Plumbers need some help

[Zebo]

i like them! :biggrin:

shatup. :d

 

[GuitarDaddy]

I like them! :biggrin:

I guess on a ship where there isn't room for a proper sink its OK :sneaky:

 

[Dirigible]

I hate those bowl sinks.

I was tired of just having the inside of a sink to clean, so let's expose the outside and let it get dirty too! Huzzah!!!

 

[Rubycon]

There's plenty of room for proper [sic] sinks but they lack style...

 

[DrPizza]

Those bowl sinks seem to be more of a fad. They'll be out of style soon enough.

 

[iGas]

It is indeed a bowl with a hole in the middle. The trend started out in the snobbish NY art crowd about 15 years ago, and now every woman and their dog want one (look like a colourful hospital bedpan) just so that they are on top of the trend. Most drainage tail piece are design with overflow drainage in mind therefore it will not fit that bowl/basin, therefore you must work with the part/s that came with it. Use liberal amount of plumber putty and grease/soap the gasket, and you may need tail piece extension and/or tail piece 90° to adapt it to the existing drain.

Good luck.

 

[iGas]

There's plenty of room for proper [sic] sinks but they lack style...

Does one really need style for an object with the purpose of washing dirty hands/face/drain spits?

 

[Zebo]

She will eventually want a new Zebo to match her shoes. Better not mention matching ever at all.

I've known my wife since 9 yrs old. Not happening. We are opposites indeed. Granted I've gotten more like her and she like me over the yrs. but sometimes opposites attract.

 

[Zebo]

It is indeed a bowl with a hole in the middle. The trend started out in the snobbish NY art crowd about 15 years ago, and now every woman and their dog want one (look like a colourful hospital bedpan) just so that they are on top of the trend. Most drainage tail piece are design with overflow drainage in mind therefore it will not fit that bowl/basin, therefore you must work with the part/s that came with it. Use liberal amount of plumber putty and grease/soap the gasket, and you may need tail piece extension and/or tail piece 90° to adapt it to the existing drain.

Good luck.

Thank you sir. Just what I thought as I unloaded it.

 

[Rubycon]

Does one really need style for an object with the purpose of washing dirty hands/face/drain spits?

There's a difference between need and want/desire. Non artists often blur the line separating the two.

 

[iGas]

There's a difference between need and want/desire. Non artists often blur the line separating the two.

Funny that my first degree was Industrial Design from the highest acclaimed art & design school in Canada (Emily Carr University of Art and Design), and I can't agree with most people or artists on aesthetic. However, consumerism is the driving force of our economy therefore I'm glad that there are people out there spending their money willingly.

 

[Zebo]

 

[Zebo]

ttt

 

[zerocool84]

It is indeed a bowl with a hole in the middle. The trend started out in the snobbish NY art crowd about 15 years ago, and now every woman and their dog want one (look like a colourful hospital bedpan) just so that they are on top of the trend. Most drainage tail piece are design with overflow drainage in mind therefore it will not fit that bowl/basin, therefore you must work with the part/s that came with it. Use liberal amount of plumber putty and grease/soap the gasket, and you may need tail piece extension and/or tail piece 90° to adapt it to the existing drain.

Good luck.

Exactly why I had to fab a gasket for the one I installed for my mom. Hardest sink ever to install and keeping it clean is a bitch.

 

[Zebo]

Well the good news is I talked her into taking it back! All it took was the printout of cabinet she had to find.

The bad news is she's still unwrapping shit and I saw $1100 ticket from macys for villary and boch dishes.

 

[bruceb]

Start saving as the bills will soon be there.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Well the good news is I talked her into taking it back! All it took was the printout of cabinet she had to find.

The bad news is she's still unwrapping shit and I saw $1100 ticket from macys for villary and boch dishes.

Make a deal to keep the fi fi sink bowl and tell her you will find a cabinet, if she will take the $1100 dishes back

 

[highland145]

The bad news is she's still unwrapping shit and I saw $1100 ticket from macys for villary and boch dishes.

I am thankful. My wife cringes when the a/c comes on.

 

[zinfamous]

it still amazes me that people buy these sink bowls thinking that they are somehow stylish. they are nothing more than a silly ornamental fad that will make everything look outdated within 5 years. the non-functionality of these things will eventually piss people off before they realize how ugly they are.

I blame HGTV for forcing this "style" down people's throats--like all-black granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. This kind of crap does nothing but promote boring mass conformity and anti-design. Also, the staging industry. What a fucking joke. This shit wouldn't exist were it not for the self-promotion machine that is HGTV, with every person telling you that this is necessary for selling your house. They've managed to convince enough fools that the average human is incapable of imagining a space without cramming some generic design down their throats.

 

[zinfamous]

I like them! :biggrin:

those have platforms surrounding the basin. At the very least, they are functional, unlike the typical fugly bowl that people are putting in their bathrooms these days.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Ugh ... no countertop, no cabinets, no shelves..... that's horrible!

 

[TwiceOver]

I would think you need a vanity to go with it first...

 

[vi edit]

it still amazes me that people buy these sink bowls thinking that they are somehow stylish. they are nothing more than a silly ornamental fad that will make everything look outdated within 5 years. the non-functionality of these things will eventually piss people off before they realize how ugly they are.

I blame HGTV for forcing this "style" down people's throats--like all-black granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. This kind of crap does nothing but promote boring mass conformity and anti-design. Also, the staging industry. What a fucking joke. This shit wouldn't exist were it not for the self-promotion machine that is HGTV, with every person telling you that this is necessary for selling your house. They've managed to convince enough fools that the average human is incapable of imagining a space without cramming some generic design down their throats.

Thank you. Trying to work with my wife on our home build and pounding the damn HGTV shit out of her skull was/is/continues to be a monumental challenge. Thankfully I did get her talked out of the bastard pissing bowl that is affectionately refered to as a "vessell sink".

 

[zinfamous]

Thank you. Trying to work with my wife on our home build and pounding the damn HGTV shit out of her skull was/is/continues to be a monumental challenge. Thankfully I did get her talked out of the bastard pissing bowl that is affectionately refered to as a "vessell sink".

haha, I like piss bowl.

My GF and I admittedly watch too many of those shows (we like the international house hunters), but we spend most of the time bitching about the ridiculous scripted comments from every single participant.
"Oh, hardwoood floors! nice. Stainless steel, granite, looks so updated!"

It's not that any of this stuff is bad, but there's an obvious incentive to get the guests to say this shit when they are looking at houses. The time spent in promoting staging in most of their shows, though, is just nuts.

The best thing about the international house hunters is that most of these people (save the early-retiring American guests looking to settle in Cancun episodes) aren't influenced by all the crud. They are far more tolerant of empty and dilapidated spaces. They actually have imaginations and good taste.

It's funny, b/c some of these shows completely contradict everything the network so clearly wants you to believe as cannon.

 

[vi edit]

The best thing about the international house hunters is that most of these people (save the early-retiring American guests looking to settle in Cancun episodes) aren't influenced by all the crud. They are far more tolerant of empty and dilapidated spaces. They actually have imaginations and good taste.

We watch that one a lot too. Did you see the one with the American dude looking in rural (Germany?) I think where he was looking at a farm house that had a garden hose coming into the home for the water. He was basically like "well, that's a bit of a inconvenience, but I think I can deal with it". And it had no bathroom, only an outhouse (or something in another building). Yeh that show definintely has some people who look more at function/intrinsic value rather than flashy shit like counter tops, paint color and appliance surfaces.