What to do with a Belfast Sink...?

harveybobbles

Spotted someone was throwing out an old Belfast Sink last week, so I rescued it from the skip (with the owners permission).

i'm not sure what to do with it now - shove some plants in it or turn it into a water feature...

Any other ideas?

diable

Take it back and place it in the skip from where you took it from.

majjie

Aww! Don't throw it away again. I had a Belfast sink full of plants in the garden for years and it looked great. I covered it in hypertufa (Google for recipes) to make it look like a stone trough.

The only reason I don't still have it, is that it was incredibly heavy ... so left it behind when I moved.

freezspirit

I did see once in a magazine article with a couple of idea, one that someone incorporated it in there bbq area as an outdoor sink to wash hands and vegetable etc, the waste water was collected in a water barrel and used to water the garden. Others were herb container, to keep goldfish in and water feature.

pinkmami

diable wrote: »

Take it back and place it in the skip from where you took it from.

Can't you read? OP said "with owners permission"

Drill some holes in it & wait till later on in the year & plant some Daffs in it.

We have 2 - sadly they belong to the sheep & its their drinkin water!

ic

I think diable's post was intended to be funny, as opposed to literal - it certainly made me laugh.

harveybobbles

I like the idea of the gold fish though! Only problem is there are a hundred cats around here, including teo living next door.

I could fill it with Kitty Kat and asprin...

charles_b_2

I just literally finished creating an outdoor sink area from brick, and used 1 of 2 belfast sinks left behind by the previous owners.

Along with a now tiled worktop next to it , I have the ideal cleaning up area for things like paintbrushes etc.. plus I can use it to cook using either gas or induction stove

Don't throw it away!