UPDATE:
Keep in mind that I do all of this work while we are living in the trailer as we are fulltiming. I don't have a big garage and all kinds of wonderful new tools. But I do carry most power tools with me anyway but the ones I have are all 18V Batt operated.
So as the work continues I now had to fit the new vanity into place. The rear wall of my trailer is angled inwards from about the two foot above the floor level down to under the floor. this means that fitting the new vanity and the storage cabinet will require some modification.
I had to build a spacer attached to the back wall to mount the cabinets to. You can see this in some of the pics. The vanity is fastened using 2 or 2 1/2 inch Square Drive screws into the back wall (at the studs) and into the side wall of the shower where there was also a stud.
Cutting the shape of the angle into the cabinet just wasnt feasible.
Re-routing all the plumbing wasnt a go either. I just deemed it too much work for little gain. So I was left with having to make cutouts in the cabinets to accomodate the plumbing. (see the pics below) This was something that required measuring several times and actually drawing the cutouts on the cabinet.
Here are some pics of that: I have made the cuts and fit the vanity over the piping.
Here is the vanity fit over the plumbing stub before I fixed the electrical.
Here I have finished the plumbing. Be sure to do a mock up of any plumbing before you glue to make sure that the measurements are correct and everything fits together.
Here is the vanity installed with it's new medicine cabinet that replaced what had to be the worlds ugliest mirror.
Getting the storage cabinet in place is going to be a bit more difficult. I decided to raise it above the drain pipes and water supply that goes to the tub. However the supply pipes for the sink were plumbed in a really odd place and those I had to accomodate. Below is the riser I put in to hold the storage cabinet.
Here is the riser I made to hold the storage cabinet
It is being painted now. And will go in today.
Costs: Most of the items I have bought for this project have been pretty reasonable.
Vanity and sink - $99.00 Lowes
Faucet - $32 Home Depot
Flooring Armstrong Pergo type - $80 for one box (28 Sq Ft)
Storage Cabinet - $55 Home Depot unfinished
Paint - Valspar $9.99
Plumbing parts and supplies - $28
Next will be the storage cabinet and installing the Tile back splash and countertop. Below is a photo of the whole color pallette of the new materials. The carpet Tile and Flooring are shown here:
