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Stormin Mormon Stormin Mormon is offline
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Default outdoor sink for kids

I figure an empty barrel (with the bottom cut out) would be
better. A pit full of stones holds less water than an empty space
under the sink.

Of course, burried a foot or so under, so it's not too obvious.

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: Your biggest problem will be drainage. Where to dump the
water from the
: drain. If you dump it on the ground you are going to create a
big mud
: puddle. Think of where the water can run to without spreading
across the
: ground.
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: The "outdoor" sink is standard at camp grounds and such.
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: The solution is to create a good sized "dry well" to receive
the water.
: The cheap way of doing this is to just size a BIG hole where
the sink will
: end up and fill it with 3/4" stones. The sink drain will
barely extend to
: below the surface so that the kids dont' get splashed. The
foot valve is a
: good idea. The gravel surface will keep the area around the
sink from
: becoming a mud pit.
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