[pure-silver] Re: Sink Decisions and Waterproofing
- From: "Bill Earle" <wearle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:47:17 -0400 (EDT)
Peter,
Very impressive sink, how did you get it made?
Regards,
Bill Earle
www.wfephotography.com
> Does anyone know why so many people have posted their experiences with
> their
> sink(s)? It seems like a lot of us are rather proud of our achievements
> and
> are keen to share this with others. I don't have much humility when it
> comes
> to bragging about my darkroom, in view of not breaking with that tradition
> I'm happy to show off some photos of my custom made PVC sink.
> The sink size is 1.8x0.75m with a 15cm splash back and three faucets
> (H+C,C). The plumbing work sent my plumber into a bit of a spin because I
> wanted to use flexible stainless steel braided supply lines (he didn't
> think
> they last very long from experience so tried to convince me to put in a
> safety valve too). I also got him to use a flexible waste connection -
> since
> I wanted to be able to raise and lower the height after it was installed.
> He
> used double check non-return valves to avoid back flow, in case if someone
> turned off the water at the mains while one of my sink taps was turned on
> and the clear PVC tubing was resting in a pool of tasty chemicals.
> anyway, here are the images labelled sink#1 to sink#6
> <ftp://ftp.users.on.net/images/>
> http://www.users.on.net/~tallowood/images/
> So if you can afford it, my suggestion is to have a custom PVC sink
> made!
> regards
> Peter
> P.S.
> The prototype version my ventilation system - can be seen as it is being
> fine tuned in one of the photos. I blow a sheet of air across the trays to
> be collected by the exhaust tube - thus stopping any chemical vapours from
> reaching my nose - leaving my darkroom smelling "as fresh as a daisy".
> Positive pressure is provided by an A/C inlet not shown in the photos.
>
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