polkanut
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A concrete double tub laundry sink for $20.00, purchaser must remove.
http://wausau.craigslist.org/atq/3564508242.html
http://wausau.craigslist.org/atq/3564508242.html
Anyone want to give themselves a hernia? This will do it.
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That is most likely what my father has in his basement,or at least that material!
And what reason would there be for selling it? A lighter, more composite material like fiberglass or maybe the laundry is being relocated to another part of the basement?
Maybe the money is a quick cash-in & the replacement for it is cheap or free? (Or a laundry room, or the house it's in is just being done away with?)
-- Dave
And what reason would there be for selling it? A lighter, more composite material like fiberglass or maybe the laundry is being relocated to another part of the basement?
Maybe the money is a quick cash-in & the replacement for it is cheap or free? (Or a laundry room, or the house it's in is just being done away with?)
-- Dave
Hernia is right!!
My nephew helped me remove one like that from my basement a few
years ago. I needed the space and it was not in very good condition.
I was just going to break it up and remove it in pieces, but my nephew
wanted to take it to the farm to use for a stock tank. So, up the
stairs it went. My nephew is a pretty big guy and I knew it would be
a tough job and I was right!
I wouldn't move another one unless you paid me!
My nephew helped me remove one like that from my basement a few
years ago. I needed the space and it was not in very good condition.
I was just going to break it up and remove it in pieces, but my nephew
wanted to take it to the farm to use for a stock tank. So, up the
stairs it went. My nephew is a pretty big guy and I knew it would be
a tough job and I was right!
I wouldn't move another one unless you paid me!
rpms
Well-known member
I would love one of those sinks, especially with the scrub board in it. Is it possible to clean the cement when it is that stained?
Old concrete laundry tub
Best to remove it with a sledgehammer and wheelbarrow. That's how I got one out of my grandpa's basement. BTW bring a bolt cutter too there's usually rebar.
WK78
Best to remove it with a sledgehammer and wheelbarrow. That's how I got one out of my grandpa's basement. BTW bring a bolt cutter too there's usually rebar.
WK78
whirlcool
Well-known member
My parents had one of these. My Mom used it with the suds saver on the Filter Flow she had.
One day they decide that it is taking up too much room in the laundry room and they would rather have a cheap plastic tub. They were going to move it out to the garage but after disconnecting it ever three guys couldn't lift it at all let alone take it up the stairs and out to the garage. So they did what Whirlykenore78 did, they broke it up with a sledge hammer and carried it out, one piece at a time. And even then the thing resisted!
When they got the cheap plastic tub installed, my mother didn't like it. Why? It was so cheap when you filled it more than 1/2 full of water the sides would flex back and forth from the weight of the water.
One day they decide that it is taking up too much room in the laundry room and they would rather have a cheap plastic tub. They were going to move it out to the garage but after disconnecting it ever three guys couldn't lift it at all let alone take it up the stairs and out to the garage. So they did what Whirlykenore78 did, they broke it up with a sledge hammer and carried it out, one piece at a time. And even then the thing resisted!
When they got the cheap plastic tub installed, my mother didn't like it. Why? It was so cheap when you filled it more than 1/2 full of water the sides would flex back and forth from the weight of the water.
whirlaway
New member
Paint it!!!
You can paint it with Drylok,it can be tinted any color.I painted my whole basement with turquiose and a gray floor,it looks like a swimming pool.Makes it nice and cheery! I had a single tub like that in my other house,it was great,why would someone want to change it!?!?
You can paint it with Drylok,it can be tinted any color.I painted my whole basement with turquiose and a gray floor,it looks like a swimming pool.Makes it nice and cheery! I had a single tub like that in my other house,it was great,why would someone want to change it!?!?
Wow, I can't believe it!
<span style="font-size: medium;">The vacation house my parents had when I was a kid had the same, exact laundry tub in the basement. Shortly after my parents bought the house back in 1972, my dad took a sledge hammer to it and it was hauled up and out in pieces. The chrome faucet's were saved, they had a built in soap dish perched on top. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">The laundry was located there, so my mom wanted a more "modern" fiberglass tub. But just before the new one was going to be instaled, she decided to convert a small bedroom by the kitchen into a new laundry room. The idea of going up and down stairs wasn't too appealing I suppose. The basement of that house was a huge empty place. Save for the Sears * Best electric water heater, the aforementioned laundry tub and a long bench table stacked high with old Life and Look magazines left by the previous owner, the basement was bare...(cue in sound of a needle scratching a record) Yep this was when I was plunged into the world of vintage advertising. The fever hit and it hasn't subsided yet.
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The vacation house my parents had when I was a kid had the same, exact laundry tub in the basement. Shortly after my parents bought the house back in 1972, my dad took a sledge hammer to it and it was hauled up and out in pieces. The chrome faucet's were saved, they had a built in soap dish perched on top. </span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">The laundry was located there, so my mom wanted a more "modern" fiberglass tub. But just before the new one was going to be instaled, she decided to convert a small bedroom by the kitchen into a new laundry room. The idea of going up and down stairs wasn't too appealing I suppose. The basement of that house was a huge empty place. Save for the Sears * Best electric water heater, the aforementioned laundry tub and a long bench table stacked high with old Life and Look magazines left by the previous owner, the basement was bare...(cue in sound of a needle scratching a record) Yep this was when I was plunged into the world of vintage advertising. The fever hit and it hasn't subsided yet.
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We had those also
My mother had her old Kenmore wringer beside the double "set tubs" as it was called in our bssement. I decided to put my toy cars and trucks in the old Kenmore when she was not looking at about 3 or 4 years old, figuring why couldnt it wash them too, she was NOT happy. My mother wanted an automatic, went to Sears and got and it put in the corner of the kitchen. My father and uncle took sledge hammers to them and took it out after that piece by piece up the stairs. I often wonderered, how did they get those down into there in the beginning in one piece? No way I would be at the end of the stairs trying to get those down.
My mother had her old Kenmore wringer beside the double "set tubs" as it was called in our bssement. I decided to put my toy cars and trucks in the old Kenmore when she was not looking at about 3 or 4 years old, figuring why couldnt it wash them too, she was NOT happy. My mother wanted an automatic, went to Sears and got and it put in the corner of the kitchen. My father and uncle took sledge hammers to them and took it out after that piece by piece up the stairs. I often wonderered, how did they get those down into there in the beginning in one piece? No way I would be at the end of the stairs trying to get those down.
polkanut
Well-known member
Allen,
My mom also used her concrete laundry sink with 2 Filter-Flos, and then a '97 Maytag Dependable Care all w/ suds-savers. Now the sink sits idle because they took half of their enclosed front porch and made it into a laundry so nobody need go up & down stairs anymore.
My mom also used her concrete laundry sink with 2 Filter-Flos, and then a '97 Maytag Dependable Care all w/ suds-savers. Now the sink sits idle because they took half of their enclosed front porch and made it into a laundry so nobody need go up & down stairs anymore.
blackstone
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How do you fix drain on these settubs?
I need to remove the drain pipe from the bottom of the settub in my cellar, in order to clean it or replace it. How is the plumbing attached to the bottom? I'd hate to remove the existing drain (which still drains adequately), and then find that I can't install a new one. So, for now, I just let the settub drain slowly.
I agree with all the above comments--I wouldn't dare attempt to move one of these. A Blackstone model 150 is heavy enough!
I need to remove the drain pipe from the bottom of the settub in my cellar, in order to clean it or replace it. How is the plumbing attached to the bottom? I'd hate to remove the existing drain (which still drains adequately), and then find that I can't install a new one. So, for now, I just let the settub drain slowly.
I agree with all the above comments--I wouldn't dare attempt to move one of these. A Blackstone model 150 is heavy enough!
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