We are renovating our laundry room. We have a single plastic sink that my wife wants to hang from the wall rather than use the base that comes with the sink. Are there any kits available that would allow us to use the existing drain setup?
You're going to re-use the old plastic sink?? How will you safely hang it from a wall?? If the same sink is going in, why is there any need to change the drain??
Not being smart, it just sounds like some info is missing.
Jim
I don't know about the drain, but re-think your elimination of the base. How large a sink? Water weighs 8.3 pounds a gallon. You can easily put 80 to
100 pounds of water in a laundry sink along with whatever you want to soak. Add to that, the weight of your kids or yourself leading on it while scrubbing the grill grates.If you are putting in a small washing sink made for wall mounting, that is OK.
Your wife is wrong. You should tell her.
Seriously though, using a bracket or some other method means *not* supporting the sink in the manner the manufacturer intended, which is from *below* using the base. Any method other than using the base, I'd guess will result in a large puddle.
The wife does not want to have the legs as the floor is difficult to clearn around them. It's not my idea, lol.
I'll try, thanks.
They won't be in the way when the sink pulls out and dumps on the floor and breaks a joint in the feed tubing making a flood. Your job is to point out the problem and she will just have to live with it.
How about buying a ready to assemble base cabinet from Home Depot and dropping the sink into it, leaving off the original base (plastic legs ?) In normal circumstances, you should be able to put the cabinet right where the sink was and use the existing plumbing. This finishes off the sink nicer as they aren't too "pretty" on the outside.
Have you thought about the total weight of the sink when it is filled? You may be able to use the existing drain, provided it is not damaged.
You could build a cabinet with a toe-kick. That way the plumbing is hidden and there is additional storage/counter space.
They make wall hung molded laundry tubs with no need for legs.
An example is
Ultraglide wrote:
I have this done in my basement. I welded up a couple triangular brackets and bolted them into the studs. The sink sits right on top of the brackets. Think of them as shelving brackets and the sink the shelf. I then wrapped a piece of aluminum strap around the sink and screwed that into the studs to keep the sink against the wall. The strap is coated with white so it does not look bad. It has been there for about 8 years now and believe me it gets used and support the weight of a 10 year old boy who has been caught standing in it to reach the shelves above.
Phisherman wrote:
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