Bathroom units - can I adapt kitchen units?

pernes

Hi has anyone used kitchen units in their bathroom? If so any tips would be helpful. I have shopped about and the bathroom units are so expensive. I plan to have a back to wall toilet / cistern some units for storage which need to be the reduced depth ( 290) and a 600 sink. Someone told me that Howdens use wall units for the reduced depth, which is what I need, the sink unit which would be a standard depth.

Thanks

EssexExile

I just used ordinary base units from a local firm but I didn't need to do much modification.

Doozergirl

Yes you can.

Rather than use a full depth unit for the sink, you can have a semi-recessed basin. Otherwise it looks a lot like a kitchen unit.

If you have a back to wall toilet, use a slab style door, not one with mouldings. You will also have a gap behind the bottom of the pan where the plinth sots further back. You either engineer the plinth to sit flush with the doors or you buy a larder unit door to cut and take it down to the ground.

missile

Another option, might be to use tall kitchen wall units as base units in your bathroom?

scottishblondie

I've used IKEA wall units as floor standing storage in an ensuite bathroom, with a custom worktop to finish. They also do some nice bathroom units which I have in the main bathroom.

Saffagal

I've recently purchased a bathroom unit as you describe from Bathrooms.com and am very happy with the quality of it - the one I have purchased has a back to wall toilet and single cupboard with a depth of 255 and then a basin over a double unit with a depth of 355 (a continuous run).