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Pedestal sink installation -- cannot install wood plank? gc 05-20-2008
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Posted by gc on May 20, 2008, 7:57 pm
I am trying to install a pedestal sink. I cut out a piece of drywall from
the area that I need to install a 2x4 wood plank to anchor the sink. However
after cutting out a small piece of drywall, I found that there was a PVC
pipe that runs between the studs!! So, right now there is no room to fit a
2x4 piece of wood in between the studs. Is there another method to
install/anchor the pedestal sink without calling the plumber? Thanks!



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Posted by Rich on May 20, 2008, 8:07 pm

>I am trying to install a pedestal sink. I cut out a piece of drywall from
>the area that I need to install a 2x4 wood plank to anchor the sink.
>However after cutting out a small piece of drywall, I found that there was
>a PVC pipe that runs between the studs!! So, right now there is no room to
>fit a 2x4 piece of wood in between the studs. Is there another method to
>install/anchor the pedestal sink without calling the plumber? Thanks!
>

Well you didn't need to cut out the drywall at all. Use mollies to hold the
sink to the wall and use the pedestal to hold the weight.

Rich



Posted by gc on May 20, 2008, 8:13 pm
Thanks for the reply.

The instructions state that there needs to be something there. I've read a
lot of conflicting posts about how much weight the pedestal actually holds
vs. how much the wall actually holds. This does worry me so I'm trying to
stay with installing the wood plank. However, if there are no answers, i
might just try this approach.

>
>>I am trying to install a pedestal sink. I cut out a piece of drywall from
>>the area that I need to install a 2x4 wood plank to anchor the sink.
>>However after cutting out a small piece of drywall, I found that there was
>>a PVC pipe that runs between the studs!! So, right now there is no room to
>>fit a 2x4 piece of wood in between the studs. Is there another method to
>>install/anchor the pedestal sink without calling the plumber? Thanks!
>>
>
> Well you didn't need to cut out the drywall at all. Use mollies to hold
> the sink to the wall and use the pedestal to hold the weight.
>
> Rich
>



Posted by David Nebenzahl on May 20, 2008, 9:30 pm
On 5/20/2008 5:13 PM gc spake thus:

> The instructions state that there needs to be something there. I've read a
> lot of conflicting posts about how much weight the pedestal actually holds
> vs. how much the wall actually holds. This does worry me so I'm trying to
> stay with installing the wood plank. However, if there are no answers, i
> might just try this approach.

Well, the obvious answer is the correct one here: the pedestal holds
*all* of the sink's weight. Connecting it to the wall is just to keep it
from moving around (in the x-y direction, not the z-axis).

When I installed a pedestal sink for my friends, I ended up simply
gluing (caulking) it to their tile wall. Works fine, even with a small
kid in the family.


--
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute
conversation with the average voter.

- Attributed to Winston Churchill

Posted by gc on May 20, 2008, 8:14 pm
to be more specific, the wall I want to attach the pedestal sink to is
shared between two rooms. So, the pipe that I'm referring to has drywall on
two sides of it. The diameter of the PVC pipe is close to the distance
between the two drywalls (difference is less than 2"), so I don't know if
there
is any space to install the 2x4 plank.

If anyone has any ideas, let me know. Thanks!

>I am trying to install a pedestal sink. I cut out a piece of drywall from
>the area that I need to install a 2x4 wood plank to anchor the sink.
>However after cutting out a small piece of drywall, I found that there was
>a PVC pipe that runs between the studs!! So, right now there is no room to
>fit a 2x4 piece of wood in between the studs. Is there another method to
>install/anchor the pedestal sink without calling the plumber? Thanks!
>



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