Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 10:13:35 -0500
Reply-To: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject: Re: Those undersink hoses!
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I bought the gowesty kit to replace a broken P-trap that came with my
westy. The flexi-straw pipe is very nice, and it provides a better
routing and a little more space. How to explain this... Goes back
immediately from the trap, then a 90 down the back behind the shelf
at one of the two flexi-straw joints (so you get that whole top shelf
area). Then, about halfway between the shelf the the "false bottom,"
it turns forward again and angles down toward the placement of the
drain in the center of the cabinet.
What to do? 1. Move the drain closer to the wall of the van. I don't
know for sure how you would clear the gas plumbing underneath, but
you could figure that out from looking at yours. 2. Get the gowesty
kit, and use their PVC drain (the kit includes everything between the
sink metal and the floor metal, including a new cap and strap below)
to do a 90 ell over to the wall BELOW the level of the floor, then
attach that tube into the gowesty tube (or replace the gowesty tube
alltogether, using your existing P-trap and floor drain, with luck).
The routing would then go like this: straight back from the sink,
straight down the wall as far as possible, straight forward to an ell
glued onto the floor fitting, then down and out.
Just be sure to bring a motorized rooter snake and a big can of
compressed air for the first time you accidentally dump a tablespoon
of wild rice into the sink!
Either of these two ways, you could get back all or almost all of
your shelf space. I kinda like the way that gowesty pipe stays mostly
out of the way but provides a way to hold pots in place, though. It's
a pretty good setup.
Let me know if you want to see pictures or know more. I still have
the floor drain fitting and cap from the kit, I re-used my original
which was OK. Let me know if you need measurements or anything off of
that.
Jim
On Jul 4, 2007, at 9:15 AM, Michael Elliott wrote:
> (Back to the original subject of the sink drain hose and how I'd
> like to
> re-route it so I can get more room in the cabinet).
>
> The drain hose under our sink is black and has an o.d. of 1''.
> Since it
> can't be bent sharply w/o kinking, some folk have used 90-degree
> elbows
> to route the drain line out of the way.
>
> GoWesty sells a kit with a drain hose that appears to have "Flexi-
> Straw"
> construction at several points, which should allow it to be bent.
>
> http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?
> id=2424&category_id=128&category_parent_id=
>
> Has anyone used this, and how well does it work to get that stupid
> hose
> out of the way?
>
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> G. Jannini typed:
>> RE, stove grille remedies...
>>
>>>> So it's mystery metal for the plating. <<
>>
>> I criss-crossed my Westy stove grilles using four short pieces
>> of coat hangar wire many years back and we ain't dead yet! It
>> isn't the most elegant solution I've ever seen, but works just
>> fine. OTOH, we don't cook inside the van very often.
>>
>> George/ATL
>> '89 WesTiico, Wernher
>> '67 Kombi, Puddles
>>
>
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