Draining boards

[John H]

We haven’t bought yet – still looking.
We are going to the show at Peterborough on Saturday and may just ask the rep ‘all this money for a van - why no draining board’ and see what he says.

We bought our current van from the Peterborough Show last year - and there are many stalls where you can get almost any accessory you need! Good luck.

 

[spigot]

We haven’t bought yet – still looking.
We are going to the show at Peterborough on Saturday and may just ask the rep ‘all this money for a van - why no draining board’ and see what he says.

The Ar$ehole will probably tell you what one told me at the NEC earlier this year "They are out of fashion" to which I replied "Bollocks"! it's nothing to do with fashion, it's all to do with practicality.

I have a small Auto-Sleepers campervan which has a fair size sink with attached drainer, if they can put one in this, why not the Gin Palaces.

You hold your ground & demand a draining board, you can't pay 60/70 thou' & fart about putting down tea towels or plastic trays etc. etc., it's not on.

I showed interest in a new Auto-Sleepers "Stanton" at a show this year & mentioned the lack of drainer, the approved agent offered to take out the microwave (which we don't want) & to fit a proper draining board.

But the trade-in price he offered was abysmal, so I told them to "Stuff It"

 

[GinaRon]

We have no draining board so I used a tray purchased from IKEA quite a while ago, put the absorbent mat in mentioned earlier but was not completely happy with that, so on my trawls through the charity shops purchased a drainer that folds flat and fits into the tray and use that - simples now a happy housemaid/bunny :rabbit::wave:

 

[GRWXJR]

My lowly LDV has a drainer.

So there!

Im taking the only opportunity I'm ever likely to get for smugness over equipment levels in my homebuilt humble LDV against a 70k coachbuilt :dance: !

 

[Deleted member 12539]

Our latest m/h has no draining board, and it nearly meant we didn't have it..!!!!
I took a chance with ebay and bought one of these
American motorhome RV Mini Dish Drainer. For RV & Caravan draining boards | eBay
and it turned out to be one of the best things we have bought for the m/h.
The tray underneath drains the water back into the sink (it is also the lid)..but best of all is that it fits into the sink when travelling, so it is out of sight.
It could be thought of as small, but we manage with washing up for three mugs, plates, cutlery and pots n pans, chopping board n all.
The tabs hold the cups/mugs, as long as they are not too heavy (china).

 

[antiqueman]

maybe its broken

My misses and myself were having a look at some rather nice (and expensive) new motor homes when my misses said there’s no draining board.
Now it’s the last thing that I would have thought of when buying a motor home but it would be quite a ball ache washing a plate/cup then having to dry it/your hands before washing the next plate/cup.
How do other people manage?

just been to look in the cooking bit in my shed to look what goes on, it has a rippled bit at side of sink like corrugated roof same as the sink in house.

I think its for draining stuff.
swift kontiki 640

 

[n brown]

just been to look in the cooking bit in my shed to look what goes on, it has a rippled bit at side of sink like corrugated roof same as the sink in house.

I think its for draining stuff.
swift kontiki 640

are you sure that's not for somebody to scrub clothes on ?

 

[Siimplyloco]

We won't be able to afford one of those after paying £70k plus for a new motor home

An excessive drain on one's finances? BTW if you buy a Hymer Starline you get two sinks......
John

 

[hpold]

We won't be able to afford one of those after paying £70k plus for a new motor home

You paid 60k too much

 

[Wombles]

Draining board from Betterware Space Saving Silver Worktop Drainer Tray & any suitably sized plastic drainer on top works well but 2 bowls are also good if limited space.

 

[The Camper]

You paid 60k too much

Still not bought - we are getting a shortlist from the Peterborough show.
We can't believe how many vans there are with no draining boards.

 

[welshrarebit]

They are doing it with kitchens in houses too.
Supposed to use a dishwasher I presume, I have never ever had a dishwasher, except hubby of course.
May have been thought up by a man. ..oops that's
sexist.
seriously though, what on earth can you do with all those dishes you have used to cook with , well me anyway?
I made sure the last van we bought had a built in sink drainer, all the newish ones don't have them.
What rubbish designing!!!!

 

[n brown]

when i fitted out my daughter's ambulance she didn't want a sink,never mind a drainer. like a lot of gypsies and travellers,she thinks sinks are just dumping grounds for dirty plates and bits of old food ,and give the opportunity to do stuff later,when it's all congealed.all her dishes go into a bowl and as there's nowhere to put it,they get washed up outside straight away,dried and replaced.
gives her more worktop too !

 

[antiqueman]

washing???? scrubbing??? draining????

are you sure that's not for somebody to scrub clothes on ?

I know nothing of these affairs off to the pub while its sorted.:wave:

 

[antiqueman]

Still not bought - we are getting a shortlist from the Peterborough show.
We can't believe how many vans there are with no draining boards.

go to the plumbers buy a sink with draining board, take that to the show and ask them to build a van round it.:hammer:

Your on a mission now, but what a fun one. with all that dosh they will be round you like fly's round a jam pot:lol-053: