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Vanity top installation against a wall

8 years ago

I have a 30 inch vanity unit where the base is in great condition, but the top needs to be replaced. The unit sits in a corner with the left side abutting a wall- see pic.



I saw a top that fits my color scheme https://www.homedepot.com/p/Home-Decorators-Collection-31-in-W-x-22-in-D-Engineered-Quartz-Vanity-Top-in-Sterling-Grey-with-White-Single-Trough-Basin-32112/300265768. How could an off-the-shelf vanity top like this be installed to cater for the left side not overhanging as it would in a freestanding unit (I was planning to tile rather than use the supplied backsplash)? Can this work? Note that I have NO intention of attempting any work on this myself and have a small budget for this change, I just want to be better informed before looking at options. Thanks in advance

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  • PRO
    8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Is it the same size as your top now? If so remove the top you have and replace it with that one and please do not do tile on the left hand side If it is bigger than your vanity then you have a problem since the top will not be centered on the cabinet so the sink won’t be either honestly I woud just get a new vanity with top.

  • 8 years ago

    Thanks Patricia and Beth. So given that the top is 1inch wider than the base, does that mean the left side of the top would either need to be trimmed somehow to be flush with the wall (which I can completely see would be more hassle than it's worth), or fitted ~0.5 inches into the wall space itself? Or would it placed slightly off center with all the overhang on the right? That's where I'm not clear.

    I'm happy to consider other options but for right now I'm curious as to how this situation would be approached (if done at all).

    Thanks

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    yes, if it's 1" all the way around, it will have to be trimmed on that left side to fit flush. you might see if you can find a left flush fit top. sometimes they make them to be fit against a left wall or a right wall.

    If you have to buy this one and have it cut, you might as well just do what I suggested and go pick out a remnant. to have someone cut that gray piece will end up costing you the price of a new vanity.

    For another 200, you could actually buy a complete new vanity that will fit against the left side. You don't want to do that?

    look at this one. you could install this and just put it against the wall.

    or one like this is cut flush on the top (comes in a 31") they have other 30" ones too.

    [https://www.houzz.com/products/sorrel-gray-bathroom-vanity-39-prvw-vr~112141462[(https://www.houzz.com/products/sorrel-gray-bathroom-vanity-39-prvw-vr~112141462)

    have you checked craigslist? people sell entire vanities on there all the time. some great prices too

  • 8 years ago

    OK thanks, that makes sense. I have never seen any mention of tops made specifically to fit flush against a wall, hence my question. So yes it sounds as though finding a remnant is the way to go. I've looked at complete new units but haven't seen anything within a reasonable price range that isn't flimsy, and what I have currently really is pretty sturdy. I'd also have to cost in having it installed which again is part of the equation. I had assumed just buying a new top would be easy until I realized the issue of the side wall.

    SO, as a follow on question- when installing a newly cut top from a remnant, would this likely involve replacing the sink too? That's in good condition and not integrated within the top itself, but I imagine separating the two is more hassle than just fitting a new sink? Thanks



  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    first off, if you like the gray one, contact HD or the company and see if they make them in a left-fit format.

    for a remnant,,,,you can check on craigslist for people trying to unload leftover pieces. you have a small size so finding one to fit shouldn't be hard. I actually sold off my remnants for $40. Or,go to a fabricators warehouse or stoneyard and see if there are any 3' pieces in the garbage. because 30" is so small, they often just toss those size pieces in the trash. you need at least a 32"x 23" to work with. final size will be 31x22,,give or take. always go with cash, smile and flirt. (look, men are men,,lol) tell them you need a throw-away piece for your sink top. they should come out to your house and cut it right there for you. have the sink on hand you want to use.

    you should be able to have yours custom done for 200 or so. Where do you live? (near what big city?)

  • 8 years ago

    Great thanks Beth, that's very helpful. I could try your suggestion for getting a good price but would be concerned they actually might charge me more! Much appreciated.


  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Beth H : “wear a tight top, smile and flirt” .... that is really stupid.

  • 8 years ago
    Well I guess all the women I have known in my life have had enough self respect and confidence that they don’t need to “wear a tight top, smile and flirt” with men they have no interest in just to save a few bucks.
    My comment was directed at how stupid the “advice” was from a “pro” on a design site.
  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    I just helped my son renovate his bathroom and he bought this same vanity top with an additional back splash for the left side . Home Depot sells that too The new base cabinet was 30" and it worked fine. It takes a wide spread faucet

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    I forgot to mention it's the same exact set up as your bathroom even the spacing to the toilet.

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Beth H : I could be wrong but I think the OP is a man.

    Also something to think about. Do you really think these salesman are stupid. If they’ve been in business long enough they see the “tight top” woman coming a mile away. So they jack the price up higher and then let her put on her flirt show, give her a “deal” where she probably paid more. She leaves, they laugh and maybe make some crude remarks.
    The next woman who comes in smiling and genuinely friendly will maybe get a real discount because she’s nice.
    The next woman who comes in is demanding, unsmiling, maybe even rude well she’s going to pay a higher price too because she’s unlikeable.
    So you might want to rethink that “stupid” thing.
    As for the police...well maybe you’ve watched that on tv or in movies. In this day and age there is bare skin everywhere. So do you really think undoing a button or pulling up a skirt is anything. lol

  • PRO
    8 years ago

    Make sure the top you buy will fit on the existing cabinets. Had a customer that didn't need a GC find this out the hard way.,

  • 8 years ago
    lol...Beth H....seriously...dude! dude!....who uses that word....hahahahahahaha....we can’t stop laughing...talk about clueless....you are on the internet....omg maybe I’m not a man....hahahahahaha....seems like you’re the one with the stick when you are incapable of an adult response...good for a laugh though....
  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    hey fuzzy,,,My response to you, written like I did, was the fact that you took all what I said to heart. Did you read all the 'real advice' I gave OP prior to that comment? I've been commenting on here for years. when have you ever read anything else like that from me?

    sense of humor. get one. I'm used to dealing w/humans that know how to kid around.

    Clueless is you writing 3 paragraphs to denounce what I told OP and read me the riot act ! I'm laughing just as hard at how much you ran w/this one. thanks! BTW, If you actually had a problem w/my comment, then flag it and report it. You chastising me like a bad child paints you as pathetic and insecure. You've had no activity in 3 months, but choose to read what I wrote here (and you must have read carefully) just so you can say something negative? You've done this at least 6 other times in the past year just to me. never offering advice to the OP, just going off at me. Why are you so infatuated with me? you have nothing else better to do, apparently.

  • 8 years ago
    Omg...Beth H...stalking...I commented on your remark about the “tight shirt” because it just seemed so ridiculous. I commented again after you made a big reply back trying to tell me about female flirting. So now because I made a response to that I’m the bad person here.
    So that’s why I don’t believe your remark was tongue in cheek. If you were just joking you could have easily said so. You have edited the “tight shirt” out. You have deleted one nasty response to write another.
    You’re checking out my activity on this site. That’s weird.
    Anyway unlike you I am not commenting on here 24/7. I actually have a life.
    Enough said.
  • PRO
    8 years ago

    I think you can find a remnant at any granite or quartz slab yard. There are often single slab deals and remnants from these. It should turn out pretty cheap and fabricators there would cut the remnant for free I'm sure.

  • 8 years ago
    Beth H....what does it say about you ?....when you have again edited and deleted more of your original comment. When you have edited another comment you made to add in a whole sentence to now say that you were semi joking.
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