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How do I move a belfast sink?

wildemounttribewildemounttribe Posts: 4
in Problem solving
Hi, I am new to the forum.

I have a Belfast sink I'd like to use as a little pond, but it's very heavy and I can't physically move it. (And I can't get someone in to help for obvious reasons.)

I need to shift it several feet along a concrete plinth, then off the plinth into a hole in the ground (next to a bigger pond). It's just me and my hubby. Neither of us is very strong. And those things are heavy!

I'm hoping someone will know a physics/levers type trick for shifting it maybe? :smiley:

Thank you for reading.
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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Any chance it could stay in place and be used as a pond where it is?
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • wildemounttribewildemounttribe Posts: 4
    Thanks. Yes. Potentially, if there's no obvious solution.

    The plinth is an old garage base. It has a shed on it and a table and chairs which we can't really use as the sink is in the way. I can potentially move stuff around, but I'd need to build up the sides somehow so things can get in and out. 

    If I were to do that, I guess I'd be looking at turning the garage base into something else? Maybe with planters? We could make a feature of it. 

    Huh. That might actually work better. There's some shade where the table would probably work better. Thanks!

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
     Roll it on broom handles?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494

    If you really need to move the sink, the only method I can think of is the old one of heaving one side onto rollers (smallish round logs would do or anything similar) pulling the sink along until there's one roller free at the other end, picking it up and putting it in the front and so on (hope that makes sense). I very, very, reluctantly had to leave a sink behind in a previous house, as there was no way to get it through the house and out of the front door!

    It might be easier to convert the space as you suggest!

    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • GreenbirdGreenbird Posts: 237
    Trades-persons can still work as long as they observe social distancing.

    Pay a few big lads or wait. Not worth pulling your back over.

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    B3 said:


    Ridiculous idea!!!!!  Where are you going to find 6 Egyptian slaves during lockdown?? :D
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    KT53 said:
    B3 said:


    Ridiculous idea!!!!!  Where are you going to find 6 Egyptian slaves during lockdown?? :D
    Didn't the Egyptians use Nubian slaves? they're in even shorter supply these days

    Devon.
  • Loraine3Loraine3 Posts: 579
    Sack trucks, if you can get hold of any, would be a good idea.
  • wildemounttribewildemounttribe Posts: 4
    Lol Thanks everyone. The broom handles idea is inspired. I'll post again with a photo when I've sorted things.
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