Medicine Cabinet Installation
Perhaps this seems like a rather simple question, but I always find some of the responses to these types of questions fascinating. Whether it’s an unusual tool to measure casing, a different way to cope crown, or a debate about the best way to cut a scribed cabinet, I always seem to get something out of it.<!—-><!—-> <!—->
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I haven’t been posting for a little while, but as some of you already know, I’ve been working on lists of tools for particular jobs so that I don’t forget anything. So, here I go again:<!—-><!—->
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I’m going to lump hand and power tools together in this one. What are all of the tools you bring with you to install a simple bathroom medicine/wall cabinet? <!—-><!—->
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Something like the old Boy Scout smoke shifter, only for pipes, to move the vent pipe out of the way.
Some Mighty Putty! Just stick the thing to the wall. It'l work 'cause the Mighty Putty is rated for 300 pounds. ";^)
Ok, and maybe a level.
Webby
Edited 8/13/2009 6:29 pm ET by webby
The old skilled carpenters from way back when could just eyeball it level.
be on the level
They got away with that because of the 20-degree slope of the floor.
As I stood before the gates I realized that I never want to be as certain about anything as were the people who built this place. --Rabbi Sheila Peltz, on her visit to Auschwitz
OK, first I need to know if its a recessed or surface mounted cabinet.
New work, or replacing an existing cabinet.
Fpor a surface mounted cabinet, all I'd need is an impact driver and a level and some screws. Unless its got a light built in. Then I'd need some electrical tools.
For installing a new recessed cabinet in an existing wall, I'd need just about every tool in my van. Circ saw, MM, recip saw, drywall saw...
And probably a few I'd forget to bring.
Yep, and a lot has to do with what the wall surface is, and whether there's been a cabinet before.As I pointed out, very often there is a vent pipe in the wall directly above the lav -- right where you want to put the cabinet. Sometimes you can push it back in the wall a bit (especially if it's a 6" soil wall), sometimes you can cut he pipe and reroute it around the cabinet (but you'll have a lot of wall repair to do), sometimes you just have to space out the cabinet somehow due to the reduced depth.
As I stood before the gates I realized that I never want to be as certain about anything as were the people who built this place. --Rabbi Sheila Peltz, on her visit to Auschwitz
It seems like the simple questions can get complicated pretty quickly in remodeling. LOL
I'd bring them all, just in case.
Actually, a better idea is to remove the wall and take it to your shop.
As I stood before the gates I realized that I never want to be as certain about anything as were the people who built this place. --Rabbi Sheila Peltz, on her visit to Auschwitz