First thing that struck me about the unit was, the quality was way higher than i expected, it came with some things i hadnt seen before in my flat pack ikea world. for instance, the handles are solid steel not plastic, the hinges all have covers to hide screws, every single hole for the different shelf hights has a small plastic brown blank to hide the holes not in use, the small draw has a wheel mechanism to lower and raise each side of the face in order to level it and lots of other little things, however, it didnt come with any screws to bolt the different units together, so I did a trip to screw fix, i figured if they were all held together as one unit, it would be much more solid.
i tried the unit in place, the first issue was part of the unit was in the way of the waste pipe, as below. luckily I had some large corner brakets that i could use to brace the legs and then cut the wood. I was worried, that the right hand side might flap a bit at the front edge but now its done, it doesnt look to be an issue
The unit also came with some small wall "L" brackets to attach it to the wall, i decided to use instead some huge masonry screws that dont need wrallplugs to fix it, its really solid now and probably doesnt even need feet.
In order to get the basin to drain into the soil pipe as its not plastic, i had to get a specific pan connector with drain and then convert that from 4" to 3", a little complicated but got there in the end
The above image doesnt show the sink connected, but does show the corner brackets holding the feet in place after having cut the cabinet to allow the waste to get past.
with the toilet in place and working, i put the top in place for measuring. going back in time slightly, in order to fit the unit I had two choices, i could fit the unit up against the wall closest to the toilet, or i could fit the unit central between the wall and the bath. i did the latter for a few reason. The two main ones are, when centrally positioned, the toiled almost perfectly lines up with the waste with no kinks, also, the toilet sits on a 60 cm wide unit, which means the center of the toilet would only be 30cm away from the wall, which doesnt leave much room for you legs, and ive used them before where they have been too closed to the wall and uncomforable so i wanted to avoid that. the position i chose also meant the sink was more central to the room and to the pillar between the two windows, for a mirror or similar. All in all it made the most sense to put it where it is.
here is is in place with the top placed on before cutting
marking the sink
had to cut 4cm off the back of the top so heres how i did that, had a spare peice of plastering corner handy
the last job was to get the sink plumbed up which i did last thing lastnight
Whats left to do:
I need to plain the piece of unit that sits under the sink as its just too deep to fit, shouldn't be seen from the front. then i can seal the sink in place.
I need to cut the piece that sits behind the toilet slightly to allow it to fit over the now fitted basin waste.
I need to fit the door handles
I need to fit the strips of top to the cut ends to hide the cuts
i need to cut the kickboard / plinth and fit that.
so far though im really pleased with how its all going considering i haven't done any of it before
i tried the unit in place, the first issue was part of the unit was in the way of the waste pipe, as below. luckily I had some large corner brakets that i could use to brace the legs and then cut the wood. I was worried, that the right hand side might flap a bit at the front edge but now its done, it doesnt look to be an issue
The unit also came with some small wall "L" brackets to attach it to the wall, i decided to use instead some huge masonry screws that dont need wrallplugs to fix it, its really solid now and probably doesnt even need feet.
In order to get the basin to drain into the soil pipe as its not plastic, i had to get a specific pan connector with drain and then convert that from 4" to 3", a little complicated but got there in the end
The above image doesnt show the sink connected, but does show the corner brackets holding the feet in place after having cut the cabinet to allow the waste to get past.
with the toilet in place and working, i put the top in place for measuring. going back in time slightly, in order to fit the unit I had two choices, i could fit the unit up against the wall closest to the toilet, or i could fit the unit central between the wall and the bath. i did the latter for a few reason. The two main ones are, when centrally positioned, the toiled almost perfectly lines up with the waste with no kinks, also, the toilet sits on a 60 cm wide unit, which means the center of the toilet would only be 30cm away from the wall, which doesnt leave much room for you legs, and ive used them before where they have been too closed to the wall and uncomforable so i wanted to avoid that. the position i chose also meant the sink was more central to the room and to the pillar between the two windows, for a mirror or similar. All in all it made the most sense to put it where it is.
here is is in place with the top placed on before cutting
marking the sink
had to cut 4cm off the back of the top so heres how i did that, had a spare peice of plastering corner handy
the last job was to get the sink plumbed up which i did last thing lastnight
Whats left to do:
I need to plain the piece of unit that sits under the sink as its just too deep to fit, shouldn't be seen from the front. then i can seal the sink in place.
I need to cut the piece that sits behind the toilet slightly to allow it to fit over the now fitted basin waste.
I need to fit the door handles
I need to fit the strips of top to the cut ends to hide the cuts
i need to cut the kickboard / plinth and fit that.
so far though im really pleased with how its all going considering i haven't done any of it before
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