Is It Worth Having a Laundry Sink?

For most homes, yes. A laundry sink gives you somewhere for the messy jobs you don't want to do in the kitchen or bathroom.

It's useful for soaking clothes, filling buckets, washing shoes, rinsing mops, cleaning paint brushes, or washing pet gear. If you have a young family, pets, or do a lot of cleaning at home, you'll probably use it more than you expect.

If you have a small laundry, you do have to balance the sink against bench space and storage. A compact small laundry sink may be all you need. If the laundry does a lot of work, a larger laundry sink or deeper bowl is usually worth giving up some bench space for.