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Saturday, July 10, 2010

Vanity Cabinets



Buying replacement vanity cabinets can be real challenge, if saving money is important.



Vanity is sold either with the vanity top, or without the top. Most of units with tops are made of non-stone like material - so call cultured marbles.





There are two options when replacing water damaged cabinets. Buy one just vanity base only, without sink/counter-tops; or buy the complete replacement unit. Low-end cabinets typically sold with tops, where as the better looking one, typically sold with cabinetry only.







Thing to check, beside the obvious like "width of cabinets", and numbers of sinks.

1. Faucet holes (number of), spacing (standard 4").

2. Cabinet depth. Less expensive cabinets are in 18" / 19". The others are in 21.5~22". If the replacement cabinets are in different sizes (different foot print), the flooring may need some redo, and exposing new wall surfaces that needs new paint job.

3. Number of drains (P-traps). Double sink vanity are designed to work with either (a) individual drain outlet. Or (b) sharing with one drain outlet. It affects how the cabinets drawers are utilized. If the slide out drawers are in the middle - it's likely that "individual drain outlets" are used. If the slide out drawers are in both ends of cabinets/doors in the middle - it's likely that "a shared drain outlet" is used.


photos: 2010 Germany Berlin & Poland Krakow
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