This £10 Amazon fix stopped pooling water from destroying the wall behind my kitchen sink – 6 months on, it still looks great

A kitchen with white walls and a fluted front Belfast sink and gold hardware with a pink and cream patterned roman blind.

Nearly every kitchen sink I've encountered has the same problem: pooling water around and behind the tap. Not only is this annoying, but it can damage walls and worktops in the affected area. This was the case with my kitchen sink, but I found an easy fix for less than £10 with a sealant strip hack and splash guard from Amazon.

My kitchen sink sits below my window, which only has a thin section of plaster between the worktop and windowsill that is not waterproofed. Water was splashing and pooling behind the tap, eroding the plaster.