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    Home » Articles » DIY

    Bath Vanity Falling Off Wall : Stuff I See While Working

    by Eric · This post may contain affiliate links, its one way we pay the bills. · 3 Comments

    This post may contain affiliate links, it helps us pay the bills, more info here.

    I've been in a lot of houses and apartments that have been renovated or are new construction, and I'm never surprised by what I see. Take this expensive bathroom vanity as an example:

    right side is a bit off here...

    Here the bath vanity is falling off the wall, not a good thing. Especially for a brand new renovation.

    Vanity counter separating from wall

    Crawling underneath the vanity and searching around, I found that the whole vanity, with this heavy counter top, had been installed with 4 drywall screws. And two of screws did not hit a stud.

    On the right side of the vanity the drywall screws had sheared. wow.

    Before starting to fix this, I explained to the homeowner that it was possible the vanity top would crack when we raised it back into place. Always warn people.

    I got the car jack from our car and with some scrap lumber, raised the vanity a bit higher than its original location. I did this because I knew the vanity would probably drop just a bit when screwing it back in to the wall.

    I then got my hammer drill out - the right wall is the common wall between 2 brownstones, hence its a double brick wall- and drilled a ⅜" hole thru the tile deep into the brick.

    concrete sleeved anchors are bulletproof

    I drove in a sleeved anchor, and tightened the vanity to the wall. If you have to hammer in a sleeved anchor, put the nut on the anchor before hitting it with hammer to save the threads. These anchors hold a lot of weight and are easy to put in, the hardest part is drilling the hole. I use them to hang TVs on brick and cement walls.

    What surprises have you found when doing repairs? Tell us below

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    1. Stuccolow

      March 10, 2011 at 9:06 pm

      Demo starts Saturday! I'll report back what they find.

    2. Kenan

      November 15, 2011 at 3:25 pm

      The tile guy should be incarcerated. What mess.

    3. Eric Gunnar Rochow

      November 16, 2011 at 9:08 am

      its wild some of the stuff we see while working. thx, eri c

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