Kitchen Advise

I'm in a similar position to the OP, not that I want to get rid of my belfast sink but the draining board issue is a real annoyance.

OP, is it the sink you want to get rid of or address the draining board issue?

We were thinking of putting stainless steel covering over the area which would act as a draining board and give a bit of protection to the wood from water damage (our worktop is pine).
 
boxman2000 said:
I'm in a similar position to the OP, not that I want to get rid of my belfast sink but the draining board issue is a real annoyance.

OP, is it the sink you want to get rid of or address the draining board issue?

We were thinking of putting stainless steel covering over the area which would act as a draining board and give a bit of protection to the wood from water damage (our worktop is pine).
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Sink in general, as you can see we have a heavy draining board in the same style which can be moved.

The rest of the house is fairly modern, and will be more so once we've finished making the necessary renovations. Smooth walls with neutral colours and feature walls, smooth ceilings with contemporary lights and a necessary man cave off the kitchen area.

It's just for one person at the moment, so the dish washer really is not needed as it's taking up room for a dryer.

After the internal renovations its time to tackle this;

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It's large and quite deep and in need of some TLC. The previous owners are coming to collect the fish at a later date which means I can drain it, sort the electrics out and get my head around the filtration system. Glad I'm on rates and not a meter!

I've just ordered a new lamp for the Yamitsu 55w so I'll install that soon and get the water cleared up. The filter system is under the deck boards on the left in 2 sections and look like they have not been maintained in a good while.
 
Leesey said:
Sink in general, as you can see we have a heavy draining board in the same style which can be moved.

The rest of the house is fairly modern, and will be more so once we've finished making the necessary renovations. Smooth walls with neutral colours and feature walls, smooth ceilings with contemporary lights and a necessary man cave off the kitchen area.

It's just for one person at the moment, so the dish washer really is not needed as it's taking up room for a dryer.

After the internal renovations its time to tackle this;

JNKs39G.jpg.png


It's large and quite deep and in need of some TLC. The previous owners are coming to collect the fish at a later date which means I can drain it, sort the electrics out and get my head around the filtration system. Glad I'm on rates and not a meter!

I've just ordered a new lamp for the Yamitsu 55w so I'll install that soon and get the water cleared up. The filter system is under the deck boards on the left in 2 sections and look like they have not been maintained in a good while.
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Pond owner here too. What's the filtration rate? The pump should give you an idea on that. I created a pond thread - there's a few pond owners on here (the flow rate will dictate the number and type of fish).

When you drain and refill you'll need to rebuild the ecosystem again (I did this) as tapwater has lots of nutrients for algae. It may take you 3-6 months before you'll add fish.. Rainwater is far better as it doesn't have the nutrients.

If the water is still good - use a paddling pool to hold the water.

Sounds like the filter is a bay system - that sounds like it needs a good clean out (this will end up taking a while to re-establish the bacteria).

1. Move fish out
2. sort out water and filtration
3. plant to re-establish (even if you're looking at koi later)
4. initial stabilise
5. wait for a month or so to give long term stability
6. add fish.
 
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