Haven't done this for a while, but I thought it was time to talk about something other than earthquakes.
This may not be a blanket rule throughout New Zealand, but it's something that we have noticed in many places, including our own home. Sinks here don't have overflows!
I managed to flood our kitchen recently by turning on the tap and then responding to some emergency (chickens vs cat, if I remember rightly). By the time I turned back to the kitchen there was water all over the place. A simple overflow built into the back of the sink would have prevented it. So why isn't there one?
This is what I'm talking about:
Maybe I've only ever looked at really old sinks and modern ones here do have it, but even really old sinks in Ireland have overflows. It's just bizarre not to have such a basic feature.
2 comments:
It is rather annoying alright - it's a basic feature that it decades, if not centuries old. Not having one is a basic design flaw, but it has meant that we mopped the kitchen floor a bit more regularly, whether we liked it or not!
We have no overflows either Jen, and this house was built in 1979. I have had a lot of mop ups through the years! Suppose there would be a lot of foody water going down leading to nasty smells. Some of the modern designs have an extra sink for rinsing with a hole which would relieve the situation if the sink proper was overflowing.
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