Stainless steel kitchen sink , how much should i spend?

Dan-Dan

Hi

I know i need to invest well in a kitchen tap , but with a sink , i am a little confused , looking for a 1.5 stainless steel , i see Franke between £100 and £200 at my local screwfix but i know if i buy good taps and apply to a crap sink with thin metal , its a false economy

Any ideas ? I want to do it properly , any tips on Taps also welcome , Bristan ? Mixer tap for £149 , seem about right ?

Cheers

Furts

We have two Franke sinks, one is a 1.5 bowl. Both are fine but...one is matched to a Franke tap. This was not cheap but the quality is dismal. Complaints to Franke fell on deaf ears and they refused to honour any guarantee on it. Indeed the response was aggresive and confrontational. Think carefully before going with Franke!

DaftyDuck

Whichever you plump for, choose one that is as average a size and shape as you can. Fitting a shiny, new sink and tap is then easy, and it can make a tired kitchen gleam. Well, make a srart, anyway.

bluesnake

I bout a large ikea sink. the kitchen fitter refused to fit it due to the thinness of the metal.

One thing in grand designs i did see and liked was the man whom cut the outer rim of his sink and seamlessly welded it in a longish sheet of stainless steel as a seamless draining board/kitchen top

cddc

£200 for a sink and £150 for a tap should see you right.

You can pay as little as £30 for a sink, but at that price the steel is so thin you can almost see through it.

Davesnave

I bought a new, ever so slightly bumped Franke Ascona 1.5 from ebay for £40 and I like it a lot more than the Blanco tap+ sink I paid £350 for, which is shallower and annoying in various ways.

Can't say I liked the Franke Zurich tap I bought to go with it though. Horrid splashy thing.

cajef

Dan-Dan wrote: »

Any ideas ? I want to do it properly , any tips on Taps also welcome , Bristan ? Mixer tap for £149 , seem about right ?

Can certainly recommend Bristan taps, we have had them in the bathroom for over six years without any problems and still look like new.

cherydee

I paid £185 for my John Lewis curve brushed steel tap and £180 for my Franke calypso 1.5 bowl graphite sink (not stainless steel) but I love it

Owain_Moneysaver

My Aldi kitchen mixer tap (£30) feels really heavy and good quality.