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Technical guides for people who specify, buy and sell stainless steel sinks. Written from quotation questions, not from keyword lists.
6 Guides On Specifying And Buying Stainless Steel Sinks
All three grades are austenitic stainless and all three make a usable sink. What differs is how much nickel is in them, and nickel is what…
Read the guideA pressed sink is drawn from a sheet in one operation on a die. A handmade sink is cut, folded, welded and dressed. The difference decides…
Read the guideThe three mounting types are not three styles of the same product. They demand different worktops, different cabinets and different…
Read the guideWorkstation sinks sell on the accessory photograph. They get returned on accessory fit. Everything worth checking is in the few millimetres…
Read the guideMost custom sink quotations stall for the same reason: the enquiry gives a length and a width and nothing else. Here is the full list, in…
Read the guideStainless steel does not rust, but things left on it do. Almost every complaint about a stainless sink traces back to something that sat on…
Read the guideThe Three Decisions That Set The Price
Steel grade
304, 202 or 201 changes both the price and how the sink behaves in hard or chlorinated water.
Construction
Pressed or fabricated decides which corner radii and depths are possible at all.
Finish
Brushed, PVD or nano black changes the process after fabrication, not the body underneath it.
About These Guides
Who writes these guides?
Our sales and production team, from the questions buyers actually ask during quotation. They are not written to sell a specific product.
Can we republish them?
Ask us first. We are usually happy for distributors to translate and reuse them with attribution.
What if my question is not covered?
Email [email protected]. If it comes up twice, it becomes an article.
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