Kitchen sink drain position

[sixto]

When a kitchen sink drain is offset from center in the fore-aft direction, is it usually closer to the faucet or the person?

Sixto
98 E320s sedan and wagon

[sloride]

I don't see why it would matter from a draining point only maybe less in the way if closer to the faucet than the front of the sink.

[tbomachines]

Ours is closer to the faucet. Really though, it's whatever makes plumbing easier and wherever you can fit the garbage disposer in there.

[Mxfrank]

Closer to the faucet, because the plumbing connections are usually on the back wall. So moving it closer to the edge would mean a longer run of unpitched tubing.

[barry12345]

Rear facing traps allows more useable space generally. In the involved cabinet. At the same time because of the situation you may see or have to use an unorthodox installation. I do not even remember a forward facing trap off the drain connection that I can think of. With a kitchen sink.


Actually a lot of times it is fed into the wall directly behind. Again for several reasons. Primarily that storage room is at a premium in a lot of situations.

[t walgamuth]

I'm guessing you ask because you have a sink which could be installed either way.

I agree for plumbing purposes usually the drains would be closer to the wall if not centered, but if its a very small sink there might not be enough room that way and it might be reversed.

[Mark DiSilvestro]

Whenever they've needed replacement, I've been installing oversize single sinks that fit in place of the doubles. That eliminates the extra drain and storage-robbing plumbing under the counter, as well as the 'Great Wall of China' which divides a big sink into two tiny sinks!
The singles all had center drains.

Happy Motoring, Mark