My suggestion would be option 2, then retain spare plumbing parts from
another sink.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Ken Norton" <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 9:14 AM
Subject: [OM] That Sinking Feeling
>I think I know my own answer, but thought that I'd tap into the
> "collective" here and get a second opinion.
>
> We've been given countertops and sinks. These are only two years old
> and are being removed from the suites in a "Comfort Inn and Suites".
> So, they are in super condition and the coloring is EXACTLY a match to
> the wall paints in the darkroom. (blue and tan).
>
> Here is the situation. The space where I will be placing the sink has
> a linear wall length of 8 feet. The counters with sinks (these are
> single-basin rectangleish, stainless-steel, kitchen style sinks). I've
> got these counter tops in two sizes. The short ones are 4' 3" in
> length, the longer one is 6' 1". I have them in right-hand or
> left-hand configuration.
>
> The easiest thing to do would be to just use the 6'1" countertop and
> have a single sink. The harder thing to do would be to trim one of the
> short ones several inches and butt two of them end-to-end and have an
> 8' counter.
>
> I'm thinking that there would be significant advantages to having two
> sinks. But that would increase my cost because of more cabinetry and
> plumbing. The actual usable counter space will remain the same because
> the extra length is effectively taken up with the second sink.
>
> Note, either way, this is far more and better than what I was planning
> on doing. The two-foot of counter variance won't do anything for me in
> trays, because I've got 14 feet of work surface elsewhere for
> enlargers and trays. And I'll also be adding one more skinny table in
> there.
>
> Another thought I did have was placing a second sink in the 6-foot
> counter, but that's going to be as much work as doing the two
> 4-footers together.
>
> So...
>
> Option 1: Two sinks, 8 foot in length
> Option 2: One sink, 6 foot in length
>
> AG
>
>
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