• pigup@lemmy.world
      59·
      9 months ago

      Counters are installed whole like that sometimes. I can imagine that maybe the contractor’s router broke or was lost or stolen and they had to come back the next day with the router to cut the proper hole but in the meantime he just rough cut a couple holes with the buzz saw so that the homeowners can use their sink.

      • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
        9·
        9 months ago

        I’m not shaming! Maybe it’s something important? Maybe I need a tiny little extra sink next to my sink? What have I been missing out on???

        • m0darn@lemmy.ca
          11·
          9 months ago

          The small one is to use as a sink when the big one is full of week old dirty dishes.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
          3·
          9 months ago

          You definitely need a tiny little extra sink next to your sink.

          I don’t know how I lived without one to be honest.

    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      9 months ago

      Emergency back up sink when you fill other one up with dirty crap. Designed to make you panic and hopefully do something about the real sink. I’ve always hated double sink designs. They just use a bunch of extra space that could have been more sink.

      • flambonkscious@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        9 months ago

        No, it’s an insinkerater - it’s got a mechanical spinning/bludgeoning device (sorry for the crude imagery!) that reduces leftovers and carrot stubs and the like to a fine meal so it can go down the drain.

        I think it’s better than in the rubbish, was the thinking? Still not as good as compost, admittedly

        • lunarul@lemmy.world
          4·
          9 months ago

          You mean a garbage disposal unit (insinkerator is just one brand). I’ve never seen those in the side sink, I’ve only had them in the main one.

          • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            2·
            9 months ago

            It’s not a separate sink, it’s a dual-chambered sink, it’s one big sink with a raised bit in the middle

            The real reason for separate sink areas is that one is for un-dirtying them (this side has the disposal usually) and the other side for rinsing

            Commercial sinks are usually 3-chambered (rinse, wash, sanitize)

        • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          9 months ago

          Sure, some people like them. I’ll take a bigger sink and throw a strainer in it for that sort of thing though. Redid my kitchen a few years ago and threw in an obnoxiously large and deep rectangular pit of a stainless steel sink and it’s the best damn thing I’ve done to my kitchen. It even has a seamless extension that is a flat drying rack so you cut an even gianter opening in the granite and put that part over the dishwasher.

          • Herbal Gamer@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            9 months ago

            That we can agree on. Having worked in commercial kitchens a bit I wish every kitchen could be huge and stainless steel. Might actually cook for myself if that were the case.

          • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
            1·
            9 months ago

            I had to replace my kitchen faucet and got a nice one. I installed it and was liking it until I looked at the insert that advertised some other products they had and then I wanted a whole new sink as soon as I saw a picture. Their sinks had ledges along the front and back so that you could place add-ons like strainer baskets or grills that would sit flush with the sink and could slide around. It also seemed so obvious that I can’t believe these crappy sinks are the norm.

            Though I do prefer having a double sink (kinda wish I had a triple one tbh). Then you can do dishes in one and use the other to rinse instead of slowly filling the single sink more and more. Or let dishes pile up a bit in one sink without having to work around those dishes to do other things before you get to cleaning them. Plus it takes more water to fill a giant sink to the same depth as a smaller sink.

            Though a bowl inside a giant sink also works. Just give me those ledges and add-ons for whatever my next sink is.

            • shuzuko@midwest.socialEnglish
              2·
              9 months ago

              Can confirm the giant steel basin sink with ledges is fucking awesome. We just installed one and I will never go back.

  • Mercival@lemm.ee
    10·
    9 months ago

    I’m more fascinated by the countertop. Although thin and probably composite rather than natural stone, it’s still stone and that can get really expensive. It might honestly get more expensive to do this and fix it later than just do it right from the getgo.

    • Death_Equity@lemmy.world
      7·
      9 months ago

      Looks like corian, so plastic. So long as those cuts don’t extend past the basin, it can be fixed with a router and a couple bits. If they do extend past the basin, probably bottom right, then you could fix it with resin and make it pass anything but a close inspection with some skill.

      It might be the type of basin that drops in from the top, which would be easier to fix and would be more likely to hide the bad cuts under the flange.

      • wick@lemm.ee
        3·
        9 months ago

        Repairs on marbled Corian can be pretty hard to match cleanly, so hopefully it isn’t that. Whenever I’ve installed these we always cut the sinks out at the factory, but I guess you could use a router onsite 🤷

        • Death_Equity@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 months ago

          The repair wouldn’t be perfect, that is why it would require skill and no close scrutiny. Even an OK job would at least stop water from going through and that is the bigger issue once the basin install is unfucked.