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I'm not going to argue about it, I'm already going my own route anyhow with my bathroom remodel, but what I fail to understand is whay all the available pieces parts are made of garbage like Porcelain and Concrete?
I had to insulate the tank of the toilet to make it not sweat, which was okay by me, as I got to make many tiny foam tiles and glue them in with lifetime guaranteed silicone, then squirt 3x expanding foam into the side channels I left where the contour was too great and varied to just use my tile solution. A good time was had, and my respirator likely wasted a lot of the usefulness of it's current set of cartridges, as I had to be right over the tank while mounting everything and even with fans going and having it next to an open door, it was just a ridiculous process in my opinion.
What I was left with is great and all, but it is still heavy and fragile on the outside. To make matters worse, I thought that leaving a slight build up of silicone on the holes in the bottom would be a "Good Idea".
The innards of the tank are meant to be mounted to the bare porcelain, so today saw a complete disassembly and clean-up of my mistake. That also ruined a washer, which meant a trip back to the hardware store for what is now a one piece assembly called a supply line. Thanks to my employee discount I still get from doing 6 years there, an 8" braided stainless steel model only ran me $1.96.
Anyhow, I got everything put back together, then realized I can make the entire tank sweat free from the get go out of fiberglass and foamboard templates reinforced with window screen and expanding foam, and it will caost about $25-30 per tank at the most, and that's including the magnets to hold the lid secure.
Why the thing is made from China baffles me!!!
It got me thinking, so I started to design my own sink, since the old one won't work anymore now that I demolished the wooden piece of crap that held it's worthless 50 pound heft in place, so I started looking for DIY Sinks, and even DIY folks are still using CONCRETE!!!!
My bathroom sunk because of poor construction of the floor and subfloor, and extremely poor DIY by previous owners of this camp. It also sunk because there were 400lbs. of stuff just there that did not need to weigh that much in the first place.
It's a world gone absolutely mad!
I realized that the idea behind it must be to keep plumbers and general contractors in business. There is no other explanation of the construction methods employed.
I have had friends that do these jobs, and so I mean no harm to them, but my fiberglass tank and sink are going to be not only badass and since I will be using metal screen as reinforcement, they simply won't break in the first place.
The tank can wait, as I'm really proud of the porcelain model I have on display now, but I'm beginning my templates for the sink mold tomorrow. The concrete versions cost upwards of $1300!!!:surprised: They have limited re-bar reinforcement if any at all, depending on the builder, and might be cheap knock offs depending on where you purchase them.
Mine will last until the epoxies begin to deteriorate, but if properly maintained, that can be quite long seeing as how I have learned to use additives and been researching adding things like milled fibers to epoxy. It will cost me nothing but time and the price of epoxies and cloths. Were I a business, I would rather handle this as a product, as it could ship via Amazon Prime, and it fits right in with today's "Single Serve" Consumerism and "Change for the sake of Change" mentality.
A search for fiberglass toilet tanks only reveals thing to repair porcelain tanks that contain fiberglass.
WHY?
I had to insulate the tank of the toilet to make it not sweat, which was okay by me, as I got to make many tiny foam tiles and glue them in with lifetime guaranteed silicone, then squirt 3x expanding foam into the side channels I left where the contour was too great and varied to just use my tile solution. A good time was had, and my respirator likely wasted a lot of the usefulness of it's current set of cartridges, as I had to be right over the tank while mounting everything and even with fans going and having it next to an open door, it was just a ridiculous process in my opinion.
What I was left with is great and all, but it is still heavy and fragile on the outside. To make matters worse, I thought that leaving a slight build up of silicone on the holes in the bottom would be a "Good Idea".
The innards of the tank are meant to be mounted to the bare porcelain, so today saw a complete disassembly and clean-up of my mistake. That also ruined a washer, which meant a trip back to the hardware store for what is now a one piece assembly called a supply line. Thanks to my employee discount I still get from doing 6 years there, an 8" braided stainless steel model only ran me $1.96.
Anyhow, I got everything put back together, then realized I can make the entire tank sweat free from the get go out of fiberglass and foamboard templates reinforced with window screen and expanding foam, and it will caost about $25-30 per tank at the most, and that's including the magnets to hold the lid secure.
Why the thing is made from China baffles me!!!
It got me thinking, so I started to design my own sink, since the old one won't work anymore now that I demolished the wooden piece of crap that held it's worthless 50 pound heft in place, so I started looking for DIY Sinks, and even DIY folks are still using CONCRETE!!!!
My bathroom sunk because of poor construction of the floor and subfloor, and extremely poor DIY by previous owners of this camp. It also sunk because there were 400lbs. of stuff just there that did not need to weigh that much in the first place.
It's a world gone absolutely mad!
I realized that the idea behind it must be to keep plumbers and general contractors in business. There is no other explanation of the construction methods employed.
I have had friends that do these jobs, and so I mean no harm to them, but my fiberglass tank and sink are going to be not only badass and since I will be using metal screen as reinforcement, they simply won't break in the first place.
The tank can wait, as I'm really proud of the porcelain model I have on display now, but I'm beginning my templates for the sink mold tomorrow. The concrete versions cost upwards of $1300!!!:surprised: They have limited re-bar reinforcement if any at all, depending on the builder, and might be cheap knock offs depending on where you purchase them.
Mine will last until the epoxies begin to deteriorate, but if properly maintained, that can be quite long seeing as how I have learned to use additives and been researching adding things like milled fibers to epoxy. It will cost me nothing but time and the price of epoxies and cloths. Were I a business, I would rather handle this as a product, as it could ship via Amazon Prime, and it fits right in with today's "Single Serve" Consumerism and "Change for the sake of Change" mentality.
A search for fiberglass toilet tanks only reveals thing to repair porcelain tanks that contain fiberglass.
WHY?
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