Here we see the work site just prior to starting the job. It should only take a few hours. The pedestal sink, with no counter space whatsoever, had finally become annoying enough to warrant replacement. A vanity cabinet, top, faucet set, and plumbing materials were procured.
Removal of the original sink was easy. No problems so far, this job should be done in record time. After this, the wall behind the old sink was painted for a nice uniform color.
The original vanity cabinet was missing its door and drawer hardware, so it was successfully exchanged for an identical cabinet with hardware still present. Strangely, both cabinets came in torn up boxes, unlike all of the other models at the store which had pristine boxes.
Oops, the new vanity cabinet had a vertical beam blocking the cold water inlet valve. This could be a problem.
Ok, this was definitely a problem. The trap for the drain pipe needed to go below the bottom level of this cabinet. There's a drawer underneath the cabinet area (this was advertised as a feature - More Storage Space!), and any normal installation with a P-trap would require cutting a hole through the cabinet bottom so the trap would extend down into the drawer.
Well, that explains why all the boxes for this model of cabinet were in tatters. No doubt, they'd been bought and returned multiple times as people discovered this inconvenient little fact.
A third vanity cabinet with a more traditional design was obtained. This one didn't have the much hyped bottom drawer, but was otherwise very similar to the first two.
In order to screw the back of the cabinet into the wall, a section of baseboard had to be removed. Yay, another easy step!
Unlike the first two cabinets, this cabinet's vertical beam was too far to the left, obstructing the drain pipe where it enters the wall. We resigned ourselves to the fact that we'd have to cut it after buying a new jigsaw to do the job (yay, more trips to the store!). Not too shabby, huh?
With the cabinet finally in place, all that was left was figuring out the right combination of plumbing parts needed to route the new trap from the bottom of the sink to the wall outlet. Many parts were purchased and discovered to be incorrectly fitting. Many trips to the store were made. "Wait, you mean the black pipes (ABS) require a different cement from the white pipes (PVC)? And PVC requires primer? Back to the store!" Many receipts piled up for eventual returns.
After several days of this, a working configuration was finally discovered (yes! I beat the game! haha!). Now the vanity top was secured to the cabinet (already screwed into the wall), the faucet installed, and the trap assembled.
Finally, the big moment came. The valves were turned back on, and ...
they LEAKED! Wait, doesn't this sound familiar? Ah, yes. Plumbing is fun!
So the old valves were removed and new ones installed. Actually, the new ones are cool because they only require a quarter turn to turn on and off. Nice.
Finally, many days later, all done! I have to say I'm pretty happy with the end result, even it if took longer than it should have.
Lots of parts were eventually returned. But not the pug.
