I’m redoing my tack room and utility room. The area in the picture has a bathroom, tankless water heater, a utility sink and it will have a washer and dryer next to the sink. The picture is being taken from the tack room. The feed room is on the other end of the tack room.
I’m replacing the utility sink so what type of sink do you have and what do you like/dislike about it?
I’m trying to decide what is the most useful and easiest to keep clean. The wall that is currently next to the sink is being removed so I can put something wider thank the existing sink in there. I was thinking maybe a longer deep sink with an attached counter area. The two pics are just ideas.
Stainless steel with a knee operated faucet if possible. I worked for an ER doctor when I was in HS and she had the best deep, wide steel sink that I could turn on and off with my knee if my hands were too gross. Easy to sanitize and big is what matters.
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I LOVE my commercial kitchen tub w sprayer. We have a different brand in our house and also a big workhorse for projects.
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We did this sort of replacement in our basement next to the washer and dryer. We had a utility sink like yours, and when we redid our kitchen, the guy took the kitchen sink and part of the laminated countertop made a sturdier area to work in, with a shelf below the sink as well
As long as the faucet handle can be operated with the back of your hand, or your elbow, you can have pretty icky hands and turn water on/off (and it’s what we do) You can also get a motion sensor faucet, which adds $$, has to have batteries replaced periodically, and does wear out eventually.
I do miss the deepness of the original utility sink, but also DO like having a 2-sided sink. Our new kitchen sink is deeper and a single sink, and is also nice to work with, so there are pros and cons to each. My Dad has a bigger deeper single sink, and uses a small plastic bin on one side of it when he needs to separate areas, so that makes it more versatile.
Definitely have an attached counter!
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I was looking at these, did you just get it used from like a restaurant going out of business? I figured that would be the only affordable way to get something that is good quality.
We bought new and really it’s pennies on the day over the years. BUT, I did just find better prices on eBay AND lookie here…a used one at the Gridmann website!
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Utility/laundry room sinks may have a different diameter drain than standard kitchen sinks, so check that out with reference to your drain line plumbing already installed.
What I dislike about my tack room sink is that the only way to drain it after b I have filled it to soak filthy things is to plunge my arm down into the water. I have been intending to just add a stopper on a chain, but it has been ten years of procrastination so far.
Will you be doing things like rinsing paint brushes in the sink? My sink is fiberglass which has taken on a greenish tint after years of rinsing green latex (my shutter and mailbox color as well as most of my arena jumps have portions the same green). I had the option of picking stainless for the sink but stainless sinks available were not as deep , and I went for maximum depth. Now I am considering replacement with a stainless sink and drain tailpiece.
I installed this sink in my barn lounge remodel, deep enough for a water bucket which was my intent!
This is the before…which is what the lounge looked like when it was for sale.
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Looks a lot better! It’s nice to have the deeper single sink and more counter space.
Currently, the plumbing is being replaced. The pipe to the old utility tub was broken off by another contractor doing demo plus we are redoing some other pipes so it shouldn’t be a problem with drain size. But thank you for pointing that out.
I’m sure at some point I will be rinsing paint brushes in there. I just feel like anything fiberglass or plastic is going to discolor eventually. With the stainless, as long as it doesn’t rust, it should not get stained.
Thanks! Where did you purchase the faucet? Do you have any negative thoughts on it at all? Does the one with the spring on it rotate out of the way and you can use the solid one? I’m just picturing hitting it when putting a bucket in the tub. Did you ever investigate getting a counter next to it or do you not think it is needed?
I’m ALL about counters. So yes, put in counters. You fill them for sure. I’d imagine maybe build.com on where the sprayer was purchased. Here’s the one in our downstairs kitchen and you can see you can pull it all back and out of the way.
Looks like Saniguard is the brand
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Just one point to add. If you’re going to be using the sink mostly for bucket filling/rinsing, I strongly suggest a floor sink. They are the absolute bomb because there is no lifting up and over of heavy buckets. When my lottery win comes in, my fancy feed room will have both a floor sink for buckets and a smaller kitchen sink for hand washing and meds, etc.
It is very hard to understand the difference unless you’ve used one, but once you have … 
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Can you show us what you mean? I haven’t seen that and curious. I also don’t use buckets much.
I do have a wash stall with hot water so…is that the same?
Do you know what I mean if I say a janitor’sink or a floor height dog washing station? It’s basically a shallow floor level sink with a pot filler type tap (they’re even meant for hanging buckets from) that you can add a length of hose to so you can fill buckets at floor height … Or wash your dog or clean disgusting things you don’t want in a nice sink or whatnot.
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Here you go. They sit on the floor typically situated in a corner and those walls would be tiled or otherwise waterproof.
OK yes, now I see it and the value of it. I think we all need both. What’s nice about the higher sink is you don’t need to bend over or down.
Absolutely both! Higher sink for washing and cleaning and futzing with regular stuff. Lower for heavy stuff (bucket filling) and truly gross stuff like dog/cat crates and such 
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Another arrangement, this one in our tack room and sink can be accessed from the washroom, where the stocks are.
Our vets love it:
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Good Point!
