Everything including the Kitchen Sink

I have now advanced as far as the kitchen, and a kitchen is not a kitchen without a kitchen sink.  I decided to go for a dark coloured sink, to match the dark hob and cooker.  Having spent ages looking at the different styles and shapes available, I have gone for a square grey sink.  I think the square sinks hold more, and I even have some square plates to match.

I have had to cut quite a lot out of the cabinet top rail in order to get the sink to fit, but it should be strong enough when Chippy Paul comes over and fits the solid oak worktops.  The solid oak is coming nowhere near the boat until the majority of the painting is done, just in case, you understand.

The hardboard panel on the rear of the cabinet was cut away, and the tap, and filtered water tap connected.  All working fine, and amazing progress being made.

Then we come to the drain.

Waste pipes come in 40mm and 32mm, and I have a 32mm skin fitting, so all should be fine.  A bottle trap for the sink, and a 40-32 reducer connected to the 32mm skin fitting. Simples.

Not Quite

32mm pipe comes as compression, or pushfit, or solvent weld.  these vary from 33 to 36mm in diameter, and non of them are 32mm.  As a result, I have more water on the kitchen floor than overboard.

Plan B

I took the skin fitting down to B&Q and found that the thread on the skin fitting was the same as the thread on the 32mm compression fitting "nut".  I found a 32mm "extender" which had a male on one end and a female on the other, with one of those wedge shaped grommets.
Back to the boat and, having cut off the male end, the female fits to the skin fitting, but when I tighten it up, the pipe comes through the end of the nut, as there is nothing for the grommet to compress against.

Bugger!

Plan C (I still have another 23 letters to go after this one)

At Screwfix I found a pedestal trap, which is a curious S shaped pipe thing, but the female end has a ridge on the pipe to prevent the nut from coming off.

 Having cut off the majority of the trap, leaving a short length of 32mm pipe with a nut AND A FLANGE, the pipe fastens to the skin fitting, tighens up solid and DOESN'T LEAK!!!

Yipee!!

I hate plumbing!

Monday morning, and a last minute change of plan, as we go off to the House of Commons as we finally have found a beer to put on there which isn't offensive to anyone!

A nice little bar with a terrace on the Thames.

It must be tough working in a place like this!