Removed sheet vinyl floor covering and 1/4″ masonite that was applied over original oak flooring in an old powder room. Everythign went well, but now the pedestal for the sink is too short by 1/4″. There’s no adjustment in the wall clips holding the sink, and I don’t really want to move the bolts down 1/4″. So I’m thinking some kind of shim.
The sink & ped is plain white china, and the floor is stained oak. I can put a shim either under the ped or under the bowl, as long as it looks good when it’s done. Any ideas?
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Under the basin. People just don't look under there.
White or clear plastic shims under the basin and caulk..
or
drill new holes in the wall bracket.............
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I have both Kohler and Amer Std ped sinks in my home and I believe the cast iron bracket for hanging the sink was vertically adjustable. Maybe you can buy a replacement bracket from either of them.
OR get a metal shop to bend you a "angle iron" at the typical sink bracket angle (30 degrees?)
Eric S.
Silver Spring, MD
The way the bracket was installed, it's at the limit of adjustment already. I hesitate to caulk cuz when the plumber removed the upstairs pedestal (different room) he complained loudly about why someone had caulked the basin to the ped. Second thought, maybe it's payback time for the plumber...
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it. T. Roosevelt
I like the idea of shims between the bowl and the pedestal; like others say, no one looks there, while everone seems to look at the floor. (Although in my college days, I did spend some time lying on the bathroom floor......)
A hard plastic shim material would do the job well, if you're artistic about the fitting of it.
Plumbers would whine if you hung 'em with a new rope...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Another option is to place a few pieces of tile under the bottom of the pedestal. The right choice of a decorative tile could make it look intentional.
Build a 1/4 in thick platform onder the pedestal. You could use something nice, like a big marble or granite tile, with a border around it.
I had thought about that. I'm thinking maybe a white plastic cutting board from Walmart, something that would be reasonably easy to cut and sand smooth, but stiff enough to provide support.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it. T. Roosevelt
Try 1/4" white acrylic sheet. They come in differnet thickness.
"I had thought about that. I'm thinking maybe a white plastic cutting board from Walmart, something that would be reasonably easy to cut and sand smooth, but stiff enough to provide support."
You could rout the edge for a decorative look. It's not a mistake, it's a feature!
Un bolt the bracket and elongate the holes then put some warshers on the bolts.
Mr T
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