Franke Trendline
Franke Trendline
Trendline is the big end of the Franke sink catalogue. The seven sinks here run from 900mm to 1800mm long at 535mm deep, in single and double bowl layouts, and Franke specifies the range in austenitic stainless steel with a satin finish, pressed as one piece to keep welded seams out of the bowl. This is the range for a long cupboard run. The rest of the brand is under Franke.
Drop-On, Not Undermount
Franke's own South African catalogue lists Trendline as a drop-on range, meaning the sink sits on top of the kitchen unit with its rim showing, which is what most people here call a drop-in. Franke also allows Trendline to be fixed to a pair of galvanised wall brackets instead of a cupboard, which is how these sinks end up in sculleries and laundries with nothing under them. The waste is a 38mm PVC fitting and plug, listed separately. Browse the wider set on Franke drop-in sinks and Franke kitchen sinks.
What SEB, DCB and LHD Mean
Franke writes the bowl layout into the model name and its South African catalogue spells the codes out. SEB is single end bowl, DEB is double end bowl, SCB is single centre bowl and DCB is double centre bowl. End and centre describe where the bowl sits along the sink: an end bowl leaves one long draining area beside it, while a centre layout puts the bowls in the middle with draining area on both sides, which suits a run you work at from either side.
LHD and RHD are left hand drainer and right hand drainer. Franke states that most of its sinks are reversible and can be installed either way, and that where a model is not reversible it is sold as two separate versions, one left and one right. On a drop-on sink the drainer orientation is decided when the cupboard is cut, so settle which side the draining board falls on before you order.
Choosing a Length
Lengths here are 900mm, 1050mm and 1200mm in the single end bowl models, and 1500mm and 1800mm in the double centre bowl models, with a 1200mm single centre bowl and a 1200mm double bowl in between. Measure the cupboard run and the clear opening rather than working from the kitchen drawing, because a drop-on sink hides nothing. Waste fittings, traps and the Falcon wall brackets are listed on Franke plumbing and waste fittings.





























