Months ago I found out that my cousin Aaron was going to get married over Thanksgiving in the Milwaukee Area. This lead to two conclusions: I got to host Thanksgiving and I needed to have a project for Rachel and Nik to do that was ready to go. It seemed like the prefect time to make the vanity switch in the bathrooms.
I finally gave up on finding an old table, so I purchased the table and sink online. I was able to narrow the table and sink options down to 4 to 7 of each, then Rachel picked from that list.
I drilled the faucet hole first and did dry fit so that I could determine where the sink needed to go, and get it as close to the faucet as possible.
Once all the holes were drilled I did my best to seal them with WaterLox. I got these parts done before anyone showed up for Thanksgiving, the WaterLox has to dry 24 hours between coats and needed at least 4 of them.
Here is the half bath with the old vanity as on Saturday night:
Talking to my favorite plumber, he has really stressed that the table needed to be anchored securely to the wall. The purchased tables had over hangs so I used two scrap boards to fill that space I stained the one that would show black to make it less noticeable. Dad anchored them to the wall:
Nik helped put the sink on with a bead of silicon.
Then I attempted the plumbing.
Nik also tried. Then I tried again. Then I called the plumber.
So Nik's plumbing looked good but I heard a pop later that night and part of the drain had come apart (sorry Nik)
I will try to get a good after picture tonight.... or tomorrow after the plumber stops by.
I know, right?
ReplyDeleteAlthough the usual order is to put the faucet on first it sounds like for this type of sink you might have to attach the table to the wall and have the drain already attached to the sink before the sink goes on, which we couldn't do once the faucet was on. When we make some for your house we will know better.