SINK Dear friends,
In today’s cultural QA there is a QA about sink. Whileincluding it I thought of writing about sink, a subject thought for a long timeto write. Nothing very serious, but some informative points are there in this posting. Throughout my service in Tamilnadu from 1967 till1990, I was living in rented homes except at Kodaikkanal. At Kodaikkanal in the newlyconstructed quarters I had kitchen platform RCC, chimney of old type and sinkof make kadappa stone. LPG was not available while I was working there during1974’s. I lived inquarters at RTTC from my joining Kerala circle in 1991 till my retirement in2004. It was quick time construction quarters with cement flooring, kitchenplatform with RCC and sink made of ceramic and wash basin was there in dininghall with Indian style toilet. By 2002 hall flooring alone changed to mosaic. Gopalakrishnan 30-11-2022. 1. Sink madeof ceramic, stainless steel and kadappa stone. While I was constructing my home in Chennai during2005, I was living in the upstairs of a home in the small kitchen, a ceramicsink was there. I could see in a newlystarted granite store, sinks made of kadappa stone. I thought vessels can becleaned in it outside home, fitting it below a tap provided either for washbasin or sink. But my wife agreed for a kadappa table for drying vessels, no kadappa sink on the ground worms may appear. Evenwhen I constructed the house in Chennai in 2005, there were sinks with drierplatform. The contract agreement was for two stainless steel sinks in kitchenand work area. 2. My buildercum engineer came with two large stainless steel sinks in his car. One day evening when works were about to complete mybuilder came with two large hard board packs in his car. He told they aresinks. 3. Installationof sinks After RCC platform for kitchen was erected, he madeprovision for sinks in the platform itself. After laying granite slab over it,adjusting the level the sinks were fitted. In the kitchen since platform hadmore width, he pasted two granite stripes to adjust the sink in the end ofplatform. These sinks had no drier platform. I never felt it as a drawback. 4. Remainingwith a tap provision The area which the engineer thought of low qualitysink for washing outside work area, the water tap was provided for anymodification at a later date. When there is slight rain, this tap is used by servant ladies tosit in the step from work area and clean vessels. This area is coveredpartially by the shade over the door. 5. Sinks anduse The sink inside the kitchen is very convenient fortaking water in vessels for cooking. It is provided with a filter and flexibletap. This sink is used for washing vegetables. A towel is provided near it for swipinghands or wiping water falling in kitchen platform. The sink in work area is used to keep vessels forcleaning. Unless too much rain is not there vessels are taken out in a plasticbasin, after cleaning kept in a drain container made with stainless steel rods. When servant lady avails her leave, my wife cleansessential vessels in it. Here a stainless steel stand is provided to keep soap,detergent etc. Provision is given for putting towel. Here also a small towel isprovided. 6. Servant lady’squickness. The first servant lady was aged; it took time to takeback the vessels in the metal drier from the kadappa platform. So no water fellfrom vessels in the granite floor. In the last four years a quick worker not soaged servant lady is employed. Though she brings the cleaned vessels in themetallic tray, water from tray falls on the granite slab and create stains. Thesestains though cleaned by servant lady applying cleaning liqids, it remains mostly. 7. Removingstains by rubbing sandpaper Periodically rubbing with sand paper, stains come outas powder, swiping it and applying small quantity of oil, the granite appearsshining. After a time same has to be repeated. 8. Advantage ofdrier platform with sink Vessels will be much more, so again the cleanedvessels are kept in a tray with draining facility over the drainer. My son’sand daughter’s flats have drainer, but no shining. Either the quality of steel is not good or noeffort is taken for cleaning the drain area. 9. Drainer withtwo sinks I have seen this also in the local shops. But sinksare small. But the idea of keeping one sink for washing, one sink for keeping usedvessels, and drier is good. Only thing space should be there for installing it.If sinks are small, used vessels will be dumped in both. 10. Drainerslots to sink >From the drainer, water from cleaned vessels will falldown on the areas with >depth and extendedup to sink. So remaining water from cleaned vessels will >flow to sink. 11. Replacingthe existing cover in the outlet Most metal shops are having semispherical cups havingholes in a net fashion made in quality stainlesssteel fit to the outlet area, in the middle of sink. So replacing the existing cover with large holesover the outlet of sink with this, all wastes will remain in the cup. This canbe taken out and put in waste box. Advantageis no blocking in the outlet pipe due to these waste pieces. The cup is available in fiber also, but not good; it will float when water is poured in to sink 12. Periodicalcleaning Either the outlet from sink is connected to sockpit ormunicipal /corporation waste line, smell will be appearing in sink. Toeliminate this to certain extent, the outlet from sink is connected to drainpipe via a metal plate covered holes. This plate hasgot provision to insert the exit fromsink and number of holes. These holespermit air circulation and reduce foul smell. Drain cleaning powder will eliminate to very greatextent if applied once a month. If smell is still there diluted phenol can bepoured. Even keeping a phenol bottle near it in a shelf will spread phenolsmell in the area. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/1059839613.4517308.1669798580261%40mail.yahoo.com.
