Plumbing questions: Moving P-Trap
I have a small Class C that is great for us except the kitchen area lacks storage, particularly drawers. Under the sink is a cupboard, but I want to install 3 sliding drawers in the cupboard. The p-t...
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Thx. A pain as in having to open the door then a drawer? Not really. We didn't have a slideout in the old TT and when opening any cabinet door it intruded into the walking space. And if you take a door off, unless you have drawers down to the floor, you may have an unattractive open space at the bottom. I couldn't install drawers down to the floor because of the wheel well under the sink.
The problem with taking a door off is you have holes to fill somehow. You could use the little round stick-on patches if you're not too worried about looks.
If you do a face frame style like I did, and you take the door off, it can be really hard to get even gaps all around the original opening. TTs typically aren't really very plumb and square and even and you might want to check yours first to see what you have to deal with. As you work through the project, you need to measure and remeasure and test fit each piece. I remember everything being slightly off from start to finish...
The problem with taking a door off is you have holes to fill somehow. You could use the little round stick-on patches if you're not too worried about looks.
If you do a face frame style like I did, and you take the door off, it can be really hard to get even gaps all around the original opening. TTs typically aren't really very plumb and square and even and you might want to check yours first to see what you have to deal with. As you work through the project, you need to measure and remeasure and test fit each piece. I remember everything being slightly off from start to finish...
tred0956 wrote:
Thanks for all the replies. Doughere, the top drawer will still have to be short at 10 inches but the p-trap as is would mean that I could only put in ONE full depth drawer; with the trap moved I can fit in 2 or 3. And yes, I agree about the good full extension hardware.
Erstanfo, you did pretty much what I intend to do. Glad to see that the horizontal slip joints don't leak, makes installation much easier.
Myredracer, your drawers are what I want to build-looks great! Question: do you find the cupboard door a pain? I'm debating about removing the door and making regular kitchen drawers, or doing what you did.
Thanks, all!
