How to install bathroom vanity?

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[PDF] Vanity Installation Guide

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How to Install a Bathroom Vanity and Faucet | STANLEY® Tools

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How To Install A Bathroom Vanity - YouTube

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Answer

Here are the key steps to install a bathroom vanity:

1. Turn off the hot and cold water supply valves under the sink. Open the faucet to release any remaining pressure2.
2. Detach the P-trap by loosening the slip nut at the top. You may need to remove the entire trap if rerouting plumbing2
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3. Disconnect the water supply lines from the valves using an adjustable wrench2
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4. Use a utility knife to cut the caulk or sealant that connects the sink backsplash to the wall
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5. Remove the screws securing the vanity to the wall and pull out the old vanity
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   . Repair any wall damage before installing the new vanity.
6. Mark the new vanity's position on the wall using its width and height. Use a stud finder to locate and mark the wall studs within this outline
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7. If the new vanity has a solid back, measure and mark the pipe locations on the wall, then transfer these to the back of the vanity and cut holes with a hole saw
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8. Slide the new vanity into position, lining it up with your marks. Check that it is level and use shims to adjust the height if needed
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9. Attach the vanity to the wall by drilling pilot holes into the nearest stud and screwing it in. Use wall anchors if you can't reach a stud
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10. Apply a thin bead of caulk along the edge where the backsplash meets the wall
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11. Install the faucet according to the manufacturer's instructions. Apply plumber's putty under the drain flange
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12. Reattach the P-trap and water supply lines
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13. Turn the water back on and check for any leaks
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Consult the vanity manufacturer's instructions for any specific installation steps. If you are not comfortable with plumbing, it's best to hire a professional

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Video Full Text

• 00:00 All right katie time to get to work. We need to get rid of this countertop. The sink the vanity and this electrical outlet right here on the side. That's the only one in the bathroom. So I'd really like to keep it if we can all right. Then we'll disconnect that and see if we can put it back into the new van. But I want you to do a lot of the work today. So why don't you dive under there and there's two shutoff valves just turn them clockwise to the right and shut the water off. Now.

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• 00:26 This is a self-riming sink which means the only thing that holds it to the countertop is some caulking. I want to take a razor knife and just to relieve that caulking so we can pop it out of there all right. Let's see if I can fry this up with a flat bar. Now the countertop is screwed to the base so there's a series of screws. I'm going to remove and we can take the countertop right out all right okay. This is wedged in so we gotta sort of work. It keep it square keep coming keep coming keep coming yeah good that makes us be able to get it out of here. Now the only thing still holding.

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• 01:07 The vanity in place is the hot and the cold piping and this electrical wire to make it easy. I'm just going to cut the floor of the vanity out. All right here is our new vanity base. Just pass me. The old drawer would you now the old vanity had nice narrow drawers. The new ones are much wider that's good news for you. But it's bad news for me because these drawers block where the hot and the coal line come up through the floor. So that means I've got to re-pipe these over so they come up on this side and that means going to the basement and turn off the water. All right katie.

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• 01:51 There's one more modification we have to do you can see the two copper lines are going to fit pretty good right there but look at this. This drain line coming out of the wall is going to hit this backer piece. So. I'm going to notch the back of that okay good. Now what I've also done is to rough in for our old electrical outlet. I drill four pilot holes and with the jigsaw I cut out the opening and once that outlet is in place. I can secure it to the cabinet using these bars madison bars. They call them has two tabs bend them over all right screw their face plate on and it's time to go back to plumbing.

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• 02:39 Now we need to think about securing our vanity cabinet to the wall. So. I've got a high speed drill bit and go through the cabinet in two places. Once. I've drilled those holes. I'm going to take a masonry bit to go through the ceramic tile. Install some anchors now to hold the countertop down to the vanity. I want you to put a silicone bead right along the top okay okay. Oh that's going to fit nice so.

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• 03:07 The new shutoffs are in and they're holding and I've already made my connection to the hot water supply. I'm using a stainless steel braided connection and the connections here are called compression. Connections so put that in and turn it clockwise all right so our hot and cold connections are made and now it's time to make up this drain connection. I'm running the new pop-up assembly in here. So all it needs is a glue connection right here all right katie. I'm going to use a plumber's putty. There just hold that just try to catch that thread just you see it okay good now when I tighten the nut up down. Here you're gonna see that putty squeeze out all right katie. It is all yours give it a try all right wow it works great and it's such an improvement over the last one. Thank you so much richard my pleasure.

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