Where a typical bathroom suite will include a toilet, basin, and bath, and a shower suite swaps the bath for a shower, a bathroom furniture suite consists of a toilet paired with a washstand or vanity unit. Those who go down this route generally do so because they appreciate the clean lines and storage capacity of bathroom furniture; they also gain the freedom to add to the washstand and toilet any other item of sanitaryware which best suits their home a straight, corner or L shaped bath, or a shower.
The vanity unit or washstand in your bathroom furniture suite will need to be modified to suit your bathrooms specific plumbing pipework, and it will need to be fixed in place.
Begin by assembling the bathroom furniture, if it is not delivered ready assembled. Full instructions should be provided to help you. Then assess the pipework in the area where you plan to fit your vanity unit. Your water supply pipes may come up from the floor or out from the wall: either way, you will need to cut your furniture to create access for water supply and waste disposal. You may also need to cut a waste hole in the top of your new unit for your basin, if you have chosen a countertop basin this hole may have been left undrilled to allow you greater freedom over the positioning of your new basin. When cutting any item of bathroom furniture, measure carefully and double-check your measurements before you cut. Any mistakes have the potential to be either costly to fix or unsightly to live with.
Your vanity unit will need to be fixed either to the wall or to the floor so that it remains in place if its knocked by accident. Its important that your bathroom furniture wont shift about, to protect the integrity of the plumbing work housed within it.
To complement your vanity unit or washstand, bathroom furniture sets may include a standard close coupled toilet, or a back to wall toilet with a WC unit to match the vanity unit. If you have chosen a set with a WC unit, this will allow you to fit a back to wall or wall mounted toilet and concealed cistern, thus achieving a streamlined and coordinated look in the bathroom whilst retaining easy maintenance access to your toilet cistern.
Your WC unit will need drilling or cutting to suit the particular toilet youve chosen: holes are needed for the waste and water supply pipes, and for the cisterns flush mechanism. Measure carefully, double-check, then cut. As with your vanity unit, mistakes could be costly. Youll also need to fit a mounting frame within your WC unit to support the concealed cistern, which will then sit hidden from view, as its name suggests within the WC unit. If youve chosen a wall hung toilet, this frame will also be required to support the weight of the toilet once this is fitted in place. If youve chosen toilet without a WC unit, however, none of this need concern you.
When plumbing in your basin and toilet, make sure you use the right tools and plenty of common sense, ensure that you follow any specific guidelines youre given and most importantly call in a professional if youre unsure.
The vanity unit or washstand in your bathroom furniture suite will need to be modified to suit your bathrooms specific plumbing pipework, and it will need to be fixed in place.
Begin by assembling the bathroom furniture, if it is not delivered ready assembled. Full instructions should be provided to help you. Then assess the pipework in the area where you plan to fit your vanity unit. Your water supply pipes may come up from the floor or out from the wall: either way, you will need to cut your furniture to create access for water supply and waste disposal. You may also need to cut a waste hole in the top of your new unit for your basin, if you have chosen a countertop basin this hole may have been left undrilled to allow you greater freedom over the positioning of your new basin. When cutting any item of bathroom furniture, measure carefully and double-check your measurements before you cut. Any mistakes have the potential to be either costly to fix or unsightly to live with.
Your vanity unit will need to be fixed either to the wall or to the floor so that it remains in place if its knocked by accident. Its important that your bathroom furniture wont shift about, to protect the integrity of the plumbing work housed within it.
To complement your vanity unit or washstand, bathroom furniture sets may include a standard close coupled toilet, or a back to wall toilet with a WC unit to match the vanity unit. If you have chosen a set with a WC unit, this will allow you to fit a back to wall or wall mounted toilet and concealed cistern, thus achieving a streamlined and coordinated look in the bathroom whilst retaining easy maintenance access to your toilet cistern.
Your WC unit will need drilling or cutting to suit the particular toilet youve chosen: holes are needed for the waste and water supply pipes, and for the cisterns flush mechanism. Measure carefully, double-check, then cut. As with your vanity unit, mistakes could be costly. Youll also need to fit a mounting frame within your WC unit to support the concealed cistern, which will then sit hidden from view, as its name suggests within the WC unit. If youve chosen a wall hung toilet, this frame will also be required to support the weight of the toilet once this is fitted in place. If youve chosen toilet without a WC unit, however, none of this need concern you.
When plumbing in your basin and toilet, make sure you use the right tools and plenty of common sense, ensure that you follow any specific guidelines youre given and most importantly call in a professional if youre unsure.
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