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Water splashes up under the lip of the countertop, between the sink & the wood.
Any water on top is going to go over the lip, and, absent of any drip groove, leave a whole load of water.
You can wipe up the excess, of course, but unless you dry with hairdrier, there's always going to be dampness, and that's going to lead to mould and rot.
Even if you slap on a load of silicone sealant, that's going to go the same way, and likely exacerbate the problem, as it comes away from the wood and holds moisture against the wood for longer, preventing it from drying out.
At least it's not chipboard & laminate, which is about the only worse surface choice.
[Edit] Also, I just think it's a bollocks choice for a heavily used kitchen. Sure, it looks pretty, but you're not going to want to kneed bread on it, and it's too warm to make puff pastry.
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Makes sense.
I've had mixed experience; a mate's we lived at where there were issues with the draining section, but not the underside, and my folks which is still flawless. Going to look under the lip of my folks out of curiosity now.
We have chipboard & laminate which is swelling from a cheap SS "on-top" sink. My OH asked how to fix it... errr… replace it.
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Water splashes up under the lip of the countertop, between the sink & the wood.
I did wonder about this but it doesn't seem to cause any problems with ours. At least, not quite as bad / obvious problems as our neglect of the worktop and failure to fix a leaky tap in good time caused.
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Sure, it looks pretty, but you're not going to want to kneed bread on it, and it's too warm to make puff pastry.
Amazing... 😁❤️
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not going to want to kneed bread on it
Don't follow... wood tops are ace for kneading bread on. Am I slowly poisoning myself with Danish oil infused sourdough?
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Actually, you're right, just checked out the silicon between my sink and top and it already looks like shit after a few months. I think I'll just clean it up, dry out and go over with more but make a neater chamfer between to edge and sink this time.
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Polygon
I've seen you post about this before. So I'm really curious as to what about this design is fundamentally inferior?
Asides from the material choice, to me the issue looks like the tap, not the sink... and to some extent wiping up excess water.
If it was over, then surely you'd have water build up on top where the sink meets the wood? Which would only be solved by wiping up excess water.