A year after I set out to do it I have installed our sinks. There is a stainless sink with an area to add a drying tray and a plastic laundry basin with a clay trap underneath. There is also a tap for the hose beside the clay sink.
The black sink is for things like clay and dirt as it stops build up in our drains. Please avoid foodstuff ect. in this as it could cause an unpleasant build up in the trap. I would like to encourage clay users to clean the trap fairly frequently as excessive build up can make cleaning it a real chore. I am not sure if anyone else ever did it at the old space but I had to clean it when it was completley packed to the top and stopped functioning every 8 to 12 months. We should monitor it for a while and come up with a schedule. Based on my experience every four months should suffice.
To clean the clay trap:
- Lift the sink until the drain pipe clears and put to the side. (The tap has long hoses to facilitate this)
- Unscrew the yellow thumbscrew attaching the clay bucket to the drain.
- Hold the drain steady and pull away the bucket.
- Pour some of the water from the bucket into the stainless sink. (stop solids start coming out)
- Take the bucket out back, remove the lid, and dig out the built up clay into an out of the way dirt spot. Along with any water.
- Replace the lid, line up the arrows.
- Reattach the bucket to the drain and tighten the yellow thumbscrew.
- Replace the sink with the drain going into the hole in the bucket lid.
I capped off the two taps in the electrical corner and teed off the water lines under the bathroom sink. I have also added an air admittance valve under the stainless sink. The two inch drain is y'd in under the bathroom floor. You may notice the lack of hot water. I am working with the building owners to have a new water heater installed.
Grant:
What is the deal with this electrical? Can it be removed, I recall it may have been disconnected.
