Draining Board -- Left or Right of the sink

ormus

we are all RH here. and the sink is a RH drainer.
its a PITA.

Meepster

I'd have to say, that most of the RH people who I've designed kitchens for, go for a LHD.

If you think about it, it does make sense, if you are right handed, you wash with your right hand, which means, you hold things in your left hand. To put the item down on a RHD, you have to drop whatever you are washing with (ie brush, sponge etc.) to transfer the item to your right hand, to put it down on the drainer..

However, as you're having a new kitchen fitted, surely you're having a dishwasher fitted?? which negates the need for this entire discussion

Hope this helps

TomsMom

Absolutely agree with everyone who is right-handed and has their drainer on the left and mwilletts has summed it up perfectly.

By the way mwilletts - I have a dishwasher but there are still things I wash by hand, e.g. I never put my cutlery in the DW as I once had some go rusty in there due to the damp atmosphere and it being left in until the DW wash full enough to use; chopping board too big to go in, also china should not go in DW as pattern will fade.

nesssie1702

I've got a RH drainer and I'm RH too. The last 3 houses I've lived in have all had RH drainers and I've never found it a problem.

You've got to go with what you're used to and will suit your household

lagi

Spoke to a friend last night and they summed up exactly what mwillets said. They have a two bowl sink so they hold plates etc. with left hand then can continue left and rinse then one more left and place on drainer. They explained it like a converyor belt for washing up. Must admit it makes sense.

TighterThanTwoCoatsOfPain

Soooooo needs to be in the left! (we half left & half right in our house)

chalky_75

Thank you to you all for taking the time and trouble to get back to me
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we went with LEFT and cant wait to get it finished and back to OS ways

aliasojo

Lol...I have the best of both worlds...a moveable drainer. Two and a half sinks with a stainless steel drainer that sits on top of either sink so you can please yourself which side you want it at.

But that doesn't help the OP........RH person = LH drainer. And vice versa.

chalky_75

well Thanks for all your help and advice here is the kitchen with LH drainer and we love it

http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u108/chalky75/kitchen%20in%20turre/?action=view&current=IMG_0296.jpg
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full-time-mum

I'm a leftie with a left hand drainer. If I redesigned my Kitchen then I would swap them around but purely because I would be able to look through the window at an angle to look at the majority of the garden rather than now which is more or less towards the fence.

Mum is right handed with drainer on the right. Its so long since I lived with my parents that I can't remember whether it was a problem.

Think my MIL has a right-hand drainer and don't remember being concious of any problems when I've washed up there.

If you wash up often enough then I guess that you will become accustom to either.