Removing a deep HEAVY bsmnt laundry sink
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Does anyone have any suggestions on how to remove one of those DEEP and incredibly HEAVY basement double laundry sinks that are so common in old Pacific northwest houses? (I dunno about the rest of the country)
They are made out of cement covering over a metal frame and weigh at LEAST a couple of hundred pounds. Is there any way, barring explosives, other than a sledgehammer and several sweaty hours of work?
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Sledgehamer; but it shouldn't take hours. A few good whacks and you should have it busted into pieces that are 50 lbs or less.
Scott.
Always remember those first immortal words that Adam said to Eve, “You’d better stand back, I don’t know how big this thing’s going to get.”
Sledge hammer doesn't take long. Otherwise, get a few strong hands to help out. But unless I plan to salvage it, I'd take the sledge hammer to it.
EDIT: Or do like Scott said. :)
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Edited 6/29/2008 7:11 pm by Ted W.
I wonder why the hell they ever put these mammoth beasts in every basement! I guess it was before the common use of plastics. Every basement I've been in on the West coast has one. I wonder if they're country-wide.
not here...
cast iron...
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Edited 6/29/2008 7:20 pm by IMERC
soapstone and slate here.
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WTB they look good...
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Depends on what you think looks 'good', I guess.It was the house you were at when here.I think I have a shot of it on wheels too before installation
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I've seen a few of those soap stone sinks here in the midwest too. I'd like to have one but finding one is difficult.
Doug
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Only if your offering a delivery! a free delivery
Doug
Not sure how well it works with that room. I like the heavy sinks, but they're still a basement slop sink and not real pretty. But like you said, our job is to keep 'em happy. Even when they gots no taste. :D--------------------------------------------------------
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LOL
BTW, there is a national magazine coming to do a spread on that house sometime next month. I'm curious which features will make it into th e magazine.
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hmmmmmmmm....
I envisioned it cleaned up a tad....
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LMAO, that IS cleaned up!;)A hundred years of soap in the scullery leaves a trail !
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that must have been one serious mess...
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That .. that pic .. is exACTly the sink I'm talkin about!
Every single old house on the West Coast has one and they're UGLY and HEAVY!
That's the one I'm going to try to turn into dust.
n
sledge hammer and fifteen minutes
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I still have a scar above my eyebrow from when, about fifty years ago, as a kid I tipped over on a stool and fell against the front edge of one of these sinks.
That's the one I'm going to try to turn into dust.
Try? Come on, you can do better than that.
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ha ha!
dust mask n goggles ...
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They're all over the place here (Chicago) too. I think the idea is that they would be there for ever, so monolithic seemed a good idea at the time.
Personally, I like them old sinks, as do many of my customers. You can actually sell them on CraigsList if they're in good condition. Problem is, they're so frikin heavy I wouldn't want to be responsible for someone carrying it up the stairs, and it's not worth the hassle for me to do it myself (with help of course). So, they get busted up and go to the dump. --------------------------------------------------------
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maybe I'll post a pic of it in craigslist with "free if you can carry it away!"
thanks
Problem with that is liability. If someone injures their back or falls while carrying that thing, they can (and probably will) hold you or your customer liable. Tempting as it is, that's why I won't do that.--------------------------------------------------------
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I have seen several times here where somebody wanted one in a house being redone. so it gets saved and set aside, but then when it comes time for the new owners to come get it, they realize how heavy, or the thing breaks up before it is in place in its new home!A few years ago, I had one in place in a house we restored and added onto. The lady wanted it for her new laundry in the second floor.
We de-legged it, and I built it onto a dolly with protective box around it. When the time came, we had the sheetrock delivery trucker sling it in the upper addition window onto a pair of lanks that led into a platform I had to recieve it. Then we worked around it in the large room until time to have the plumber install it.All that was preceded by telling the lady that I had never seen this happen successfully and that I could not promise anything.It cost her over a grand in labor to save it, but it is good now.Funky, but works.Making those customers happy - that's what we do!
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if ya got demo hammer that'd work too...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
I have also used the smaller hand-held demo hammer just to prevent the flying chunks that a sledge hammer produces. It took under 10 minutes to get it down to a managable size.
Yep, sledgehammer.
What ever happened with that unusual house you were building? It's got to be finished by now... How about some pics?
BTW - they have those sinks in the eastern US too.
What ever happened with that unusual house you were building? It's got to be finished by now... How about some pics?
I dunno if this subject should be brought up ... seems to bring down some bad mojo.
I'm still on that project! I'm one guy working alone trying to do every single aspect of it AND it's a heavily engineered job with lots of wind/earthquake proofing to new code here. So .. it's my whole life and I'm HOPING to be 'mostly' done with it by years end.
I'm sent pics in .. and pics of my original plans in .. and everything. You musta missed them. Maybe I'll send some pics of it in its current state. I'm inside now working on electrification and looking at plumbing and tying everying into the main house.
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