We're putting the finishing touches to the stand at the kbb 2010 show - and were looking through some picture taken just as we had started building the stand. It doesn't look much but the end result makes it all worth it. There were Belfast sinks, granite sinks and every other type of sink lying all over the place - our main job was to display them in a way where they look their best.

Anyway, these are the 'before' shots:

We stumbled across this video of some baby ducks taking a little swim in a standard Belfast sink today. Very cute. Take a look:

 

 Have a great weekend!

 

Wondering what the difference between butler sinks and belfast sinks? Let the experts at Sinks.co.uk explain:

  "In actual fact they are both butler sinks (ie made to go in the butler’s pantry), but those made in Belfast have a Weir overflow, while those made in London don’t.

 

"This is because, when butler sinks were first made in the late 17th century, each major city had a sanitation officer autonomously responsible for the ordering of pipes, basins, sinks, and decreeing sizes, styles etc. Different patterns were evolved and gave rise to specific types. Hence the Belfast butler sink was different from, say, the London butler sink.

"Belfast, with access to plentiful water housed sinks with overflows, but London , built on clay where deep wells had to be drilled to reach water, discouraged water wastage and no overflows were accommodated. Therefore, the Belfast butler sink has what is known as a Weir overflow built into it, whereas a standard Butler Sink doesn’t."

Cheers guys - I think we've learnt something new today!

So, you're looking for a Belfast sink, but don't know if it fits in the current sink area of your kitchen.

That's why we're clever. On our sink website, sinks.co.uk, we include the Belfast sink dimensions, like below: