Troughs free to a good home

[Diane Clement]

I have received this message:

“Please help me find a home for  8 old ceramic sinks.  In the near future we will be moving home and are unable to take them with us. I know that old sinks like these are extremely difficult to find nowadays and I am reluctant to leave them with the new owners as they would more than likely be broken up.

They are of various sizes and most of them have a covering of sharp sand, cement and peat which has weathered nicely over the years and looks very attractive and virtually indistinguishable from authentic stone sinks.

I am not looking for any payment but just to find a home for them where I know they will be appreciated. As you are aware ceramic sinks are quite heavy and the new owner would need to arrange collection.”

They are in the Dudley/Oldbury area of the West Midlands.  If anyone is interested, please could you send me a pm and I will put you in touch with the owner of these sinks.

[maggiepie]

I made a booboo, where's the delete button?

[maggiepie]

Wow, what a terrific offer, I wonder how much the postage to Canada would be  
I bet they find a good home, fast.

[Paul T]

I think I want to cry.  If only I could receive them here. 

[Anthony Darby]

Not difficult to make Paul.

[Paul T]

Anthony,

Yeah, I've seen the various postings here showing how.  We don't seem to get the large fish boxes here that you guys refer to over there..... our polystyrene boxes are generally much thinner and not as useful for doing that sort of thing.  I have a few concrete troughs I got from a friend, but they are most definitely concrete (if you know what I mean) and not natural looking.  I have to get around to sealing them inside too, because here something like that would leach moisture very quickly in our heat.  I just love the aged appearance in these ones on offer...... they look so cool. 

[Anthony Darby]

My first attempt was with hypertufa between two different cardboard boxes inside one another spaced 2" apart using two small blocks of wood under the inner box. These would become drainage holes. I left it too long so the outside was too hard to work with. The currugations of the cardboard could be seen in the mortar! I will take a pic later today.

[fermi de Sousa]

I think I want to cry.  If only I could receive them here. 

They wouldn't look the same after they's been cleaned of all the greenery to be able to pass quarantine inspection!
Just hope that someone on the Forum gets them and they can post regular pics for our enjoyment
cheers
fermi