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Monday, Apr 18, 2022

Master bath vanity demo

Rip out the 1980s vanity as part of an entire master bathroom remodel. pdf version
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My house has ugly bathroom vanities that I think must have even been ugly back in 1988 when they built the house. The doors have spring-loaded hinges that slam shut. The drawers have no handles, so they get dirty. The cabinet is chipboard and laminate, really shabby looking. I do love that the sink and counter-top are integrated. It makes it easy to clean. Another great feature is that the back-splash is also integrated, there is no joint, just a nice radius, so that is easy to clean as well. I thought about putting new doors and handles and hinges on this cabinet, and I just can't have a pink countertop and ride a Harley, so that would have to go as well. All in all, the thing has to go. It took a couple hours to rip it apart. Pro-tip, no need to carbide-cut the top, just whack it with a hammer and it breaks.
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Be sure to hammer flat any nails or staples. You will be the person stuck by them.
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A drill to remove the doors and a hammer to break apart the drawers.
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Stacked and ready for the dump.
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I saved the towel holder, and the plate for the high-flow shower valve. I is worth money.
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Sure I wear safety glasses, but also hearing muff so the pounding doesn't give tinnitus.
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Be sure to turn off the water.
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The inside the drains were pretty grody. There were 20 Q-tips in one trap.
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A Crescent wrench gets the water lines loose.
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Channellock pliers get the big nuts off the drain popes. These only need to be hand-tightened if installed properly..
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I popped the water pipes loose, and removed the drain. Pipes will come up with faucet.
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The faucets are held with big washers and a nut.
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Nut-drivers worked perfectly to get them out.
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Here is the faucet, yes I am saving it, since it is an old high-flow type. I plan to run some tests.
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I see pictures of the flow coming out of the modern government mandated 1.2 gal/minute faucets and I could spit more flow. There are 2.2 gal.min faucets available, but you have to seek them out, So I will hook these up to a supply as well as the new 2.2 GPM faucets to see how the flow rates compare.
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Moen sells a utility sink faucet I have, that flows like Niagara Falls. It is the 8277 commercial M-DURA 4-Inch centerset utility faucet model. Too bad it won't fit the 8-inch centers on my new vanity.
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Remember to disconnect the drain rod before trying to pull the faucet out.
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The old Delta faucet does not have fittings. It has 8" copper pigtails you solder to.
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After buzzing my Philips drill, I realized the vanity was held in with square-head screws..
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The installed drilled at an angle so I needed a universal to get the proper angle on the screw.
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You know how you hate laying on this sharp edge as you work under sink?
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Imagaince the joy of knocking them off with a hammer. Ahhhh, comfort.
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I should have busted this middle piece out.
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You can see the screws that are at an angle, put in before the top was on. I should have broken the top out and then gotten to the screws. It was easy-- a few hammer whacks broke it up.
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One screw needed an ignition wrench setup.
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I got wise and busted out the uprights.
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To take down the huge mirror, I have to remove the medicine cabinet. It will be replaced by two cabinet mirrors over the sinks.
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It's on an exterior wall-- they hacked the cinder blocks to get the medicine cabinet to fit. Hacks.
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I gently pry on the mirror.
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It came off the wall in one piece. I wore gloves, safety glasses, and a full face mask.
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The pile for the scrapyard is getting bigger. That bottom monolith was next to the toilet.
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It was well-made and only mounted the toilet paper roller. It gets re purposed in the studio.
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It's always a good time to clean up, especially before dragging that heavy mirror. A broom was the first tool by dad taught me to use.
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It was too heavy to lift, so I flopped it down onto a quilt that I could slide around easily.
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Some kind of spot-tar in old old wallpaper.
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The metal trim on the bottom fell off.
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I dragged the mirror into the bedroom, not sure if I will keep it or not.
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I got out the diamond cut-off wheel to cut up the faux- stone top. I think is is cement.
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Safety glasses, earmuffs, and a respirator, with some water to try and keep the dust down.
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A hammer broke the counter-top in half with one whack. The grinding a slot was a waste.
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Breaking it into three sections was perfect, now staged in the garage for a dump run tomorrow.
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Progress is good, and I can tear out the cabinet and break it up to pieces.
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The cold water pipe is a little sketchy.
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The vanity would not move on one side. This baseboard was keeping it from moving.
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Duh, the pipes constrain the vanity. I just busted out the back panel and pulled the frame out.
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A nitrile glove seals off the sewer line.
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With the frame broken up, the thin paperboard back was all that remained.
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The vanity takes up very little space when broken into pieces.
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A box-cutter scored the back enough to rip it off the pipes.
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The original painted drywall shines through.
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The sinks and panels fit in the back of my Buick. The pallets are what the new 96-inch vanity came on.
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The countertop had integral sinks, nice.
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The passenger seat gets a bag full of Styrofoam from the new vanity.
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The wood strip had a factory edge and a cut edge. I marked it so I would use the right edge.
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The small pieces fit into the garbage.
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The new vanity cost 2600 bucks on an Overstock.com promo. It is staged in the master bedroom, ready to go. Search Milano 96-inch.
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