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Originally Posted by jyl
Good point. I can also get a longish swing neck.
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They do make necks of all different lengths, although 8" is the most common.
It's probably not in the cards for you, but we are nearly done with our kitchen reno. We bought a panel-ready Bosch dishwasher so you can put a matching cabinet door on the front of it which is nice. But you may just be sticking with your existing dishwasher in which case that's not a thing for you. They also make refrigerators that look retro and refrigerators that are panel-ready. Both are pricey options.
I like what you'd doing. I think you should be able to get sinks like you want in either enameled cast iron or vitreous clay or soapstone. I think with the soap stone you're stuck with green, and it's thick and heavy and all of it comes from the Virginia area. But I suspect you could get it made to the size that you want.
If it was up to me, I'd go with the enameled cast iron. I'm not sure how easy it'll be to find a sink that's 24" front to back. I don't think you'll be able to mount an apron front sink sideways because of the apron front, but maybe I'm not understanding you.
It's interesting for you to have 2 sinks, and have them separated by a bunch of counter. The usual is to have the sinks together and in front of a window. But having the prep counter area in front of the window will also be nice.
There are 3 main types of sinks like these.
If you get this sort, very carefully watch the front to back depth and make sure that the sink is 25-26" front to back. Also, if the valves for the faucet are horizontal like in the pic below, then the faucet intrudes a lot (often the handles are 6" into the sink, then there's the spout sticking out from that!) into the sink area. It's possible (but more difficult) to find faucets where the pipes come out and then make a 90º turn and the valves are then vertical. Those intrude into the sink space a lot less.
This is a more old fashioned sink, with the back splash and drain board on the side. Very cool. It has the same possible faucet issue as the one above.
Some apron fronts are undermount like this one. So they won't go all of the way back to the wall, because you need space between the back of the sink and the wall for the plumbing.
I'm not sure what it's called, but a top/flange mount is also possible. Again, there's going to be some space at the back for the plumbing, but it will look like the sink goes nearly all of the way to the wall.
