On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:52:31 -0700, Dan Abel > wrote:

>In article >,
> "Steve B" > wrote:
>
>> >> > I have a separate sink for handwashing.
>>
>> All houses I have built or lived in either had or I installed a mop sink for
>> the purpose of washing gungy things, like oily hands. The waterless hand
>> cleaners work well, have a somewhat nonoffensive odor, but it is just nice
>> to have a dedicated mop sink. They have all sorts of uses from washing the
>> dog to whatever.
>
>I've known people who have had a "mud bathroom", which I understand is a
>bathroom directly accessible from the outside, so you can wash up before
>getting the rest of the house dirty. A mop sink doesn't seem very
>practical to me, but maybe:
>
>http://www.baddesigns.com/mopsnk.html

I think the proper name for the sink refered to is "utility sink", had
one in the basement right between the washer and dryer, the washer
water dumped into that sink. Was a very handy sink on occasion but was
rarely used for general hand washing. I would install one here if I
had a space on the main floor but I don't and down a flight of 14
steps to the basement just to wash something oversized on rare
occasion isn't practical. Instead I have an oversize kitchen sink...
for anything more I have a garden hose outdoors... I even have a
tempered water hose bib at the head of my driveway (I've never used
it, installed by the last owner to have warm water for washing winter
salt from vehicles, he used his tractor to plow snow from people's
driveways too.

This one is very nice but there are much less expensive versions made
of plastic.
http://www.vintagetub.com/asp/produc...item_no=K-6650