Sink Unit and water pump

I'd originally planned to build a lightweight unit for my VW campervan made from aluminium to house my smev sink. I had a go but to be honest my first efforts didn't look to great and because time is running out I've bought a 400mm kitchen base unit from Ikea to house the sink. This is about the largest standard size kitchen unit I can accomodate without stopping the multivan bed sliding out fully. I also bought some stainless steel side panels and a stainless door so its not exactly light weight.

I've also used standard kitchen worktop which has been cut down depth wise. At the side of the unit I added some folding hinges from a motorhome shop so I can have a small fold up pieces of worktop where I use my cooker.

The Ikea unit was very simple to build and only required a small modification to allow the smev sink unit to fit properly in the unit. Once the sink was installed in the unit I connected some 15mm flexible food safe pipe through the back of unit and along the side of my van to where the pump is fitted under the back seat. The pump I used was a small and cheap inline whale pump which has a flow of around 10litres per minute, it uses a separate Whale pressure switch for connecting / cutting the power to the pump when the tap is opened and closed. I intend to hide the water pipe at a later date when I have more time, to be honest though its not very noticeable.

Once all the pipe work was installed and the jubilee clips were tightened I added around 30 litres to the fiamma tank. I then turned on the pump, opened the tap and nothing happened. I then realised you have to adjust the pressure switch using a small knob on the top of it, I followed the instructions and low and behold I had water and the pump even switched off when I closed the top. I then installed a waste pipe on the smev sink which leads to a 10 litre containing which is housed inside the unit.

The unit was screwed through the floor using some large spreader plates but I intend to rebuild the unit using lighter materials when we return from our trip. Unfortunately I didn't have any pictures of installing the sink / pump but I have one of the completed unit which is displayed above.