boxed in pipes...

[ash_scotland88]

What have people done for this?

When we come to do the bathroom I want to swap WC and sink around, old brick walls makes it a costly option to change where they come in through the wall.

I hate the shin high boxed in look. There's loads of combined vanity units, but i think the majority on offer are naff looking.
It could be small height stud wall idea, but this may look odd to have sticking out in the middle of the wall. Although currently favouring this one but depends on how it is detailed how it may match in with the idea to tile up to a height etc.

[markc]

I recently had a similar problem. The vanity units looked cheap and hotel like.

I ended up building my own shaker style cistern box and sink unit.

[ash_scotland88]

I'm glad I'm not the only one. Any chance of a pic?

I was thinking possibly of designing/building our own. One thought was to find a sink unit we liked with minimal legs and then box along the back wall of the unit, so it looks standing from the front. WC and sink will probably be butted up against each other so may work?

[markc]

Took me a while to find a pic, I’m not one for taking photos of stuff

[markc]

The waste runs proud of the wall (stud wall in only 75mm deep) so I kept the cistern and sink units separate and connected with a small link box with glass to to match.

note the box and glass top are not fitted in this pic

Edited August 12, 2021 by markc

[ash_scotland88]

cheers, looks smart.
I do wonder the construction method of the bathroom at that point, if its maybe a bit of a stud wall and pipes could be routed through the wall, but thats me just thinking out loud.

[PeterW]

Tend to use Utopia as they don’t look cheap and are very well made. 

[ash_scotland88]

1 hour ago, PeterW said:

Tend to use Utopia as they don’t look cheap and are very well made. 

Looks good, I'd probably get moaned at for proposing something with their price points.