Does anyone here ever use kitchen cabs in a bathroom?
Pulled out an old moldy freestanding shower, will be using the tub for showers now, so we have extra room.
Our house is short on storage, and I found some decent inexpensive kitchen cabs (all wood kits with dovetail drawers) and thought about getting a couple of drawer bases and a sink base and cutting a couple of inches off the bottom.
A customer gave me a nice slab of granite left over from her kitchen remodel, and my husband hates both pedestal sinks and vessel sinks.
Is this standard practice?
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Standard practice or not... who cares? If they meet your needs and look good, go for it. I think that the main durability issue would be the sheet goods used. As long as they're not constructed of particle board, you should be fine. Just seal any exposed plywood edges before installation.
I see it a lot more, lately. Folks seem to like taller counters, and the extra couple of inches width is usually a bonus... unless it's into a doorway<G>http://www.tvwsolar.com
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With the slab on top they'll be about 34" (guess they call that "comfort height" now)There'd be 40" clear between the tub and cabs, so we could still hold a dance in there.Thanks!
Jen
The cases are ply and the doors/drawer fronts are Birch with a light semi-gloss finish.If they're made for a kitchen they should hold up to a little humidity.
I'll look for any bare ply that could be sealed.Besides, I put in a 110 CFM fan that might be overkill for a 64 sq ft bathroom. Thanks,
Jen
Jen: we also put a humongous fan in the bath. Wife went in there one night while wearing her Dolly Parton blonde wig. The fan sucked it right off her head & blew it out into the yard. A passing barn owl thought it was something to eat, caught it in mid air & took it up into a tree to eat. What a shock to that owl!Now, if you believe that story, I'll make you a great price on a bridge across the Chattahoochee River & you can make a fortune on the tolls! <G>DonDon Reinhard
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The instructions said not to use the fan to remove drywall dust etc from the air, didn't say anything about Dolly Parton wigs!
Your story reminds me a another...and this one is true.I was doing an internship at a nature center. One of the staff took a group out for a little nighttime animal calling, think he was using a wounded rabbit call. He was also wearing a coonskin hat.Out of nowhere, an owl swooped down and grabbed the hat. Staffer headed to the hospital for a bunch of stitches in his scalp.Todd
Jen: we put a standard kitchen base in our bath. Had a long corian top put on it w/ double basin. We love the extra height. Wife is but 5'3" & she likes it. Complains when we visit our kids & they have the standard bath height cabinets.
Betcha your kids have no trouble working w/ kitchen cabs in kitchen, do they?
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Nope...they're fine with the height (I'm a 5'3" little person, myself)
Now if I could just get them in there to help cook.Pedestal sinks look cool but don't seem functional when you need a place to set down make up, razors and such.I feel much better about this choice after everyone's input! Now if someone could just help me decide on what tile to use!I'll post pics when it's done
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>>Does anyone here ever use kitchen cabs in a bathroom?<<
Yes.
>>Is this standard practice?<<
Not certain I would call it "standard", but it is certainly commonly seen. Little taller.
"Stock" molded bath CT with integral sink could be a problem - but you are using granite = no problem!
Seal any bare wood before using in bath.
Jim
They're from China (that's a whole other story) and have a very light sealer. Don't have any idea what they used. I'll wait a few years to see how they hold up.The ply that they're made of is shop grade birch, though...so they're not going to melt.
I think they will work fine.
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I used the cheapest of the cheap when we built our house. Wanted the extra height for the vanities because I have a bad back. DIY unfinished kits. Particle board core w/ paper thin birch veneers. I didn't bother to seal the hidden areas at all -- didn't know that I should have. Two coats of whatever varnish I had at the time. Intended to replace them within a few years. That was 30 years ago & they're still fine.
Whatever works!Almost every improvement I make to this house is with the thought that someday we might be selling it. I put 3 different levels of lighting in each room, a dishwasher when I remodeled the kitchen (even tho I don't use it) People look at the kitchen and bathrooms first when they're buying, and want them to be pretty nice.Not going to put furniture grade cabs in the bath. ^*^Trying to avoid MDF or other manufactured products because of formaldehyde, but since these are from China, they may have used lead, arsenic or who knows what in the finish. Uh oh, now that's got me thinkin...
Jen,
Old standard was 30" H countertops in bathroom & 36" H in kitchens
New trend I've seen is 32"-34" in the bathrooms, but the cabinets are still only 21" deep.
I would be concerned about using 24" deep cabinets in a room that is only 64 ft. May not scale out & look right, Free is bad if it looks make shift, avoid that
As for height of counter tops in the bath, I think the norms are out the window as are many other old norms from years back.
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I was also concerned about the depth and thought I'd cut a couple of inches off of the back side. Need to put in new drawer slides tho.What the heck, it's only 3 more inches, and the vanity kits they had were particle board (I don't know how people could stand to open their cabinet doors and see that...guess the theory is they'd paint it...ewwww)I cut 1 1/2" off the bottom, leaves a 2 1/2" kick after tile, and a 34 inch finish height after granite.The width of the room from the back wall of the tub is 8'8", so (after remeasuring) there's 48" from the edge of the tub to the cabs. The space for the commode is 33" from the end cab to the wall.The run of the cabinets is one 30" sink and a couple of 18" drawer bases.I can put my paper towels and stuff in there too, because we're short on storage.Thank you for your reply...
Jen