This Is How The Bathroom Vanity Plumbing Turned Out (The Best $125 I’ve Spent!)

The lavatory vainness plumbing state of affairs has been resolved, and it’s the very best $125 I’ve spent in a really very long time! When the plumber initially put in the rough-in plumbing beneath the vainness, that was again after I was nonetheless planning on having common enclose vanities, so not one of the plumbing was going to point out.

Then alongside the best way, I modified the design and constructed the table-style vanities for the toilet, which meant that the plumbing beneath the vanities could be seen. I attempted to make it work, however it was simply an enormous mess…

And sure, all of this might be seen from nearly each course within the rest room. I attempted to persuade myself that it wasn’t that huge of a deal. I may paint it. It will be positive.

But it surely wasn’t positive. It was discouraging to place a lot work into a rest room, after which have one thing like this gnawing at my thoughts each time I walked into the toilet (or actually, each time I simply thought concerning the rest room).

So I lastly known as the plumber and requested him how a lot he’d cost to maneuver these valves up and out of sight.

$125. 100 twenty 5 {dollars}. That appeared like a very low worth to pay for fixing this problem that was bothering me a lot.

When he received right here, I had already eliminated the bottom cap trim and drywall from that panel. He prolonged the PEX and the valves, after which I did the restore on the wall. I ended up chopping a panel out of 1/2-inch plywood as an alternative of utilizing drywall. This fashion, if I ever must get to the plumbing behind the wall, I can simply take away the panel, entry the plumbing, after which reuse the panel. It will likely be quite a bit simpler than having to switch drywall once more.

It’s not fairly carried out. I nonetheless must do some caulking, priming, and portray, however right here’s how the plumbing appears now.

I do have a plate that may go on the wall across the drain pipe (it’s hinged, so I don’t must undo any plumbing to place the plate on), however I gained’t put that on till the wall has been painted. However even with it unfinished, you’ll be able to see how a lot cleaner all the things appears beneath there!

I may have put the valves a bit of greater, however these tubes which can be completely related to the tap are fairly inflexible, and the shorter they get, the extra inflexible they get. I used to be afraid to go any shorter than this…

And that attention-grabbing connection the place the tubes from the tap handles hook up with the tube from the tap spout was once fairly a bit decrease and really seen…

I eliminated that connection and minimize these tubes about 4 inches shorter, after which reconnected it.

And as you’ll be able to inform, I made a decision to go forward and spray paint these issues white. After I sprayed them with white primer, I made a decision to offer the drain pipe a fast touchup, so I received some gold overspray on to the white elements, however I’ll return and respray the white, after which they’ll disappear towards the white wall.

I’m so extremely happy with how this turned out (or reasonably, the way it will prove when it’s completed). These valves at the moment are hidden from just about each angle within the room. That is what it appears like after I stand even with the aspect of the tub. No seen valves!

Now after I sit on the bathroom 😀 and look across the nook, I can see the valves barely peeking out. However as soon as they’re painted white, and sitting towards a white wall, that’s not going to hassle me within the least.

So the lesson right here is that generally it’s simply higher to name within the execs to repair one thing that’s reeeaaaaalllly bothering you, and it could shock you the way inexpensive is. It could prevent a number of fear, frustration, misplaced sleep, and many others. That’s positively a lesson that I must remind myself of sooner or later.

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