The kitchen sink is too important to make a good kitchen sink
Although the sink is an accessory in the kitchen decoration, it is used most frequently among all kinds of kitchen supplies. Choosing a good sink can make your kitchen 50% more efficient! So, intimate sink in the end how to choose?
Sellers often say that the platform basin, the platform basin, the platform basin, and so on, where are the differences between them?
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There are many kinds of installation of sinks
① Platform installation
The platform type is the most common installation method, whether it is stainless steel sink, granite sink or rare ceramic sink in China, you can put it directly after opening the hole, and the surrounding silicone seal can be.
Advantages: The cabinet supplier will not charge extra, the construction difficulty is lowest, and the countertop material is not selected.
Disadvantages: It is not easy to clean around the sink and countertop, and the silicone may leak from the gap after aging and damage. However, it still exists as the default installation mode.
② Understage installation
Under the stage installation is also used a lot, especially if you choose manual stainless steel sink, it is basically the default installation method. The overall look and the table is more integrated, simple, beautiful, generous.
Advantages: Lower than the table, easy to clean the table, more visually beautiful.
Disadvantages: processing has a certain difficulty, the strength of the table has certain requirements, the joint will have a certain cleaning difficulty, especially the ladder installation, additional charges.
③ Platform installation
Flat installation is relatively rare in China, because the processing is very difficult, the need for accurate milling contour and the required depth, the sink and the countertop are on a flat surface.
The integration of platform installation is second only to seamless installation, almost no dead Angle and drop, and visually it has also reached a high degree of unity and beauty.
Advantages: no sense of the drop, very small gap, very easy to clean the table, visual comfort.
Disadvantages: processing difficulty is very high, additional charges are required, and it is not the mainstream optional installation method.
④ Flat down installation
Because the laminated countertop is used more abroad, the processing difficulty is lower than the flat type, the use of laminate structure advantages, only let the finishing layer cover the sink, the edge is generally polished rounded, filled with casting resin sealant to achieve a certain strength and high sealing.
Because cover this countertop section, visually light and beautiful. There is no problem in the use of laminate, and the color is very rich, high temperature resistance, water resistance, scratch resistance, acid resistance.
Advantages: The table appears light, visual integration is obvious, easy to clean the table, between the platform type and the under type.
Disadvantages: It is difficult to process, and it is mostly suitable for laminate countertops rarely seen in China, which requires additional charges.
⑤ Embedded installation
The embedded installation is more messy, generally refers to the sink and the countertop contact, not in a plane, higher than the countertop type can meet the needs of the countertop height difference to a certain extent, such as the sink height is higher to reduce the bending Angle.
The countertop does not cover or partially cover the sink, which is more common in ceramic sinks, and is more used in traditional kitchens in North America and Europe.
Advantages: Can meet personal style preferences, ceramic sink is easy to clean, Taobao sink is affordable, IKEA also has several models but the price is not cheap.
Disadvantages: This stuff is not good to buy, many are foreign trade products, to slowly Amoy. Most of the conventional cabinet suppliers will not cooperate, the cabinet structure needs special design, I was pit once, fortunately, I can make the cabinet drawing on the spot.
⑥ Integrated installation
The integrated installation actually requires the product to be highly matched with the countertop, basically the sink and the countertop belong to the same material, and the common stainless steel and artificial stone structure. However, compared with the platform and flush platform, the supplier can package it.
Artificial stone integrated countertop, color, texture choice is more, up to 100 kinds, especially chamfer, drain, overall shape can have many kinds. Easier to customize than stainless steel processing.
The water baffle can be integrated with the table and the sink, so that there is no dead corner cleaning, and of course, it is seamless processing.
Brushed stainless steel countertops are more, in addition to the performance of the material itself, the color, luster, texture are different, some do well is more white and gentle, some are black hair green and strong.
Advantages: Good brand that is really good-looking, can not help but want to touch. Integrated seamless processing, properly handled can achieve no dead Angle, high visual, material, feel consistency. Styles and colors can be customized.
Disadvantages: more expensive, of course, the kind of cheap stainless steel skin countertops, hand-welded countertops are not expensive. There are not many suppliers, good workmanship and good texture are basically Japan and Germany, and integration means that it is almost impossible to replace the sink alone.
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Special types and details of sinks
1. Single slot/Size Double slot/Double slot/three slot (two large and one small)
Multiple sinks can be used for functional zoning of the area, single sinks save space and work is relatively simple, this problem is not a very fixed answer, mainly according to the size of the table to choose a double slot or a single slot.
▲ Drain function tray
The faucet position of this sink is offset, and on the right side is a narrow slide with draining function, such as sponge rub and steel wire ball can be placed on it.
▲ Built-in garbage chute
The waste generated during the cleaning process can be put directly into the built-in garbage chute, which is even more helpful when picking and washing vegetables.
2. Ordinary tap and pull tap
The advantage of the pull faucet is that the water can be placed in all corners of the sink and can even be pulled out to release water to the container on the counter. Especially useful for cleaning gutters.
3. Garbage disposal
Installed under the kitchen sink, the domestic decoration is relatively less, the garbage disposal can crush the kitchen garbage, saving the trouble of dumping the garbage, especially when the weather is hot, the kitchen garbage is easy to stink, saving the trouble of frequently dumping the garbage.
