Wall mounted Sink/Vanity on Partition Wall

telsokari

Hi there,

we have a bathroom renovation happening in two weeks and are in the process of picking out our units.

my question is Is it possible to mount something like this

http://www.bathroomheaven.com/small-vanity-units/ariane-wall-mounted-cloakroom-vanity-cupboard-unit-with-basin-450x320mm-gloss-white-13276.aspx

on a partition wall or would it be too heavy and better to use a floor standing unit?

thank you

SailorSam

You'd need to try and find how the wall was put up. When i was doing the bathroom i wanted to hide all the pipes so got a basin that was 'wall hung', but the one you're looking at seems much heavier. I'm in an older house and the wall had sturdy timber battens that i could attach it to, so you'll need to see what's behind the plaster some modern houses are not much more than egg boxes between the walls.

jkpd

Your house regardless of age will have timber studwork or metal frame studs,either way you will have to strip the plasterboard from the wall and fix noggins in the studwork to fix the basin to, the plumber will also hide the pipes in the wall at the same time,never seen egg box walls?

andyhop

Eggbox - Paragon walls where used in the 70s, usually around 70mm thick and there are only timbers every 1200mm. If your bathroom has these its a disaster as a new frame needs to be built

If its a standard timber frame , few bits of 4x2 or 18mm plywood, Make sure any other fixings from towel rads, right down to the tooth brush holder are given the same treatment

jkpd

never seen these egg box walls in 25 years? were they used throughout the uk or was their maybe unique to a few large housebuilders?

Ruski

jkpd wrote: »

never seen these egg box walls in 25 years? were they used throughout the uk or was their maybe unique to a few large housebuilders?

What do you do then jkpd? I've come across this problem many many times - the only good thing about them is that they're easy to take down and replace!!!

Russ

keystone

Ruski wrote: »

I've come across this problem many many times

Me too but on the other hand I don't have problems - only challenges.

Cheers

Ruski

keystone wrote: »

Me too but on the other hand I don't have problems - only challenges.

Cheers

So true - problems are only for those who don't know the answer! :rotfl:

jkpd

Im a building contractor, done my fair share of refurbs etc but have never seen these egg box walls and never heard of anybody talk of them!hence why i thought maybe they were used by a few big housebuilders but not in my part of the uk(east anglia).Worked on a bunglow with brick outer skin and steel inner skin and steel trusses, very small steel profiles 40x40mm angles.

27col

I seem to remember helping a fellow self builder install some of these egg box partitions in the 1960's. They just slid into place along battens nailed to the floor and the ceiling. I can't say that they impressed me very much. I have never come across one since.

keystone

27col wrote: »

They just slid into place along battens nailed to the floor and the ceiling. I can't say that they impressed me very much.

These dufalite boards are a total PITA when they've been tiled and tiles [STRIKE]hacked off[/STRIKE] removed for retiling with subsequent damage to the boards. In this case which is extra data and prolly not relevant to the OP you can scrape off the "eggbox" cardboard structure, backfit a 2" stud and then screw new board to that. You'll loose about 10mm off the room doing it this way.

Cheers