Why do bathroom sinks have an overflow hole, but not kitchen
sinks ?
Great username - topic combo!
As a homebrewer, who often uses the kitchen sink, full of water & ice, as a heat sink for my brew pot to cool it down after boiling, I wish it did have one.
I’ve often left the sink to fill, with the brew pot inside, and walked away, only to return, in a rush, to the sound of water dripping off the counter (pouring), after running out of the sink, and on to the countertop.
Makes a right mess, when I’m not paying attention. Like a watched pot, which won’t boil, a kitchen sink won’t fill with cold water to the correct level if you watch it… but as soon as you look away, it overfills.
(To the brewers) Yes, I know that I could get an immersion cooler, and have one in fact, but I can’t get the adaptor to fit on my kitchen faucet. It’s a pullout with non-standard fittings, and for my partial boils, the ice/water bath works well enough.
I’ve lived in apartments in the past that had overflow drains in the sink. Also, I’ve noticed that typically in divided sinks, the divider is lower than the level of the sink, so if one side starts to overfill, it’ll just run into the empty side.
Just coincidence. I live on a boat.
This Old House to the rescue!
From the cite:
I can’t ever recall meeting a kitchen sink that didn’t have an overflow. Maybe I wasn’t paying enough attention the few times I have been in the US, but here in Europe I’m pretty sure they all have overflows.
Just went into the kitchen to check mine and yup, there’s a overflow hole.