Good sink brand?

Alisha2008

Hi, I need to buy an undermount sink for my new kitchen, we currently have a Franke one and although I like this brand they don't do the size we want.

Anyone can recommend a similar quality brand?

Thanks!

Toxteth_OGrady

Blanco :-)

Dimey

Astracast :-)

http://www.astracast.com/uk/products/sinks/shopby/sink_mount-undermount/

keystone

Alisha2008 wrote: »

Hi, I need to buy an undermount sink for my new kitchen, we currently have a Franke one and although I like this brand they don't do the size we want.

Anyone can recommend a similar quality brand?

Thanks!

What size do you want? No point in recommending a manufacturer that also doesn't do the size you want.

Cheers

Alisha2008

Thanks, I want this size:
http://www.caple.co.uk/sinks-taps/stainless-steel-sinks/mode-individual-and-multiple-bowls/mode1834-40-w-596mm/

Found it on that brand, but no idea if it's any good... will check Blanco and Astracat.

keystone

Alisha2008 wrote: »

Thanks, I want this size:
http://www.caple.co.uk/sinks-taps/stainless-steel-sinks/mode-individual-and-multiple-bowls/mode1834-40-w-596mm/

The differences between that and the Franke Ariane ARX160D are so small as to make no real practical difference. Both are for a 600 base unit.

Cheers

Alisha2008

It's the square bottom corners I look for, the Franke one is more rounded. Franke does one with the look I want, but it's too big.

This one from Blanco would do too:
http://www.blanco.co.uk/products/sink/blancoandano340180u

But it's quite expensive... Astracat very expensive too.

Is Caple really bad...?

cyclonebri1

I was looking for something similar about 3 years ago.

Needed a double bowled undermount sink ready for new granite tops.

For me it wasn't the brand, I simply wanted the thickest gauge s/s that was available, managed to get one 2 points better than most.

From memory, may be wrong, if mainstream was 20g, I went for 18g.

There's a long story to follow about undermounted sinks for granite if this thread goes that way.

Alisha2008

Thanks cyclonebri1, but how can I find out which gauge the ones I'm looking at have? There's nothing on the brand website.. just the measurements.

Mine will go with quartz worktops.

cyclonebri1

I simply went by the specs offered up on ebay and other sites, most did show gauge spec. To be honest it was important to me as an engineer to know the base quality of what I was buying, I would have asked them if the info wasn't shown.

keystone

Alisha2008 wrote: »

It's the square bottom corners I look for, the Franke one is more rounded. Franke does one with the look I want, but it's too big.

So its a design issue rather than a size issue then.

But it's quite expensive... Astracast very expensive too.

Yes they are. You have to decide how important this small design feature is for you both in aesthetic and practical terms and whether it's actualy worth the additional dosh or whether you could actually manage to live with one with a more rounded bottom.

Is Caple really bad...?

No idea. No experience of them.

Cheers