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Plumbing photographs
I am building a darkroom after finally moving to a house large enough
to hold one and would appreciate any links to some good pictures of plumbing panels to go above the sink. I want to keep the plumbing seperate from the sink for ease of construction and so I can set a piece of plywood on top of the sink to use it to collect clutter as well. |
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Plumbing photographs
On Mon, 24 May 2004 08:50:25 -0500, McLeod
wrote: I am building a darkroom after finally moving to a house large enough to hold one and would appreciate any links to some good pictures of plumbing panels to go above the sink. I want to keep the plumbing seperate from the sink for ease of construction and so I can set a piece of plywood on top of the sink to use it to collect clutter as well. In "The new darkroom handbook" (Focal press) you will find just what you are looking for. Gilbert |
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On Mon, 24 May 2004 19:29:39 +0200, Gilbert Dumont
wrote: In "The new darkroom handbook" (Focal press) you will find just what you are looking for. Gilbert Yes, I have that book. It has some very good examples, but I was looking for real world advice. If someone has recently plumbed a sink and discovered that they would do something differently next time, I would be interested in that type of thing. How many water outlets they would have, how many temperature regulated hoses, any sink finishing advice, etc. I'm looking for potential improvements to my sink and plumbing I haven't thought of. Would you make the sink ribbed so water can flow under the trays or would you leave it flat for easier cleaning, etc? |
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McLeod wrote:
On Mon, 24 May 2004 19:29:39 +0200, Gilbert Dumont wrote: In "The new darkroom handbook" (Focal press) you will find just what you are looking for. Gilbert Yes, I have that book. It has some very good examples, but I was looking for real world advice. If someone has recently plumbed a sink and discovered that they would do something differently next time, I would be interested in that type of thing. How many water outlets they would have, how many temperature regulated hoses, any sink finishing advice, etc. I'm looking for potential improvements to my sink and plumbing I haven't thought of. Would you make the sink ribbed so water can flow under the trays or would you leave it flat for easier cleaning, etc? It depends on how permanent you expect it to be... If not forever forever permanent... I use garden fittings for all of my darkroom plumbing, quick to use, modular and inexpensive. However, I don't use running water much and or high pressures at all (no pressure valve or anything like that)... |
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"McLeod" wrote in message news I am building a darkroom after finally moving to a house large enough to hold one and would appreciate any links to some good pictures of plumbing panels to go above the sink. I want to keep the plumbing seperate from the sink for ease of construction and so I can set a piece of plywood on top of the sink to use it to collect clutter as well. Great ideas here http://www.bonavolta.ch/hobby/en/photo/waterpanel.htm Guillermo |
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Great ideas here http://www.bonavolta.ch/hobby/en/photo/waterpanel.htm
Yeah, if you want to be electrocuted...look closely. Dan |
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"DanSMeyers" wrote in message ... Great ideas here http://www.bonavolta.ch/hobby/en/photo/waterpanel.htm Yeah, if you want to be electrocuted...look closely. Still, there are great IDEAS in there, besides, the asker wanted PLUMBING panels examples, Claudio's panel plumbing wise will not electrocute you, it just carries water! Claudio has combined the electrical and plumbing panels into one, the asker doesn't need to put them together, nor did he ask for electric panels. Having said that, Claudio has taken safety measures by adding a GFI breaker feeding the outlets and grounding the copper pipes and probably he is not messy when spraying water!. About the only change I'd do to the electric side of Claudio's panel would be to place the outlets right at the top edge of the panel. Guillermo |
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I'm still using the sink and backpanel I put together in the late 80s.
It looks somewhat like the sink in the link from f/256, except all the copper pipe is behind the panel. A bit more trouble, but the front of the panel is cleaner and leaves more room for hanging little racks for thermometers, stirring sticks, measuring cups and the like. It's attached to the sink, but is easily removed. I've moved it twice since building it, and each time have been glad I had the sense to make it detachable. Also, the base disassembles easily. By undoing one screw at each end, the panel tilts forward, in case anything needed to be done in back, though in the 17 years since I built it, I've never had to do that. The back panel is two 1" x 6", giving a height of about 10" above the back of the sink. It's finished in marine varnish. It has filters on the intake. The sink was built with ACX plywood coated over with a two-part clear coating like what is used on bartops. After all these years, just two spots near the drain show signs of seepage. It was originally 11 ft long, 33" wide and 8" deep. It turns out I never got into prints big enough to take advantage of the 33" width, so I might make it a little narrower if I had to do it again. On the top edge of the front side, where you would rest your elbows, put a piece of 1" x 3" fir, nicely rounded, smoothed and varnished, for leaning on. Makes a nice elbow rest and was well worth the effort. The original height was 36" at the sink bottom, but I've cut it down by 3" (I'm 5'5" tall). I just finished installing it in its latest location and two weeks ago printed for the first time in 6 years (!) so I'm just getting used to some of the other changes I made. It wouldn't fit into my present space, so I shortened it from 11 feet to 6, losing one faucet in the process. I now have one unregulated faucet instead of two on the developing/left end and one regulated faucet on the washer/right end. The regulated faucet has two hoses, one for mixing chemicals and the other for the print washer. I miss the faucet I took out and the sink length too. Also the spacing of the faucets is not optimal, but I was too anxious about getting it all back together to do anything about that. Good luck and have fun McLeod wrote in message . .. On Mon, 24 May 2004 19:29:39 +0200, Gilbert Dumont wrote: In "The new darkroom handbook" (Focal press) you will find just what you are looking for. Gilbert Yes, I have that book. It has some very good examples, but I was looking for real world advice. If someone has recently plumbed a sink and discovered that they would do something differently next time, I would be interested in that type of thing. How many water outlets they would have, how many temperature regulated hoses, any sink finishing advice, etc. I'm looking for potential improvements to my sink and plumbing I haven't thought of. Would you make the sink ribbed so water can flow under the trays or would you leave it flat for easier cleaning, etc? |
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I have pictures, somewhere, that I think you will find helpful. They
are of one of my many darkrooms I've build over the last 20 years, and comes from a professional, productive perspective. It might take a few days to find them, if they aren't packed already (we're moving back to the states from Europe at the end of June) If I can't find them, would a detailed drawing do? Alexis www.alexisneel.com "f/256" wrote in message news:_1Isc.161389 ... "DanSMeyers" wrote in message ... Great ideas here http://www.bonavolta.ch/hobby/en/photo/waterpanel.htm Yeah, if you want to be electrocuted...look closely. Still, there are great IDEAS in there, besides, the asker wanted PLUMBING panels examples, Claudio's panel plumbing wise will not electrocute you, it just carries water! Claudio has combined the electrical and plumbing panels into one, the asker doesn't need to put them together, nor did he ask for electric panels. Having said that, Claudio has taken safety measures by adding a GFI breaker feeding the outlets and grounding the copper pipes and probably he is not messy when spraying water!. About the only change I'd do to the electric side of Claudio's panel would be to place the outlets right at the top edge of the panel. Guillermo |
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