Whelp, my cool bathroom sink idea didn't really pan out as I had planned.
In spite of four coats of varnish on the wooden top, mildew soon appeared around the rim of the sink and tap, and slowly began to creep outwards.
I put up with it for as long as I could, but finally had to admit to myself that a wooden counter in a bathroom situation wasn't going to cut it, at least in that particular configuration.
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Not as easy a removal as I hoped - I ended up rotating the entire counter around the pipe to unscrew the tap! |
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Yep, looks like a clear case of mildew. |
Luckily Donna and I had managed to discover a tiny porcelain sink and vanity in the interim, one which would fit our space very nicely.
I ordered it up and a week or so after arrival, I found the time to begin the installation. Of course, after I had already emptied our main water tank and cut off the drain to replumb it, I discovered that I had purchased a 2x2x 1 1/2" sanitary T, rather than 1 1/2" all around... I texted Donna and asked her if she could pick one up, and I decided to skip my Judo class that evening.
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Ahhh, another Surecraft Plastics splash guard! Good thinking! |
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I'll just cut this right here. May as well, not ready for plumbing yet! |
Donna arrived home to a simple meal of various leftovers, while I set to work installing everything. Fortunately this phase of things went reasonably smoothly.
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Now, gluing on my nemesis - the sanitary T! |
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And assembling the AAV. |
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Wrapping a hot towel around the poly pipe makes it much easier to remove and install fittings! |
With it all hooked up, less the tap (which I had decided should be the same as the kitchen - and is still on order), we pumped just enough water to fill the water line. No leaks!
I then sent a bit of water down the drain. It was noisy, but again, no leaks!
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Kenny is confirming the no leaks policy I'm trying to implement. |
One change I made while redoing the drain in the bathroom - I added a P trap. The consequence of this (to my mind) would be that I would need to vent that drain. Thus I installed an air admittance valve, AAV, or cheater valve... I also plan on adding one in the kitchen, as we are getting a fair bit of gurgling and suction in the kitchen drain when the washing machine is pumping out its water.
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Looks good from this angle. |
I set up a small shelf for toiletries, and managed to wrangle things so that the sawdust bucket should be able to fit under the sink and behind a door - nice to get some stuff out of sight!
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And stocked with toiletries already! |
Now we wait for the new tap and see how well it performs as a bathroom fixture too.
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