In this do it yourself renovation post, we will cover how to remove a bathroom vanity sink. The following tools you will need are as follows:
- hammer
- slip joint pliers
- pry bar
- utility knife
- screw driver
Before you begin to remove your bathroom vanity, you need to ensure that the supply water to the sink is shut off. Under most sinks, there will be two shut off valves; one hot and one cold. Turn them to the off position and open your Vanity Faucets to make sure the water has stopped.
In the Vanity that is being illustrated, there are no shut off valves under the sink, so we needed to shut off the main water supply valve to the home, in order to stop the water flow. Once done, you can start the vanity removal.
The vanity removal will start with the disconnecting of the water supply lines and the drainage P-Trap; both under the sink. I recommend using a pair of Slip Joint Pliers for both of these procedures, as they can adjust for varying sizes.
Once these items are disconnected from the sink, you can go ahead and remove the counter top and sink from the vanity. In this case, the counter top and sink are molded into one unit, but in alot of cases they are separate. It depends on what your overall intentions are; whether you are just removing your sink for replacement or counter top.
If you are removing the entire unit, you should remove the top of the vanity, working your way down. Your counter top is likely glued or screwed to the rest of the vanity. If this is the case, you must unscrew or cut the adhesive that is keeping your counter top secured to the vanity base. Once this is done, you can now lift the counter top off the vanity base.
In this project, the water supply pipes broke off inside the wall from rusting. In most cases, you will still have the water supply pipes with valves, and drainage piping outside the wall…ready to use when you install the new vanity. The next step will be to remove the vanity from the wall. It should be secured to the wall with screws; in Canada, the screws will most likely be Robertson (square tip) or Philips (x shaped tip), and in the US, most likely Philips or Flat Tip.
Unless the vanity is secured by some other means, such as adhesive, you can simply remove the screws and pull the vanity from the wall.
Once the vanity is away from the wall, you can now do preparations for the installation of the new vanity. This will be covered in detail in a future post. Happy Renovations!
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