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MM
Citizen
Username: Melandmike
Post Number: 8
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 9, 2004 - 7:58 am: |     |
Anyone have any recommendations for removing a really old, REALLY HEAVY utility sink in basement and then re-attaching laundry machine and piping to a newer one? We got one quote from a local plumber for $800. Seemed kind of steep to us! |
shh
Citizen
Username: Shh
Post Number: 923
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 9, 2004 - 9:00 am: | |
If you don't want to salvage the old sink and it's made of soapstone, you can put on some safety goggles and get at it with a sledgehammer. (I would remove piping first.) This is what my husband had to do in our basement. I hated to destroy the sink, but it was too big for the space. Once the sink is out of the way I would think it's a pretty easy job. |
Michael K. Mc Kell
Citizen
Username: Greenerose
Post Number: 194
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 9, 2004 - 10:55 pm: | |
If it's soap stone don't smash it!
Call me....... 761-7000
Michael K. Mc Kell
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shh
Citizen
Username: Shh
Post Number: 927
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 8:48 am: | |
What do I know!
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greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 1984
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 12:33 pm: | |
How do you know what the material is? Ours is about a gazillion pounds & has been painted over. It's the old, double-wide kind. We removed it & put in a small, ugly, but sufficient plastic sink. The old one is sitting there because we can't move it. |
Maplemom
Citizen
Username: Maplemom
Post Number: 92
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 3:37 pm: | |
Ours was soapstone, it had been painted over, too. If it feels like smooth cement, it is probably soapstone. That was the standard back then.
We had ours removed and replaced with a single tup that is wall mounted and our washing machine has it's own pipe it drains to (so it doesn't go into the sink first). We still have to pull it out and change the filter, but it's nice not having it muck up the new sink. He also put new faucet and shut offs, removed the old sink..all for around 600. It was done by CT Williams and sons plumbing. |
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