Why does the kitchen sink splash water everywhere?
Washing dishes causes water to splash all over the counter and floor while soaking the front of your shirt when leaning in, which leaves behind stagnant puddles on the countertops.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1swapping the faucet aerator
- 2reduce the flow with the valves under the sink
- 3buy a new deeper sink
- 4Buying a corner drying mat or tray
- 5Installing hand towel holders on walls or doors
- 6Using countertop towel hangers or baskets of folded hand towels
- 7Wiping the counter down with the hand towel after use
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I bought that grey thing you see in corner to try to help, it’s ok…but it’s the front I’m bothered by, always gets on shirt when you lean”source ↗
“That’s the issue. Put a towel hanger on that wall to the right and it should help”source ↗
“The vanity won’t open all the way with something on the wall there! I’ve tried”source ↗
“I could try that, not really sure where it would go. Maybe I can mount one to the left there. But that doesn’t solve the stagnant pool problem (same problem w kitchen counter tops in this rental)”source ↗
“Our sink splashes all over the counter and floor when doing dishes.”source ↗
Where this came up
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