I bought a used bathroom sink at a local recycling place to replace a
wall-mounted sink that's chipped and ugly. The replacement sink is
several decades old and has a standard 4" centers integrated hot/cold
two handled faucet arrangement, which I'll probably replace with
something new. This has a rubber plug on a chain, and maybe my faucet
replacement will include an integrated stopper.

Well, it was pointed out to me yesterday that maybe this sink was
designed to not only have wall support from the obvious ceramic flange
supports, but is also supposed to have a couple of legs. It has a couple
of ~1" holes under the front, and I guess those might be for supports,
unless they are for drainage (!) or ventilation.

The current sink has no legs and is obviously supported by a bracket
imbedded in the wall. How can I find out if this is supposed to have
legs? If it does need legs, where can I get them? I found no help for
this at American Standard's website.

On the bottom of the sink are an American Standard sticker and the
following stamped figures:


P53


F 369 20 33


Thanks for any help.

Dan

Dan_Musicant wrote:
I bought a used bathroom sink at a local recycling place to replace a
wall-mounted sink that's chipped and ugly. The replacement sink is
several decades old and has a standard 4" centers integrated hot/cold
two handled faucet arrangement, which I'll probably replace with
something new. This has a rubber plug on a chain, and maybe my faucet
replacement will include an integrated stopper.

Well, it was pointed out to me yesterday that maybe this sink was
designed to not only have wall support from the obvious ceramic flange
supports, but is also supposed to have a couple of legs. It has a couple
of ~1" holes under the front, and I guess those might be for supports,
unless they are for drainage (!) or ventilation.


Basin/Lavatory legs. Common hdwr item:
http://www.plumbingstore.com/common.html
Scroll down to pic.

Jim

I had 2 of those style sinks, which I replaced a few years ago.

I never even new they had an optional leg assembly. I saw one day them at a
friend's parents house, which I went over to replace a old broken trap. I
was kind of surprised, and I checked my sinks (before I had replaced them),
and low and behold, they also had holes for these types of legs...
I checked the local larger renovation store (similar to HD), and they had
the same sink on display, and they had it with the legs also.
When I asked the guy, he told me that the legs were an optional addon, and
were only needed if you could not get enough support from the bracket in the
wall.. ie: if you had to place the rear support bracket somewhere where you
would not be able to bolt into a really solid frame. They would add
addtional support. Also he told me that many of the senior customers would
opt for them, since they frequently use the front of the sink to support
themselves, and sometimes it is too much stress for just the rear bracket.

Under normal everyday use, you should not really need the additional leg
supports. I know for the 3 years I had them in my house (and the 20 years
the previous owner had them) , we did not need them.

Hope this helps.
-Tony



"Dan_Musicant" wrote in message
...
I bought a used bathroom sink at a local recycling place to replace a
wall-mounted sink that's chipped and ugly. The replacement sink is
several decades old and has a standard 4" centers integrated hot/cold
two handled faucet arrangement, which I'll probably replace with
something new. This has a rubber plug on a chain, and maybe my faucet
replacement will include an integrated stopper.

Well, it was pointed out to me yesterday that maybe this sink was
designed to not only have wall support from the obvious ceramic flange
supports, but is also supposed to have a couple of legs. It has a couple
of ~1" holes under the front, and I guess those might be for supports,
unless they are for drainage (!) or ventilation.

The current sink has no legs and is obviously supported by a bracket
imbedded in the wall. How can I find out if this is supposed to have
legs? If it does need legs, where can I get them? I found no help for
this at American Standard's website.

On the bottom of the sink are an American Standard sticker and the
following stamped figures:


P53


F 369 20 33


Thanks for any help.

Dan

On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 15:01:38 -0400, "The_Emporium"
wrote:

:
:I had 2 of those style sinks, which I replaced a few years ago.
:
:I never even new they had an optional leg assembly. I saw one day them at a
:friend's parents house, which I went over to replace a old broken trap. I
:was kind of surprised, and I checked my sinks (before I had replaced them),
:and low and behold, they also had holes for these types of legs...
:I checked the local larger renovation store (similar to HD), and they had
:the same sink on display, and they had it with the legs also.
:When I asked the guy, he told me that the legs were an optional addon, and
:were only needed if you could not get enough support from the bracket in the
:wall.. ie: if you had to place the rear support bracket somewhere where you
:would not be able to bolt into a really solid frame. They would add
:addtional support. Also he told me that many of the senior customers would
pt for them, since they frequently use the front of the sink to support
:themselves, and sometimes it is too much stress for just the rear bracket.
:
:Under normal everyday use, you should not really need the additional leg
:supports. I know for the 3 years I had them in my house (and the 20 years
:the previous owner had them) , we did not need them.
:
:Hope this helps.
:-Tony

Yes, that helps, and thanks to Speedy Jim for the link. I guess I'll see
how it goes when I get the other sink off, if the support for the
brackets is tough enough. I don't know if the brackets for the present
sink will work with the replacement. Maybe with an adjustment or maybe
they will fit as is, it's hard to tell not having taken the first sink
off yet.

Thanks for the ideas.

Dan