Perhaps you wish to install a vanity/sink combination that looks like an antique piece of furniture in your bathroom but can't stomach the cost the building supply store charges for it. Let the building supply store keep their vanity--you can do better on your own. Convert chests into sinks. You'll like the price. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Find a chest that catches your fancy. This chest can be any style--antique or modern. You can even find something at a lawn sale. The only caveat is that the chest of drawers be tall enough to accommodate the depth of the sink and the plumbing. A large top drawer could also be helpful.
2. Decide what material you would like to use as a counter top. The counter top can be made of wood, cement, slate, marble or whatever you choose. A new counter top is a must as you need something that is sturdy enough to have a hole cut into it as well as support the sink at the same time.
3. Lay a piece of paper on your work table, then turn the chest upside down on top of it. Trace around the chest top. This will be the template for your counter top. Show on the drawing where the top drawer is located (for example, the top drawer may not be in the middle but off-set). Add at least three inches to the back of the counter top in your pattern for you will use that excess space for your pipes. Label this added space clearly on your template to remind yourself that this is part of the counter top that cannot be occupied by the sink. Cut out the template with scissors.
4. Pick out a sink. Make sure you get a sink that will compliment the proportions of the counter top and chest as well as the style. You don't want to be stuck with a sink that is too small or overwhelms the chest.
5. Lay the template from the sink manufacturer on your template for the counter top, and figure out the best placement for it. Trace around it and cut out the hole. Lay the adjusted template on the material you have chosen for your counter top and trace around it, including where the sink will be located .
6. Take out the drawer. Cut out the shape of the counter top with a jig saw and . Make one or two pilot holes in the middle of the sink then cut it out around the traced lines. Lay the counter top on top of the chest and trace around where the sink will be located on the top of the chest. Cut the same shape out of the drawer to accommodate the underside of the sink and the pipe. Take off the counter top. Adhere two 3 inch pieces of wood on the top of the chest on either side of the hole of the sink hole with adhesive. Once the adhesive has dried, screw them in place. Drill two holes near the back of the counter top for the water supplies.
7. Adhere the two 3 inch pieces of wood to the back edge of the chest with wood glue. After the adhesive dries, countersink them in place.
8. Lay the sink in the holes to make sure it will fit. Make any adjustments as needed. Dry fit the drainpipe to determine where the pipe will go out of the back of the chest. Mark location and cut it out with a jigsaw.
9. Secure the chest to the wall with brackets that are L-shaped. Adhere the counter top to the top of the chest with the appropriate adhesive. This will vary according to the material you have chosen for the counter top. Apply sealant to the underside of the sink's lip and insert the sink. Install the drainpipe and the water supply lines.
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