100 gallon water tank sink

When I designed my Garage Brew Pub Build I had a huge sink in mind, but the $500 cost of a stainless steel sink that large was out of the question.

So I re-purposed a 100 gallon galvanized water tank into a sink. You can buy one of these at most feed stores.

Here is the tank, and the hole for the drain that I cut into it with.

I cut the hole into the tank and then straight through the plywood below to ensure a perfect fit.

Next you need to bevel the plywood to the same angle as the sink drain.

I then fit a garbage disposal under the sink, and hooked that up to the sewer line.

Next up was the sink counter.

Next was the three-faucet faucet.

I had to solder a flange fitting to the 1/2" red brass pipe.

Final product:

This is all part of my larger garage build.

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I like it. Good thinking.

Nice looking setup. How long will a galvanized tank like that hold up before it starts to rust?

b-boy said:

Nice looking setup. How long will a galvanized tank like that hold up before it starts to rust?

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I hope a few years, the I will just buy another one. $100 bucks is cheap.

Grossy said:

I hope a few years, the I will just buy another one. $100 bucks is cheap.

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I would think it would be significantly longer than that unless it is full of water for weeks and weeks at a time.

What are the rough inside dimensions of the 'sink'? I love your idea as I'd like to do something similar, but want to be able to fit a 6 gal plastic carboy or my 16 gal brewkettle (~18" in diameter) in there for wash/rinsing.

ulnpiper said:

What are the rough inside dimensions of the 'sink'? I love your idea as I'd like to do something similar, but want to be able to fit a 6 gal plastic carboy or my 16 gal brewkettle (~18" in diameter) in there for wash/rinsing.

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Mine is 31" x 20'" interior dimensions.

However when you buy one of these you will notice that they actually come in three sizes. The manufactures dont want to ship them one at a time to their retail outlets, so they make them to stack inside each other.

You can probably find these up to 36" x 24".

Thanks!

I have not hooked it up yet but the left hand faucet will be a hose washer.

Here is pick of from my first "Rube Goldberg" edition of the build.