New Allgrain set up starting in garage

[The Baron]

Like BIG Gerrit T

 

[Chippy_Tea]

BIG

 

[HoppyTommy]

I managed to get a Belfast sink that scrubbed up very nicely. My dad took the piss initially that my tap was about 4.5 foot up the wall until I pointed out that a corny keg or a fermenter in the sink necessitated this. It also stops the kids messing with it as well.

 

[Justin Dean]

Yes. Lidl 19p 2 litre bottles. And got horse trough for sink. Just need to put it together and figure out support for it and figuring out drainage at the no. Just got to do that and the ferment fridge need a to be sourced. I am searching for one of right size.

 

[HoppyTommy]

Yes. Lidl 19p 2 litre bottles. And got horse trough for sink. Just need to put it together and figure out support for it and figuring out drainage at the no. Just got to do that and the ferment fridge need a to be sourced. I am searching for one of right size.

I got hold of two plasterboard pallets for free and built my bench out of those. They are incredibly strong due to their box nature. Added some wickes timber for the uprights. This allowed me to get my sink at the perfect height. Then used the left over timber to clad it.

 

[Justin Dean]

Thanks. Good ideas

 

[BarnBrian]

BIG

Reminds me of when I was a kid Chippy, sitting on the draining board to wash my feet in the sink.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Reminds me of when I was a kid Chippy, sitting on the draining board to wash my feet in the sink.

We used to have a bath in ours.

 

[BarnBrian]

That was on Friday night, feet were on Tuesdays.

 

[Justin Dean]

I have built sink stand from some old wooden shelves I had laying around. Water supply drain and fermenter fridge to go

 

[Justin Dean]

Just bought larder fridge on eBay £51 quid. Picking up Sat. Result.

 

[chesters-mild]

We used to have a bath in ours.

Aye Chippy, when I was a little lad me Mum would bath me in our sink.
Outside toilet too - airy in summer, bloody freezing in winter! Ahh... the good old days - thank God they are gone.
Cheers

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Breaking the ice in winter!

 

[Justin Dean]

Not sure you would fit in the sink I am making these days! Anyway, I am king progress and when larder fridge arrives all will be in place, just need to fit it all together. Pretty much worked out the plan for most efficient layout.

Fitted up a new workbench as a work area yesterday evening

 

[Justin Dean]

Plumbing arghh, Struggling to sort put right adapater to connect the hose push fit connector to a 15mm water pipe. Minefield of options nearly all of them wrong. I think i need a 3/4 ince male bsp to 15mm pushfit connector, that would work for me, fingers crossed, this is the thing holding up my set up at the moment. I hate plumbing

 

[chrisbjones202]

A cheap option is a washing machine valve for £1.60. A 15mm compression one side and the 3/4" bsp the other plus a handy tap in the middle.

 

[Justin Dean]

Thanks but also fitting to quick release on hose pipe which is one of the expandable ones. Got that started but elbow joint leaked. Got removal key but that left metal inserts on the elbow joint which can then not be removed. Elbow joint in bin. Will get speedfit version. Better design.

 

[chrisbjones202]

 

[Justin Dean]

Nice but not my issue mate . I am plumbing in from outside into the garage. The tap I am fitting will allow for a tube to be fitted direct to tap. It will then be good for grainfather cooler. Thank you though

 

[chrisbjones202]

Ah, didn't catch that

I just have a male quick release on my GF CFC (on another valve for throttling) and just use the hose.