We want to bring high quality luxury products to the market at realistic prices. First, we use 48 ounce copper for our sinks. That is the equivalent of a 14 gauge commercial thickness sink. Our sinks require no additional support even with a garbage disposal and an oversized sink. Our sinks are copper-welded, never soldered.
Solder turns black with age.
Even when new, a solder joint just seems to look out of place in a copper sink and a copper weld is much stronger than a solder joint. Sink manufacturers rarely take this into consideration. They have to make generic sinks. It is there because it is neither right or left handed. First, let's look at the most logical placement for the drain.