Tips for the Correct Installation of Fitted Bathroom Furniture

When it comes to installing fitted bathroom furniture, you don’t necessarily need to hire a professional. If you’re a capable DIYer, you can do most, if not all, of the work yourself.

There are three basic stages to fitting your new bathroom furniture: assembly (unless your furniture is delivered ready assembled), fitting, and plumbing. Most fitted bathroom furniture will be delivered to your door flat packed for home assembly. You’ll need plenty of patience and a common sense approach, but this is a stage that’s well within the reach of anyone with reasonably nimble fingers.

Remember to take into account the sizes of all your assembled items, as some may be too large to fit through your bathroom door and consequently will need Fitted Bathrooms Shropshire to be assembled in situ. If you have a small bathroom and a lot of bathroom furniture, it’s worth considering assembling and installing each piece one after the other, rather than assembling everything first and not being able to move freely around the room to fit individual pieces where they need to be.

Fitting your furniture requires another healthy dollop of common sense, as well as a measuring tape and pencil. Accurate, careful measuring is the key to getting your bathroom furniture perfectly positioned; it’s also important in making any cuts that are necessary to adapt a piece of standard bathroom furniture to fit your particular bathroom.

When fitting bathroom furniture which will be plumbed to the water supply, whether for a basin or a toilet, take account of where your water supply pipes come into the bathroom, and where the waste pipes go out. When fitting your vanity unit, you’ll need to accommodate these pipes so a cut will be made in the base, if your pipes come up from the floor, or in the back, if your pipes enter through the wall. Similarly, when fitting your WC unit, you’ll need to cut holes to accommodate water and waste pipes if these come out from the wall rather than up from the floor. Take care when measuring and cutting, as any errors of measurement or slips with tools could result in visible damage to furniture that will detract from your bathroom’s overall appearance once everything’s installed.

Another factor to take into account when fitting your bathroom furniture is to ensure there’s sufficient access for maintenance in future. This should have been accounted for at the design stage, so it ought to be a case of ensuring you don’t fit items together more closely than originally planned. Being able to access pipes in case of leaks and being able to thoroughly clean and polish your new bathroom furniture is important to keep it functioning well and looking good for years to come. Make sure you read the fitting instructions that come with each piece, in case of item specific Fitted Bathrooms Shropshire guidance of which you wouldn’t otherwise be aware.

Finally, plumbing. If you’re not confident or experienced at DIY, it may be best to consider hiring a qualified professional for this stage. With modern materials, plumbing may not be as complicated as it can seem, but water does have the capacity to cause enormous damage to wooden or MDF furniture and to flooring and walls, and this will perhaps make you cautious! If you do decide to plumb your own bathroom fittings, use only good quality tools and materials, and make sure you follow the specific guidelines or instructions provided by the manufacturer of each product, as details will vary and a manufacturer will provide information specific to the installation of their own item.

Once your fitted bathroom furniture is installed, you should get plenty of use from it: if you take a sensible approach to aftercare and maintenance, it will look good and work well for many years to come.

Helen Davies is a senior content writer for Better Bathrooms, suppliers of a wide range of bathroom furniture, including an extensive selection of fitted bathroom furniture.