I wanted a sink in my camper, but I wanted it relatively small. The previous owners did not have a sink and FWC does install one on some models, but not this shell.
I decided on a salad bowel sink for simplicity and cost. I went to the local discount store and for a few dollars I bought a stainless steel bowel and drilled the sink tube hole.
The drill bit took a lot of abuse cutting through the stainless steel, but worked ok.
The first tube I bought was the wrong one as it was designed with vent holes in the space between the upper and lower porcelain sink for the overflow. Since I have no overflow I needed a solid drain without holes.
The drill bit took a lot of abuse cutting through the stainless steel, but worked ok.
The first tube I bought was the wrong one as it was designed with vent holes in the space between the upper and lower porcelain sink for the overflow. Since I have no overflow I needed a solid drain without holes.
I needed to remove a number of the threads on the plastic drain tube by filling them off. I needed to do this to shorten the length of the tube so I can put the waste storage tank on the shelf below and have the water flow directly in.
I used the standard pladtic drain fittings on the shorter tube and the assembly was too long considering the height of the tank and space available.
I tried right angle plastic pipe fittings and it was still too long.
I had one of these rubber hose adapters in my wood shop, so I cut it and found it worked perfectly to reduce the drain pipe to the pladtic fittings and shortened the drain on the sink.
I also added the right angle to the waste water tank and I was able to match the height of the sink to the tank and only needed to connect with a hose.
Here is my finished sink. Since the bottom of the salad bowel is flat and the drain has a slight taper the stainless buckled in a couple of places. This is not a problem as you use plumbers putty on the flange of the drain pipe before tightening.
Brent
macaloney@hotmail.com
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Great description.
You should think about doing an ebook.
Thanks John, I appreciate the feedback. Lots of design work goes into each aspect. One day it will be you
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