North Leeds Plumbing & Heating – Home Improvement and DIY Advice

Whether you’re modifying existing plumbing or running pipework to a new location, fitting a bathroom sink in a bathroom is likely to present few difficulties provided that you give some thought to how you will run the waste to the vertical stack.

When choosing a bathroom sink you will have the choice of wall-hung or a pedestal bathroom sink. They are invariably made from vitreous china, but bathroom sinks that are supported all round by a counter top are also available in pressed steel and plastic.

Be sure to select your basin taps at the time of choosing your bathroom sink, in order to ensure the bathroom sink of your choice has holes at the required spacing in order to receive the basin taps – or no holes at all if the basin taps are to be wall mounted.

When it comes to the pedestal bathroom sink, the hollow pedestal provides support for the basin and also conceals the unsightly supply and waste pipes. The bathroom sink is secured to the wall with screws, but the pedestal supports much of the weight.

With the wall-hung bathroom sink, the older wall-hung basins are supported on large, screw-fixed brackets, but a modern concealed mounting is just as strong provided the wall fixings are secure. Be sure to check that you can screw into the studs of a timber-frame wall or take off the plaster and install a mounting board. If you want to hide the pipes of the wall-hung bathroom sink, consider some form of panelling.