Every household now have washing machines and nobody washes clothes with their hand anymore. Can anyone explain me why I should keep this and not replace it with a wash basin ?
Most fancy lingerie (or anything with lace) must be washed by hand in a sink. It just makes sense to wash clothes in the washroom as opposed to the kitchen or bathroom, especially since the plumbing is already there for the washing machine.
You could put your undies in the dishwasher.
No … They go ON the dishwasher
To store old paint brushes, paint tins and bottles of turps under.
Also if it’s close enough to access via your outdoor entertaining. Fill it with ice to store drinks when you’ve got people over
My mom used it to bathe the pets and to pre wash outdoor clothes that had gotten all mud covered and junk
This is the correct use.
nobody washes clothes with their hand anymore.
You never hand wash clothing? There are definitely delicate items that I will always hand wash to ensure they last for as long as possible. If you think a washing machine is a modern equivalent, you’d be wrong. Manually washing something is always the best way to limit potential damage.
We live in a disposable society. When you have dirty undies, you just throw them in the garbage /s
You joke but in high school I knew this kid who’d moved down from the country and lived by himself - he really did throw out t-shirts instead of washing them.
It was not really a joke.
When my sister was a young adult, living at home, she would go down to Kmart every week and buy a new pack of 7 undies. She just really didn’t like doing her washing.
No she didn’t onsell them in Japanese Vending machines…
Never hand washed.
I do all my soccer kits by hand now. The stickers degrade too quickly in a washing machine, even on the most delicate settings. I also have a really old 100% wool jumper first bought by my great-grandfather that I hand wash to keep it going for as long as possible. I also hand wash my dog in that sink - not sure he’d like the washing machine!
I’ve never owned something so delicate that it wasn’t fine on the gentle wash cycle and low heat gentle dryer cycle. I don’t know I’d ever want to own something that annoyingly frail as far as clothing goes
Mostly cleaning things you dont want to clean where you make your food or disposing of liquids you dont want near your food.
Soaking clothing in bleach, soaking kids clothes…
You can however buy some much nicer looking sinks, benchtops and cabinets that give you the same utility and piss off the big ugly tin cabinet.
In America we call these slop sinks and use them to wash up after getting dirty outside, fixing the car, etc. Or to clean stuff thats too big or messy to use the kitchen sink but in a more controlled way than with a garden hose. As such they tend to be in the little room between the garage and the rest of the house. Sometimes in the basement instead.
Also used to wash certain clothes that are hand-wash only.
The design is different than the picture - deeper and usually fiberglass or plastic.
I miss having one of these. The house I grew up in had one, but no place I’ve lived in since has had a utility sink.
Well it’s useful to clean big things, like the BBQ grill (doesn’t fit in kitchen sink), also blankets and things. I honestly never used one until I had a kid and most things you can do in a laundry sink, you can do in a bath.
What if you find a bunch of ducklings covered in crude oil and need to wash them?
Fits a bucket for mopping.
I don’t !== Nobody
I mean, my SIL’s place has a European laundry and they intentionally have a deep porcelain basin in the bathroom that doubles as a trough for when they need to do soaks etc.
Thanks guys . I have decided to remove this and install a porcelain wash basin.
Fair, though I suggest you make it deep for future use.
Not OP, but we’re gonna replace ours with a cotto lab.
Always have at least one sink big enough to fit your oven grills in.
I use ours for the litter boxes, scrubbing indoor bins…you know, scullery stuff.
