A nice looking installation project completed.
Installing a bathroom sink and vanity is a project most homeowners can accomplish with confidence. Regardless of the make or model of the cabinet, installation requires securing them to a wall. The vanity top and sink is where the installation varies. In either case, though, the space you have in your bathroom plays the biggest role in installing a bathroom sink and vanity. Read the instructions that come with the faucet set chosen for this project, as they differ from brand to brand. The water supply lines and vanity drainpipe kit do not differ enough to make installation difficult.
Instructions
1. Measure from the floor to the center of the drainpipe sticking out from the wall. Write the measurement on the wall next to the pipe. Repeat this with the water supply shut off valves.
2. Place the end of the measuring tape on the bottom of the side of the vanity. Mark the height measurements for the drainpipe and water supply shut off valves. Put the framing square on the marks and draw lines across the back of the vanity.
3. Mark the lines for the holes to accommodate the drainpipe and water supply shut off valves with the measurements you wrote on the wall. If the vanity is a standalone bathroom cabinet, center the drainpipe with the vanity and mark the water supply shut off valves accordingly.
4. Drill the holes for the drainpipe and water supply shut off valves with the appropriate hole saw (in a variable speed drill). This allows for clean cut holes instead of the uneven look of holes cut with a jigsaw.
5. Set the vanity in place and secure it to the wall with 3-inch drywall screws. Install the faucets in the sink according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Connect the water supply lines to the faucet.
6. Place the vanity top on the cabinet. Secure it to the vanity with 1½-inch drywall screws through the corner blocks of the cabinet (found underneath the top in the cabinet’s corners). If the vanity top is not wood, apply construction adhesive or tub/tile adhesive (preferably the same color as the vanity top) on the top edges of the vanity, and set the top on it.
7. Connect the water supply lines to the water supply shut off valves with a wrench. Locate the tailpiece drainpipe connected to the sink drain, slip the P-trap of the vanity drainpipe kit over the tailpiece and secure it with the nut provided.
8. Measure the distance between the remaining connection of the P-trap and the drainpipe in the wall. Cut the remaining straight piece of drainpipe from the kit two inches longer with a hacksaw. Slip the end of it in the drainpipe in the wall and the P-trap. Secure them to each other with the nuts provided with the kit.
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