Organization of the sink zone in the kitchen: a variety of equipment models for the washing area, selection criteria, additional devices and accessories
In modern kitchen, the preparation zones and food preparation areas are combined or very easily transformed into each other. Thus, by organizing a workplace, "tied" to the sink, we can easily go beyond the traditional "wet" part of the kitchen.
Approximately 60% of all work related to the preparation of food, the hostess is performed in the sink zone, which is the vertex of the "work triangle". Thoughtful main kitchen parameters in combination with practical accessories make everyday work more efficiently at least 2 times.
The modern plumbing market offers a large number of washes and a lot of mixers for them. Acquire the necessary items more convenient in that salon, where you order the kitchen. Here, the catalog will pick up the model of the sink of the appropriate size, desired design and the pricing category optimal for you, the mixer to it, as well as additional accessories that extend the functionality of the washing.
Kludi. | 
Leicht. | 
Franke. | 
Jacob Delafon. |
1. ZIR mixer allows one touch the button to turn the usual jet into the rain. Price - 13 690 rub. 2. Washing, integrated in the worktop. 3. Two-door java overhead washing made from composite material FRAGRANIT combined with practical accessories and a mixer having a retractable spin. 4. Thanks to the set of links, the Karbon mixer can be rotated in three planes. It is practically not covered by the form
AESLI You want to have a multifunctional mobile aquatorr so that the washing is the organic component of the kitchen top, was equipped with a mixer and accessories created specifically for it, and all together were ideal for each other based on materials, design and dimensions? In this case, it is better to refer to the products of manufacturers producing complex equipment for the sink zone. These are Alveus (Slovenia), Blanco, Schock, Franke (Switzerland), Elleci, Foster, Plados, Telma (All Italy), Teka (Germany - Spain), Reginox (Netherlands), Longran (Russia- Germany), Porcelanosa Grupo (Spain) IDR.
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Determining factors when choosing a sink are its design features, dimensions, form, installation type (installation), as well as the material from which it is made.
Constructive features. The design of the washing (the number of cups, the presence and location of the wing, the location of the mixer) depends on the dimensions and the intended placement of the module with the sink in the kitchen. The models are single or with several bowls (more often than two). Sinks with a small additional bowl called one and a half times. Products with two and even three bowls allow you to perform several actions at the same time. Very comfortable design of washes with a corrugated wing on which some types of work can be transferred.
Blanco | 
Roca. | 
Teka. | 
Kohler. |
5.6. Stainless steel mortise washes - single-hours (BLANCO) (5) and two-dimensional (ROCA) (6) - the most common option. 7.8. Composite washing in tandem with mixer (7). The price without a mixer is about 29 thousand rubles. Bordelaise car wash (8)
The rigidity of the design of the washing design is played. For example, heavy mixers weighing up to 6.5kg are not designed to be installed even in thick-walled stainless steel models. They are designed for tops from stone or composite materials.
Dimensions. Manufacturers manufacturers produce models of standard dimensions, based on the width of the table top for mortise washes and the width of the couch, for the overhead. First decide what will be the width of the cabinet (understone) to which you plan to install washing. The cabinets have a width of 400, 450, 500, 600, 800, 900, 1000 and 1200 mm. The bowl (or bowls) with drain reinforcement (siphon) should be easily included between the side walls of the couch.
Choosing a model, it is important to determine not only the width or diameter, but also the internal depth of the bowl. It matters and the radius of rounding between the bottom and the side surface. What it is less, the room is a sacker. The width of the standard single sink for a podstole 600mm wide is approximately 400 mm, and the depth is 171-195mm. There are models, the depth of the bowl of which is smaller (about 160 mm) or more (at the schock is 200-205mm, it is 200-205mm). If you like to cook in bulk dishes (for example, in a frying-wok) or often use the disastr, you will need a washing with a wider and deep bowl to wash them. The deep bowl is spacious, but if you have to go low above it, it will work uncomfortable. Therefore, the database (tumbler or substole), in which they embed such a sink should be raised to 105 cm. Small bowls serve as an application to the main. Most often, they are small, but meet and deep (Alveus denotes their conditional sign "+"). Small single-sided models with small capacities are also used as an independent additional washing made on the "island".
Porcelanosa grupo. | 
Blanco | 
Kludi. | 
Kohler. |
9. The sink of the KRION material is a single integer with the worktop. 10. An additional bowl and wing is expanding the possibilities of washing Blanco Livit. Price, from 8 thousand rubles. 11. Steelart model for "island" kitchen. The price is about 20 thousand rubles. 12. Pig-iron Washing FETE is a fresh look at the aesthetics of the kitchen space. Integrated in the table top made of natural stone sink from sinking a unique design: parts of the washing have a different depth, which not only makes it more attractive, but also improves functionality
The form. Bowls can be rectangular, round, oval, triangular (for angular compositions). There are models of the original configuration, for example in the form of drops. Users more often prefer rectangular sinks, as they make it possible to use the place allotted for them.
Type of instalation. At the place of installation, all sinks, regardless of the material, are divided into overhead (motorcycle and equipment dual) and embedded (mortise and integrated). Whose type of its features.
The overhead models "wear" directly on a separately standing tube instead of the table top and fix with the help of a special set of fasteners. They are used for traditional spatial solutions and today, in the era of embedded kitchens, use infrequently. However, manufacturers produce new series of overhead with improved properties, for example, a solid-dimensional fired side, an edging pad for a mixer and not allowing water to flow beyond the sink. It is possible to choose an overhead model with a wide or narrow wing-dryer. However, water can fall into the gap between the module with a sink and adjacent to a neighboring table.
Blanco | 
Blanco | 
Faoma. | 
Bamax |
13. Bunk washing: a special stand with a collander and a container freely rotates on a special ledge done at the additional level. This allows you to reset the sliced products into a collander or container directly from the cutting board. Blancoronis model. The price is about 28 thousand rubles. 14. Sink Silgranit material for mounting under the tabletop from personally combined with a kitchen top from a natural or artificial stone. 15, 16. Any product made of natural stone, even the most utilitarian destination, looks like a work of art and takes a worthy place in the interior. Overhead sinks from this material, components of a single whole with a solid tabletop, organically fit into the warm, natural atmosphere of classical or rustic cuisine from the wood massif
Curling models - the most popular option. It is used in the kitchens component under the common countertop, made of any material. The advantage of mortise sinks are their easy installation. For such models, no high-precision treatment of the hole in the worktop is not required, since when installing its edge overlaps the car wash, and it becomes invisible. Eashable cut the hole of the required shape and insert into it washing, sealing ribbon and silicone sealant seal joints.
As a rule, mortise sinks have a 5-10mm profiled cant standing over the table top. An alternative to him both with aesthetic and from a functional point of view is Kant flat, allowing you to install the sink on the same level with the tabletop (flat-cutting washing).
Integrated washes, that is, combined with a tabletop (they are also called completely mortar), have some design features. Their flat edges differ significantly from the edges of mortise models, and due to this, the integrated sink is able to arrange flush with the surface of the table top. For a fully mortise wash, a flawlessly smooth edge of the opening of the tabletop is needed, especially if the latter is made of stone (artificial or natural). Integrated sinks must be installed without gaps and irregularities and firmly lay down to the tabletop (with reliable sealing). These models allow you to choose any height of the tabletop. Most often, they are installed either in the surface of the top (then the washing and the countertop form a single product), or slightly below its level (substolete integrated sinks). Podstolian shells have a lot of advantages. This is a wide selection of cups of different sizes and forms, an increase in the inner depth. They also look especially effectively with stone, natural or artificial countertops (various types of the latter are also called composite materials). Installation flush and under the tabletop is not only aesthetically attractive, but also makes more convenient operation and cleaning washing.
Aesthetics practicality
Kitchen sink actively use every day, so it must confront "vital transformations" and at the same time maintain their attractiveness for many years. Depending on the material from which the sinks are made, they are divided into steel, copper, ceramic, from natural or artificial stone, cast-iron.
"Maria" | 
Blanco | 
Teka. | 
Kohler. |
17. The massive two-piece overlaid washing made of composite material with a notch in front will make a job particularly comfortable. A small wall "Apron", made of the same artificial stone and similar design, will complete the image of the cuisine in the country style. 18. Vanilla Blancoidessa Curl Model is made of high-quality ceramics. The washing is equipped with a spacious bowl with overflow, has two sites for installing a mixer and additional accessories. Price - about 18 thousand rubles. 19. The housing of this attractive washing is made of tempered glass. A stainless steel bowl is glued below to the glass panel. 20. Each car wash from the Artist Editions collection has its own unique drawing. It is made of several thin layers of ceramics covered with icing. At high temperature in the furnace, the ornament seems to be imprinted in a product that will last long, keeping the initial species
Stainless steel washers (alloyed most often chromium and nickel) today are considered universal. They have wood and acid resistance, impact resistance and, which is important, hygienicity, since the steel surface has no pores. Determine the quality of the steel, from which the washing is performed is only one method, to bring the magnet to its surface. If the stainless steel is good, she should not attract it.
The thickness of the sheet steel is 0.4-1.2mm, depending on the class of model and manufacturing technology. The thicker steel, the more expensive washing. Lack of steel sinks-low sound absorption of a falling jet. However, it is now producing steel sinks with sound absorbers, in the role of which rubber gasket under the bowl. Less "noisy" are thick-walled integrated models with deep bowls.
Color range of stainless steel sinks monochrome and somewhat monotonous (they all differ in metal glitter). But you can choose any of the four textures of the inner surface of the bowl. Modern processing methods allow you to get sinks with simple and mirror polishing, matte, as well as with the so-called flax texture and textured decor. Stainless steel washes look good in laconic interiors decorated in styles such as minimalism and high-tech.
Europeans prefer large deep sinks that have one and a half or two bowls plus one or two wings. Rounded lines prevail, smooth forms. In the United States, blessings are particularly popular, the average size of which is 1.5-2 times more familiar to us
In the kitchens in the spirit of classics and country, models from ceramics, as well as from natural and artificial stone, look more organically.
Brave and copper arrangements made from brass and copper alloy, copper coated under bronze, copper or old silver. They are an element of the interior of the "rustic" kitchen.
Kohler's ceramic sinks (USA), Herbeau (France), Blanco, Teka, made from Plumbing porcelain and faience, are resistant to aggressive media and scratches, withstand the effects of high temperatures. Often they are decorated with decorative painting (for example, Herbeau, Kohler). Music of these products include their fragility, high weight and stiffness of the structure, which complicates the installation.
Kludi. | 
Hansgrohe. | 
Kludi. | 
Teka. |
21. Trendo Star model with rotary pull-out spill-shower and shower switch / normal jet. 22. The folding Talis S Variarc mixer can be installed directly in front of the window. Price - 6500 rub. 23. Mixer with rotary pull-out spill, hot water limiter and reverse stream protection. 24. Zeno 60 B washing consists of the main and auxiliary bowl, as well as the wings together forming a harmonious design. Complete with washing includes a cutting board made of milk-white tempered glass and a colanterer of the original form for installation in an additional bowl
Composite materials (Fragranit, Silgranit, Vitrotek, Metaltek, Granitek, Krion IDR), from which washing are made, consist of filler and polymer binder. Punching filler uses such solids such as granite crumb, fiberglass, quartz sand. The binder most often serves an acrylic polymer. The higher the content of the natural material in the composite (for example, in the sinks of Polygran (Russia), Alveus, Blanco, Franke, Reginox, Teka, it is 80%), the better its quality. Composite sinks are resistant to mechanical shocks, high temperatures, pollution and scratching, have good sound absorption and pleasant "warm" texture, aesthetically attractive, hygienic and easy to care. Such products are not only the most durable of the holes, but also a wide variety of color and form.
Among other materials will be called cast iron (Kohler, for example, manufactures sink from it for the "rural" kitchen) and a natural stone. Products from the latter are very expensive, and usually they are fulfilled to order.
A huge contribution to the functionality and design of the new generation was made composite materials. Their beauty and practicality appreciated all over the world. Using heat treatment, an artificial stone product can be given any form. Composite sinks will be the bestsellers of the XXIV.
In the Commonwealth with washing
Kitchen mixers produce not only already named manufacturers, but also all leading European manufacturers of sanitary fittings. Forward the queue should be noted by Dornbracht, Hansgrohe, Kludi (all Germany), Jacob Delafon (France), Roca (Spain), Vitra (Turkey), Damixa (Denmark), Kohler IDR.
For the kitchen, one-study models are more relevant, they allow one movement to set the temperature and without changing it, if necessary, adjust the intensity of water flow. It is believed that the single-art faucets are more economical, since the twentieth has longer to customize to get the water of the desired temperature.
By type (place) of the installation, the overwhelming part of the mixers refers to the desktop, that is, installed on the sink (and not necessarily in the center) or the worktop. The main constructive feature of any modern model for kitchen is long swivel is high: high, very high and low. His forms are very diverse. But whatever the configuration and height you choose, it is necessary that I will give you a sufficient field of activity for all types of work, allowed water to pour water into large saucepans and high containers, as well as wash them.
The greater the angle of turning is overwhelming, the more convenient to use them. The slightness of the economy-class models it ranges in the range of 120-140. There are models with an angle of rotation 180. Unwise advanced products (for example, Kludi) this parameter is 360. This is relevant when the washing is located on the "island".
For standard car wash with one cup, a universal mixer with rotary expulsion is suitable. But for servicing a washing center with two or three bowls, supplemented by a collader and overhead boards, such a mixer will probably be insufficient. There are situations when it is necessary to fill a very high vessel with a large saucepan, which does not fit in a saukee bowl, a basin or bucket, standing outside the shell. In addition cases, the mixer with retractable expulsion on a flexible hose, protected by a metal or textile braid, which is capable of stretching from its nest to 1-1.2 m.
There are extendable extensions of two types: the first one with a aerator, the second-ends with a nozzle with two modes ("aerated jet" and "shower"). For the drawn hose it is necessary to leave the free space under the sink.
Vitra | 
Kludi. | 
Jacob Delafon. | 
Teka. |
25-28. Elegant models with a lever on the housing on the side and smooth bent is used in the greatest popularity.
Extractive mixers are provided for additional functions that are missing in basic models. So, the "aqua stop" - the water supply switch to dishwasher or washing machine is built into the mixer body or washing machine, it makes it possible to do without a separate pipeline for these aggregates. It also protects against leaks. The switch is installed on the worktop or on the surface of the sink separately.
For miles mounted under the window, there are special mixers. The first group with a bayonet fastening that allows one movement to remove the mixer from the base and put it on the worktop, for example, Talis Variarc model (Hansgrohe), Bingo Star (Kludi), products from the Blancoelipso (Blanco) IDR series. The second includes mixers, which can only be removed. Among them, we note the model Window (Webert, Italy), Vulkano (Elleci), Nateo (Jacob Delafon). The cost of these products is from 6500 rubles.
Mixers with a built-in filtration system help get clean drinking water straight from under the tap. Such models with two spouts have Jacob Delafon (Carafe, about 13 thousand rubles), Webert and other manufacturers.
In place
During installation, the mixer is installed in the finished hole with a diameter of 33-38mm in the middle of a single sink or between two bowls. It must correspond to the specified diameter. Some mounted the mixer on the right, it depends on the design of the washing and user preferences. The forefront is always the convenience of using the lever and the spill. For mixers with separated valves, two or three holes are required. They will have to drill in washing additionally.
Comfort ending touches
Very comfortable models with a small additional bowl in which it is convenient to rinse and dry cutlery or defrost products. A useful addition to be a collader-removable bowl with holes in the bottom part, repeating the shape of a small bowl bowl. Cancels are used as a colander. They are made of plastic or stainless steel.
Another convenient accessory is a washing basket. You can not only wash the dishes, but also dried right in the bowl or on the wing. The main material from which the washing baskets make is stainless steel. It is possible to choose the form of this product according to the configuration of the bowl. The bottom rods of the washing basket are sometimes curved and form sections for vertical drying plates. Plum covers of the dishes dries much faster.
Jacob Delafon. | 
Blanco | 
Franke. | 
Blanco |
29. Mobile dryer for dishes, including feuds, is a pleasant and useful addition to the washing. 30, 31. Multifunctional Blanco (30) and Franke (31) washing centers (31) are equipped with mobile cutting boards and collands, which are located above the additional bowl. They can also be placed across the main bowl and move freely along it.
Without a cutting board, you can not do any hostess. Cutting boards applied to the sink are made according to the size and shape of the sink bowl. They can be rectangular, oval, round, semicircular. The length of them is usually 400-530mm, the width is 200-400mm, the thickness is 15-20mm. This accessory is put on the wing of the washing or impose on the bowl, thus increasing the area of the working surface. A properly selected cutting board is firmly installed on the bowl or wing and does not take place on the tabletop. Separate boards are equipped with a groove passing around the perimeter of the product. They can be put on the bowl, and, for example, meat juice will drain on the groove directly in the sink.
Cutting boards are made of wood or plastic. The first is more expensive, but they are environmentally friendly, and plastic with any labeling remains synthetic material. Recently, cutting boards began to perform from a particularly durable glass. Such a board easily moves along the sink surface, like on rails, while the sink looks very effectively. The new material is hygienic to use and withstands quite large loads. There are boards with marking, helping smoothly cut sausage, vegetables IT.D. (Foster, Telma products). The rotational board purchased for a small single sink is provided by a hole for a bowl, pan or a collane, which in this case become a kind of equivalent of the small bowl of washing. Such models are, for example, in the Vogue lines (Telma), Tornado (FOSTER) or OLYMPUS (Astracast).
Immerse your hands to the used water to pull the plug from the drain hole, is not the most pleasant occupation. It is more convenient to do this using a remote control system with a drain valve machine. To dial or drain water, it is enough to rotate the control lever in the desired side, and the plug will close or discovery the drain hole. The lever is located on the table top next to the sink or on the surface of the sink (in the side of the latter for this hole). Another useful device that can be equipped with a washing is a built-in detergent dispenser: you just need to click on it and bring a sponge to the nose. The dispenser allows you to free the space of the table top around the washing from bottles with household chemicals.
Clean - bail of longevity
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
The price of the equipment for the washing zone is made up of the value of all the necessary elements, materials, the number of cups IDR. Here is an exemplary list of prices for the washing of Blanco from a stainless steel: the over-all (without wing) from polished steel is 575 * 505mm, from 6 thousand rubles; Model with corrugated wing (780 * 435mm) - 2770rub.; Two-hour sink with a large bowl (420 * 340mm) and small (340 * 165mm) - about 10 thousand rubles. (Accessories are ordered separately). The round washing of the same company with a bowl having the inner diameter of 390mm and the depth of 185 mm made of steel, with an embossed decor costs about 3500 rubles. The single-hour Franke model with the wing will cost 2900 rubles., Two-hour angular sink of the same manufacturer with two wings and automatic valve - at 14,690 rubles. For the over-all Foster product with a wing will have to give from 5 thousand rubles.
165mm) - about 10 thousand rubles. (Accessories are ordered separately). The round washing of the same company with a bowl having the inner diameter of 390mm and the depth of 185 mm made of steel, with an embossed decor costs about 3500 rubles. The single-hour Franke model with the wing will cost 2900 rubles., Two-hour angular sink of the same manufacturer with two wings and automatic valve - at 14,690 rubles. For the over-all Foster product with a wing will have to give from 5 thousand rubles.
Polygran composite sinks depending on the size and form cost 3000-6200 rub. Swangton they offer a mixer for about 4 thousand rubles. The price of Elleci washing from artificial stone - from 9 thousand rubles, the sinks Telma- 10 000-17 500 rubles. Ceramic sinks are more expensive. Thus, the price of products Blanco from this material is 23-36 thousand rubles. For a design sink with a painting from the Artist Editions collection (Kohler), you pay 50 thousand rubles.
The cost of cutting wooden boards is about 2500 rubles, from plastic high density - approximately 1600 rubles. The washing basket of stainless steel will cost approximately 900-1500 rubles. Plastics collander costs 680 rubles, stainless steel - 3-4 thousand rubles.
A good kitchen faucet, moreover with additional functions, is not cheap by definition. For example, the basic model of the Kludi mixer costs about 8 thousand rubles. The price is affected by the retractable spin, the valve for connecting to the washing machine, the presence of two fuses, a built-in filter for drinking water. The SCHOCK model needs to pay 5-22 thousand rubles, Plados- on average 4500-6000 rub. Prices for BLANCO mixers range in the range of 4500-42 000 rubles., Elleci- 4-17 thousand rubles. Atalis Variarc (Hansgrohe) costs about 12 thousand rubles.
The editors thanks the representative offices of Blanco, Hansgrohe, Roca, Vitres for help in preparing the material.