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Posted by John Gilmer on June 30, 2007, 7:16 am
> Your biggest problem will be drainage. Where to dump the water from the
> drain. If you dump it on the ground you are going to create a big mud
> puddle. Think of where the water can run to without spreading across the
> ground.
The "outdoor" sink is standard at camp grounds and such.
The solution is to create a good sized "dry well" to receive the water.
The cheap way of doing this is to just size a BIG hole where the sink will
end up and fill it with 3/4" stones. The sink drain will barely extend to
below the surface so that the kids dont' get splashed. The foot valve is a
good idea. The gravel surface will keep the area around the sink from
becoming a mud pit.
>
> > On Jun 28, 12:51 pm, dmr...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> I'm looking for suggestions.
> >>
> >> My wife runs a pre-school from our house. I am going to put in a sink
> >> somewhere in the yard so the kids can wash up before going in. Here
> >> is what I'm looking for:
> >>
> >> 1. A sink that can withstand mild weather. (I live in Southern
> >> California so no freezing to worry about.) I was thinking maybe making
> >> a concrete counter top with basin.
> >> 2. A faucet that shuts itself off. (Runs for about 5 minutes and shuts
> >> off. The ones in public restrooms where you have to hold the button
> >> down with one hand and wash the other then reverse wouldn't work for
> >> the kids)
> >> 3. I need to build it into a sink base, so it can be leaned on etc.
> >> The "hook to your garden hose" sinks are not what I'm looking for.
> >> HEAVY Duty.
> >>
> >> Any ideas would be appreciated.
> >
> > If I was going it, I'd use a regular stainless steel sink and install
> > a footvalve. I would operate as long as the kid was there and then
> > shut off when the kid left (as long as he didn't put a rock on it or
> > something). Then you could either wall mount it or build whatever you
> > want.
> >
> > You could even install the foot valve and then run the water through
> > some sort of a gargoil as a cool feature for the kids.
> >
> > Google for foot valve sink or something like that.
> >
> > Here are some of the results:
> >
http://www.hubert.com/store/p-detail.asp?c=327&s=2441&ss=29097&p=3872&src=froogle
> > http://www.stepflow.com/
> > http://www.faucetfootvalve.com
> >
> > In theory you should be collecting the drainage and putting it into
> > the sewer system. If you choose to do so (and you will if you get a
> > permit), that might impact where you put the gargoil ... I mean sink.
> >
>
>
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