Sink covers on or off

[scootsk]

What do you do with your sink covers during travel? Leave them on or remove and store?

[JimBollman]

Don't have a sink cover but we stow our range cover when traveling, I don't want it flying around in our B in an accident.

[Jebby14]

last camper only had 1. it stayed on the entire time I owned it. other side of the sink was storage for counter top items. current trailer does not have them. they are not missed.

[ol__yeller]

I like the look of the long counter with them in. Mine is Corian. I like having more counter space and when I can"t put them on I know it is time to do the dishes.

[Lantley]

bukhrn wrote:

K Charles wrote:
On the sink when traveling and they have never moved.

X-2

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[pasusan]

Off - stored in a cupboard for the rare times needed.

[RognBon]

Ours are in the garage at home. Took them off the first time we used the coach and have never put them back on.

[RAS43]

K Charles wrote:
On the sink when traveling and they have never moved.

X2

[Walaby]

We used to leave them on. Then one trip over exceptionally rough roads, one bounced out and gouged the floor. Now, DW puts them away.

Mike

[Sandia_Man]

We do not have a set in stone method for our sink covers while traveling down the road. Sometimes they are both in, one in one stored at times, or none in occasionally. No matter the configuration they do stay put even when traversing backroads for the perfect boondocking site.

[Rick_Jay]

We keep them off and stored below the sink in the space provided for them. Similar for our stove top covers. Actually, we rarely use our sink covers. We'll pull one out if we do need a bit more counter space, but our rig has a somewhat usable area for a counter.

Our counter is "Corian", but it's so thin that it can be damaged if not properly cared for. The stove and sink covers are also Corian. The manufacturer has a space under the sink with a strap to secure them when in motion.

We learned our lesson the hard way. One time we left the stove top covers in place and hitting a pothole with just the right speed and lay of the road and sway of the rig, the front stove cover slid off and hit the floor, breaking off a piece of the molded edge. It was mostly fixed and unnoticeable now, but we learned and now store them below.

What we weren't able to fix was the little "dent" it put in the hardwood floor in front of the stove.

Here in the Northeast, there ARE no smooth roads! LOL 🙂

I suspect those who have DP's with air-ride suspensions aren't subject to the same forces as a normal sprung chassis. We're not in that group, so we store them. 🙂

~Rick

[RobWNY]

Ours is wood and only covers half of the sink. I believe it's supposed to be a cutting board but I made a real cutting board and the sink cover stays under the bed.

[jplante4]

They just look nice at an RV show. I don't think we've ever put ours in. The portable ice maker sits in the sink when we're traveling.

[dodge_guy]

They stay on the sink.
Do you have the recessed sink with the Corian ountertops? Those will not move. Or do you have The kind that just sit on the surface mount sink that look like plastic?

[fj12ryder]

We need the counter space so we put store them on the sinks unless the sinks are in use.

Just a heads up for anyone who uses the sinks for storage space while traveling. Check to make sure the sink is securely mounted well enough to withstand the weight. On ours, the sinks were glued/cemented to the counter and just the weight of the covers cause the small sink to pull away from the counter. Had to reinforce the sinks. Pretty poor design.