Nice! You have room for a desk! Remains to be seen if I can jam one into my space.
We put an addition onto our duplex a few years ago, which freed up the old master bedroom. Absolutely spoiled in terms of square footage.
This is about my 5th darkroom and is following the "You build your first darkroom for an enemy, the second one for a friend, and the third one you build for yourself" trajectory.
Your foot operated water valve is pretty slick!
DRYWALL!! NICE!In total agreement on the functional over nice concept, which explains the three tier cascading into one drain Franken-Sink. It meshes with my Wabi Sabi nature. Water panel yet to come.
While drywall compound was drying, I just had to cobble thinks into place a bit. It'll look much nicer once everything has somewhere to go.
The gap between enlarging bench cabinets is where the UV light source will be going, with a heavy sheet of glass on a slide out shelf for contact printing.
View attachment 289714
View attachment 289715
View attachment 289716
View attachment 289717
In total agreement on the functional over nice concept, which explains the three tier cascading into one drain Franken-Sink. .......
View attachment 289714
View attachment 289715
View attachment 289716
View attachment 289717
I built my "last" darkroom at least twice nowI hear you. This is my third "real" darkroom, not counting all the temporary bathroom setups I have endured in the past. It will undoubtedly be my last one I build, so I am trying to get it right, if not pretty.
As for the foot valve, the jury is still out on that; it might be a good idea or not but I had to try it after finding the valve on Amazon for cheap.
Yep, no drain. I figure if I can empty the drum every few uses, it won't be a hassle every time..
I've thought of running a hose through my yard, into my basement window, into my drain with a pump... Might be a bit much tho.
Also this will obviously be a darkroom only used for non freezing cold days, since the water is above ground hose. Still better than what I had me thinks.
I have been using a darkroom with no plumbing for years. I bring in water in 1-gallon jugs, used chemicals are put in jugs that I then send for hazardous waste disposal when I have a dozen gallons or so. I hold fixed prints in a large water bath tray until I am ready to wash them. Film and print washing is done outside near a hose & drains into the ground.
Looks great to me.In total agreement on the functional over nice concept, which explains the three tier cascading into one drain Franken-Sink. It meshes my Wabi-Sabi-ish nature with garage sale finds and left over materials from other projects. Water panel yet to come.
While the first application of drywall compound was drying, I just had to cobble things into place a bit. It'll look much nicer once everything has somewhere to go.
The gap between enlarging bench cabinets is where the UV light source will be going, with a heavy sheet of glass on a slide out shelf for contact printing.
View attachment 289714
View attachment 289715
View attachment 289716
View attachment 289717
Looks great to me.
How did you waterproof your trough? I used waterproof pond paint on my last one, think I will do the same again.
What are you using for ventilation? I picked up an old stove range hood with 3 speed twin exhaust fans for $10, should do nicely.
but I need to run 3+ gallons to get hot water to my kitchen sink.
They're only sufficient for washing a few dishes in the sink. If you need continuous hot water at a certain temp you'll need something a bit more substantial.Not sure what the situation is in the USA, but over here, undersink heaters are sometimes used to supply hot water for taps if the main hot water supply is too distant.
e.g. https://www.screwfix.com/p/ariston-andris-lux-undersink-water-heater-3kw-15ltr/2371g
Is very nice timber shame to mess it up. Thought you might of been using something clear. Pond paint has worked well for me, just do a recoat every 18mths. You may want some slats so the trays dont wear through the water proofing.Pond paint sounds like a good idea to me, so might follow along with you on that one. I got a good deal on 3/4" lacquered both sides birch plywood, so that's what the sink/trough, enlarger bench, and desk tops are made of. I'll leave the bench & desk as is because it's a really nice surface for that, but the sink/trough will need something.
I use a Glycin developer and it stained my old darkroom sink with diffuse brown splotches, so maybe I'll look for a matching or darker brown paint.
As for ventilation, I hadn't given that much thought yet.
...Maybe you could fit an exhaust fan on the sliding window on a wooden panel.
Also you need to keep the light out as well. I don't have a problem with it being too cold. I'm going to have to work out a light trap, but I think this should work well.Good idea. Will give it a ponder...the temperature will be dropping to -20C in a few months so it would have to be designed not to let that kind of cold creep into the house when the fan isn't running.
Now did that driver, who tossed it on my front porch, really think this package was OK?
Management has some responsibility here too. The push to work long hours (at who knows the pay and benefits) and deliver many packages does not promote carefulness and maybe even resentment from the drivers. I have had my share of damaged packages delivered, some that ruined the contents, mostly by UPS. On the other hand, I just received a large, heavy book from USPS that was just in a non-padded, tight-fitting, thin plastic envelope and amazingly there was no damage, not even the corners!Delivery drivers for UPS and FedEx seem to be selected for their 98% human DNA and ability to shave their entire bodies (or at least what shows when wearing their uniform). Judging the condition of a package is more about "how fast do I need to get this offloaded and get out of sight?" than "should I let the customer inspect this for internal damage?"
Unless things have changed, some of those "drivers" actually own their trucks and operate as sub-contractors.Delivery drivers for UPS and FedEx seem to be selected for their 98% human DNA and ability to shave their entire bodies (or at least what shows when wearing their uniform). Judging the condition of a package is more about "how fast do I need to get this offloaded and get out of sight?" than "should I let the customer inspect this for internal damage?"
Not sure where you got that info. As far as I know, all UPS and FedEx drivers in the U.S, are employees. Amazon may be different.Unless things have changed, some of those "drivers" actually own their trucks and operate as sub-contractors.
Some routes can be incredibly profitable for them.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?