44" double bowl sink: 1 or 2 faucets?

The potential germs in that thing makes me queasy.

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The potential germs in that thing makes me queasy.

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What?

Op, I’ve never seen a double faucet so I don’t know how it would look. Is this a likely forever home? Some people may be put off by double faucets in resale but it would be a fairly easy fix. I could personally never have a single sink in my home as both my wife and I like to defrost or otherwise have raw meat in the sink. I prefer to have one sink to use for that while still having a sink available for normal use. Also nice to have one sink with soap soaking dishes with another available to rinse or whatever. Single sinks take forever to fill with water.

That’s a huge sink, I like it. Not sure it’s not overkill though haha.

Eta: I now have your first faucet style after having your 2nd in the past. Ill never go back to the 2nd now. So much more freedom with the sprayer and range of motion. Also taller to filler up things like pitchers easier.

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Is this a likely forever home?

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Probably not but I'm renovating it nicely

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I like to defrost or otherwise have raw meat in the sink.

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One of my main reasons. And I grew up with double bowl sinks.

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Not sure it’s not overkill though haha

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It might be. But w/ the ledge etc where you can put cutting boards and racks and such, it's almost like counter space when you're not using it as a sink. I figure I'll put a cutting board or the steel rack over the small sink the majority of the time when I'm not soaking things.

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I now have your first faucet style after having your 2nd in the past. Ill never go back to the 2nd now.

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. Both faucets are touch/touchless and pull out cords w/ sprayers so functionally the same. More so aesthetics than anything. 2 of the 1st faucet would be too much going on visually IMO.

I used to read a kitchen forum at the Garden Web (it's now part of Houzz) and the people who had this sink absolutely loved it. I don't have one that large, but I do have a single bowl sink and I'd never go back.

I've got a 75/25 split sink, and I really like it. The big section is large enough to soak a half-sheet pan, and the little side compartment can be kept clean as a prep sink or handwashing side if you're soaking big things. Or the big side is sufficient to wash a big mess of greens. I agree about the sink under the window--if your renovation involves changing windows or trims, consider using an extra-wide windowsill above the sink, it can function as a shelf/ledge for display or storage.

I also put a 22" x 30" sink in my laundry room (about 10' from the kitchen sink)....so I tend to use it for especially dirty or large jobs. It's nice to be able to scrub out a 5-gallon water cooler or small ice chest inside the house. You can never have too much sink space, imho.

Double sink, single Grohe faucet.

I went from a double bowl to a single bowl when I renovated my kitchen a couple years ago. I do use rather large pots when I cook and found a double bowl sink was just a bit tight when washing and rinsing them. The single bowl sink gives me all the room I need and would not go back to a double bowl now.

I would rethink the double faucet thing though. Seems like a waste of a faucet to be honest. Mount the faucet in the center and get one with a nice spray attachment and be done with it.

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No more so than any other sink. Maybe you should clean up after yourself

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It's a damp dark opening to a sewer. Im sure the 130 degree water kills all the germs.

Just remember that if you go with a single center mounted faucet with a retractable handle that you can pull out to use the smaller sink, you're probably going to have to sit there and hold the handle while the sink fills. For me, that would severely limit how much I'd want to use it.

I don't know if I've ever seen one outside of commercial type fixtures that is long enough to be able to reach both sinks. Maybe someone makes a free-standing fixture that is built like a pot filler with the joint in the middle that lets it reach while still being manageable when it's folded up?

So use one faucet and forget the center mounting. Mount it closer to the sink partitions. Voila, it will reach both parts without being extended. That's what I have....I promise, the fact that the faucet isn't centered across the the whole space of the sink looks fine.

Just be sure that the pull-out is sufficiently long to reach the far corners of the bigger sink compartment.

ETA: the off-center faucet (closer to the sink divider) actually works in my favor, making the sink more open & accomodating to oversized/weirdly shaped items.