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Seeing as the price of a vanity unit exceeds the price of a WC, basin and tap combined (even when imported), we are thinking of fitting shelves (aka 'consoles' aka 'bathroom worktops') instead, and either insetting basins or installing 'wash bowls' as they are known.`

 

After further research, it seems that you cannot install just any laminate in a bathroom as a worksurface - laminates have to be specially manufactured for bathrooms.

 

So my question is, (I think), what worktop material can I use in a bathroom?  

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Laminate is hardly a product designed to last forever. I think we all know we're changing it every 10 years. 

 

Buy it the kitchen variety, save the money and stress then do it all again in 10 years. The style will be out of date by then at the least!

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My dad once made a bathroom moulded as a single piece of fibreglass, inclduing everything except for (I think) the WC.

 

It didn't catch-on.

 

You could go for one of the kitchen alternatives such as Corian or similar, or granite. Or marble (find an old shop-counter)?

 

OT: On vanity units, Ikea do some very nice inexpensive vanity unit/whb combos for a couple of hundred or less.

 

Ferdinand

 

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IIRC the only difference with bathroom grade laminate is the cores resistance to moisture. However, using a standard laminate is perfectly fine. Just ensure every cut edge and the back is fully sealed before fitting so that if there is ever any water ingress it can't soak and expand the core. You can seal it with PVA, yacht varnish or a water seal product (like Thomsons).

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