DIYbanter - View Single Post

Yuk (Mark Webb) wrote in message . uk...
I have two pedestal style bathroom wash basins in my house (i.e. both bowl
and pedestal made of pot). On one, the pedestal and bowl are in contact,
but the pedestal isn't taking any of the load. On the other one the bowl
and pedestal aren't touching at all. On both of them the pedestal can be
freely moved. Are they correctly installed and should I worry please? We
hand a similar one in our old house and bowl and pedestal seemed to be
solid as a rock.

Mark W.

I've just installed a fairly std size (B&Q) wash basin in our
bathroom. The basin came with some chunky size bolts (3.5"/~6cm long)
with large steel washers. Although the bolts were substantial they
were not sufficient to free stand the basin (Nor were they meant to
BTW) So after gently easing the basin up and my mate sliding the
pedestal in, tightening the bolts up further it's standing solid as a
rock. IMHO basin bolts are taking ~60% of the weight and the pedestal
the other 40%. A couple of thoughts on points others have made ...

Someone said ...
"What's more, the pedestal doesn't go all the way to the wall, the
pipework
can be seen very easily from the sides."
- IMHO, on a plan view the pedestal is a 'U' shape so all pipe work
and waste _should_ easily fit inside this for a tidy finish. Top of
pipework to the taps is then connected with flexible braided
connectors.

"If it is two large bolts, or a pair of brackets, the the pedestal is
decorative."
- I don't believe it that "cut 'n' dry", maybe the pedestal is
slightly less structural.

Anyway HTH - Oliver