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I use mine. You probably know whether or not you use yours.
This house is the first good laundry sink I've had and I always dreamed of a nice big laundry sink that I could use to wash the dogs. So now I have the sink and no longer have a dog small enough to fit in it. The dogs get washed in the shower.
The laundry sink is a selling pint, if you ever decide to sell that house.
However, it is you living there so it is your comfort level: sink or cabinet. Although, I will mention that my laundry sink has a nice cabinet underneath it, big enough for Costco bottles of bleach and laundry soap.
I always thought it would be handy to have a sink in the laundry room, but I've made it through nearly 40 years without one so maybe it's not that big a deal.
I think it is a bad idea. I DO use mine and would want to have one in any home I buy.
Whether you would regret it or not is something only YOU can answer.
Do you have one in your garage? Where would you wash painting supplies, scrub muddy hiking boots, etc?... all the dirty, messy stuff?
How about a sink in the cabinet?
It's up against a wall so it does limit the use of it a bit, it's not freestanding. It's in a tight space. Probably no room for a real cabinet and laundry sink only 18 inches wide (it's an old Duratub).
I grew up knowing your “slop sink” as a utility sink. And a “slop sink” was what most people call a mop sink.
Anyway- would always want a slop/utility sink. I prefer one in a base cabinet (storage) over a freestanding.
I'd be ok with that but it's only 18 inches wide, an old Duratub. I'd love to update it but the space is small for most and the washing machine drains into it. So I would. need a certain size for sure to accommodate that.
Slop sinks (mop sinks) are heavy duty cast sinks, usually with a metal protective rail on the edges, set so the edges are no more than two feet from the floor. Traditional main use was emptying mop water and cleaning 12 and 16 oz cloth mop heads. Any place where floors require mopping regularly have them. Every theatre I have been in has at least one.
A sink near a clothes washer is called (wait for it...) a laundry sink!
A home laundry sink is often heavy duty plastic or fiberglass and mounted so the lip is at normal counter height. If freestanding, the front lip is typically narrow and not meant to stand the level of abuse a slop sink gets.
A utility sink could be any sink in a mudroom or garage or shop or shed, mounted at the height and placed where it is useful to the task. It could be a repurposed kitchen sink, slop sink, or laundry sink.
This is what I have in the space, but a 1959 Duratub one. Just would love to improve the look I guess, but limited on the space.
You beat me to it - it's a laundry tub or utility sink - no clue what a slop sink is
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