Sink In The Shop

[capncarl]

I don't have a sink in my shop and could kick my butt every day for not adding one when it was under construction. Because.... the neighborhood covenants restrict the square footage of a detached workshop but do not restrict the size of a mother-in-law cottage. Strangely, a mother-in-law cottatge can be a workshop with a bathroom/sink/shower that can be outfited as a cottage at a later date. It is well worth the cost of the install to be able to have the extra square footage, and the bathroom is nice in the shop.

capncarl

[cabinetman]

When I built the garage/shop, I added a cheap plastic laundry sink and
a 2-gallon electric hot water heater with a french drain out the back.
Glad I did.

A plastic type utility sink can be free standing or wall hung, and fed by a hose for cold water supply. There are hand mount manifolds for hose bibs for multiple hoses each outlet having a shutoff. The drain, as you say can be just to the outside, or french drained. All it takes is a little innovation.

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[dkerfoot]

I have two shop "areas." A tiny 10'x11' shop in the basement next to the laundry room (with utility sink). My Shopsmith and most of my hand tools remain there all the time. My DC actually stays in the laundry room and I just stretch the DustRight collapsible hose into the shop when in use.

In the winter, I rotate other tools in there depending on the project. My detached garage holds the rest of my tools. No sink out there.

[Crockett]

Laundry room next to the shop set up fo me. I find I use the sink there mostly to wet sponges for glue clean-up.

[worcmedic]

Utility Sink

My little planned 11'x12' room will barely have enough room to swing lumber in never mind a sink.

[JimD]

My utility sink is only kind of in my shop. I set up the basement with a small utility room holding the hot water heater and furnace + a utility sink. The door into the utility room is from my shop garage. So it is kind of in an adjacent room. The door to the utility room also gets opened when I am using the miter saw to cut something that sticks out a long way on the right side. It is very handy for cleaning up anything messy. Like paint brushes and rollers and tools for laying ceramic tile.

Jim

[jabe]

sink in shop

I have a 1/2 bath in my carport, comes in handy. Not really a sink but a 17 x 21 Lav on a vanity. If I need to wash something big, I have a water bib & hose right outside the 1/2 ba.

[Tom Clark]

Couldn't do without it. Tiny 1/2 bath is in the shop.