Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Learning Sink Ergonomics

We, as humans, tend to be very flexible. We get used to things that are uncomfortable and never give it a second thought. Think about shoes for a moment. We sometimes wear uncomfortable shoes, right? We don't throw them out, we keep wearing them. What does that say about other things in our lives. Hey folks, I am not suggesting we get rid of everything in our lives that is not comfortable, but I am suggesting we evaluate more often.

Most of us are right handed, so I will use a right handed thought process for this demonstration. Pretend you are rinsing and scraping a dish. If you are right handed, you will hold the dish with your left hand and scrape with your right. The natural motion would be for the right hand to scrape from left to right, from about 8 o'clock to 2 o'clock (directionally). Don't you think a disposer drain should be at the 2 o'clock position in the sink? Ergonomically, that is the correct position.

The ergonomics has a domino effect. The drain location allows for large items to be placed in the sink without covering the drain. It also allows for a double bowl trash pullout mechanism to be placed inside the sink cabinet on the left side. Visit
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