HappyCamper_au has 9cm. How far is your kitchen sink bowl from the edge of the bench top? Re: How far is your kitchen sink from the bench edge? (surve 2Dec 10, 2011 1:47 pm I am in an older home at the moment. There is 55mm of laminex from the edge of the bench to where the sink starts, the bowl itself sits 100mm from the edge of the bench. Re: How far is your kitchen sink from the bench edge? (surve 3Dec 10, 2011 1:51 pm 75mm in my daughter's unit,l will have same in my house. l think you need to take this matter further. Re: How far is your kitchen sink from the bench edge? (surve 5Dec 11, 2011 8:46 am 6cm of bench before sink starts, another 4cm of 'sink lip' before actual bowl - so total of 10cm the same as rocket ship's. ETA: cant say Ive ever had any problems with water spillage How far is your kitchen sink from the bench edge? (survey) 6Dec 11, 2011 1:36 pm Mine is about 11cm from outside roll edge of granite to actual bowl. 21cm? Only if you have really long arms. For me I would end up with a sore back having to reach in so far. I would definitely have something to say about this. RF Build: viewtopic.php?f=38&t=34534 Flooring: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=39733 Chat: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=53303 Re: How far is your kitchen sink from the bench edge? (surve 8Dec 11, 2011 5:44 pm im the same as rocketship, my bowl is 100mm from the laminate edge (or my stomach, whichever you like to visualise more) Re: How far is your kitchen sink from the bench edge? (surve 10Dec 11, 2011 8:05 pm People appear to be using both distance to edge of sink or distance to edge of bowl. I've used distance to sink. Which are you after timqld? Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: How far is your kitchen sink from the bench edge? (surve 11Dec 11, 2011 8:43 pm in the first post they ask kitchen sink bowl. (mine is 50mm to sink lip too, then another 50 to sink bowl) Re: How far is your kitchen sink from the bench edge? (surve 12Dec 11, 2011 9:06 pm In that case, my sink bowl is 95 mm from the bench edge (sink lip is 50 mm). Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: How far is your kitchen sink from the bench edge? (surve 14Dec 12, 2011 11:32 am It depends on the size of the bowl and the depth of the top but around 60-80mm is standard. Cutting Edge Kitchens and Cabinet Making http://cuttingedgekitchens.net.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cutting-Edge-Kitchens/290484196676 Mobile : 0419 430 575 PH: 9452 4772 Fax :9452 4772 cuttingedgekitchens@outlook.com Re: How far is your kitchen sink from the bench edge? (surve 16Dec 17, 2011 11:51 pm Thanks everyone - I really appreciate you all responding to this question. It has been a small survey (here and where I work), but it seems to be an indication that it's not really 'common' for a kitchen sink to be 21cm or more from the edge. The OP has gone The latch and striker are definitely not aligned but there was no point trying to help the OP understand that. Hence the reason they are no longer with us. 12 5678 Hi - thanks for your reply. Yes I think 'Ill go for whitish with very speckly bits rather than pure white something like this. PS was actually 2008 I built the… 2 11696 A survey must’ve completed by a certified surveyor. This form part of every DA requirement 3 223606 |