Home Improvement Project: Day 8
On to the vanity. Remember when I thought I could make the out pipe go between the drawers since they were on the right. Great idea but the in pipes from behind hit the back of the drawers. Guess we're rebuilding the vanity.
Took the vanity out of the box and started pulling drawers and the cabinet door off. Pried the fake drawer front off. Unsrewed and pried the two slates between the drawers out. Hey this is going better than expected. Took the drawer tracks off. Moved the back of the cabinet from the right to the left. Reinstalled the slats and was able to screw them into the other side. Installed the slides. drawers work. Kick ass! This is going way to well.
Then I realized two small problems. #1 the hinges for the door have to be moved to the opposite side and the go onto a 1 1/2" wide X 3/4 deep circle #2 the handle knob is on the wrong side. After 1 1/2 hours of Dremmeling, I had created perfect replicas of the hinge holes. A hole on the other side of the door and some wood filler fixed the handle problem. Put it together and I'll be damned. Looks like it came this way.
Took the vanity into the bathroom. Wow, looks a little taller than the old one. Oh well, same width and depth.
Broke out the cutting tool to make a nice circle for the waste pipe, slid it in place and put on the sink. Nice. Screwed it to the wall.
Installed the faucet and downspout. Siliconed the sink to the vanity. And now for the plumbing... or not. First of all, Mr. High and mighty Home Depot Plumbing clerk sold me the wrong size pipes. Next my new vanity is 4 inches taller than the old so the whole thing is too high to hit the waste pipe. And the new sink has the spout a few inches forward. Back to Home Depot tomorrow.
Took the vanity out of the box and started pulling drawers and the cabinet door off. Pried the fake drawer front off. Unsrewed and pried the two slates between the drawers out. Hey this is going better than expected. Took the drawer tracks off. Moved the back of the cabinet from the right to the left. Reinstalled the slats and was able to screw them into the other side. Installed the slides. drawers work. Kick ass! This is going way to well.
Then I realized two small problems. #1 the hinges for the door have to be moved to the opposite side and the go onto a 1 1/2" wide X 3/4 deep circle #2 the handle knob is on the wrong side. After 1 1/2 hours of Dremmeling, I had created perfect replicas of the hinge holes. A hole on the other side of the door and some wood filler fixed the handle problem. Put it together and I'll be damned. Looks like it came this way.
Took the vanity into the bathroom. Wow, looks a little taller than the old one. Oh well, same width and depth.
Broke out the cutting tool to make a nice circle for the waste pipe, slid it in place and put on the sink. Nice. Screwed it to the wall.
Installed the faucet and downspout. Siliconed the sink to the vanity. And now for the plumbing... or not. First of all, Mr. High and mighty Home Depot Plumbing clerk sold me the wrong size pipes. Next my new vanity is 4 inches taller than the old so the whole thing is too high to hit the waste pipe. And the new sink has the spout a few inches forward. Back to Home Depot tomorrow.
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