In Spring 2020, just before the lockdown, we were asked to repair and restore a bunch of sinks for a restaurant in Central Birmingham. This was part of the Dishoom group. The restaurant was being set up using antique and old fixtures to give it a “shabby chic” feel. It looked amazing!
Eight old basins had been sourced for the male and female bathrooms. But in the process of moving them and getting the old fixtures removed from them, about 6 sinks in total sustained damage. Some of it was just surface damage. Burn marks from cutting away the taps, that kind of thing.
But two sinks in particular had had chunks knocked off them.
The problem faced by the restaurant was that there were no more of the old sinks available. They needed to be able to use all eight sinks. And there was a RUSH to get them all done so the restaurant could open on time. We ended up sending a top technician and our Head technician to ensure all the basins were repaired on time.
We were able to repair all of the 6 damaged sinks. Including the two sinks which had sustained the more extensive damage.
The sink above, as well as having had the corner knocked off, also had two large hairline cracks coming away from the damaged area. In total the hairline cracks were in total about two feet long (one of the cracks went along the front top edge of the sink away from the damaged area all the way to the other side)
We repaired the cracks so these were sound, sorted out the missing corner and made the whole area good so the damage and cracks couldn’t be seen. What do you think?
