How to choose your sink and drain

In this tutorial: your sink. Where the tap goes, how the basin sits in the top, which shape and size, and exactly where it’s placed.

Everything happens in step two. We’ll go through it from top to bottom.

First, the tap. Top means the tap stands on the vanity top, behind the basin. That needs room at the back, so on a shallow top, fewer sinks fit.

Wall means the tap comes out of the wall. No hole in the top, and no room needed behind the basin, so you can choose a larger sink, or a shallower top.

Need the tap hole somewhere else, beside a round basin in a corner, for example? Choose Wall, and describe the position in the notes, in the last step.

Next, how the basin meets the top. There are four options.

IN: the basin is formed into the top, in one piece. No joint, no gap where dirt can collect, no corner a cloth can’t reach. It’s the easiest to clean, and the one most people choose.

TOP is the same basin, raised onto the surface. Its sides stay open, joined to the top only at the drain, for an elegant, light look.

ON is exactly the same, with the sides fully closed. Easier to clean, and very durable.

Both are great options when something prevents a basin set into the top, like an existing cabinet.

No Sink: a plain top, without a cutout. Use it with a basin of your own, as a countertop over your washing machine and dryer, or as a matching shelf.

Now the model. The model is just the shape. The configurator only shows shapes that fit your top, and your tap choice.

RO is round. OV is oval. B is rectangular. Then, DB, UB, UC, and WDT.

[The video shows each shape on the 3D model as its code is selected.]

Then the size. Sink width runs left to right, sink depth front to back, always in millimetres. Round and oval basins come as one size, like OV 350.

For all the other models, you choose the width and the depth separately, for a wide variety of use cases.

A WDT, for example, stretches all the way to 1200 millimetres.

For the rest of this tutorial, we go back to the oval basin, in its largest size: OV 520.

Sink position, left to right. Centered puts the basin in the middle. Or measure from the left or right edge to the centre of the drain pipe. Enter that number, and the basin’s centre lands right above it.

In the configurator, choose Left Edge or Right Edge, and type in your number.

Then the distance from the front edge. If there’s a cabinet underneath, think about it here, so the basin clears its doors and drawers. If you’re unsure, just contact us.

Last in this step: the drain. Each option’s name tells you how it works.

[The video highlights the six drain options one by one.]

You can have a cover that matches your solid surface, or a chrome one. Klik-Klak opens and closes with a press.

For offices, hotels and other public spaces, choose a non-closeable drain. Where covers might go missing, the safest is the open chrome drain, without a cover.

That’s the sink. Next up: the downstand.