Has anybody replaced the plastic bathroom sink that has the little plastic plug in the drain to hold water with a real porcelain or cast iron sink with a real pop up drain?I realize the difference in weight. Just wondering if the hole in the counter is the same size as a standard house bathroom sink?thanks.

Wanted to but the hole in counter top was oval and was too large for some sinks I found and was too small for others BUT there wasn't enough counter top left to enlarge.So I replaced faucet with a nice residential one and bought a rubber stopped to plug sink

Sorta, but like Old-Biscuit, the geometry was all wrong. I ended up buying a whole cabinet and sink top. It was a little larger than the original, but fit okay. I don't think it cost much over $100 at Lowes.

The counter was so small it was easy to pull it and replace and then we added a vessel sink that sits on top of the counter with a small hole. It was in a prior motorhome but it was the nicest bathroom sink and counter I have seen for a small cost. If I hadn't traded so much I would do it again in a minute. Love the countertop vessel for looks and function.

cpoo wrote:The counter was so small it was easy to pull it and replace and then we added a vessel sink that sits on top of the counter with a small hole. It was in a prior motorhome but it was the nicest bathroom sink and counter I have seen for a small cost. If I hadn't traded so much I would do it again in a minute. Love the countertop vessel for looks and function.What is a countertop vessel????

A countertop vessel looks kind of like a bowl sitting on top of the counter instead of being inset into yo countertop .

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Houston_Remodel
Explorer
Dec 03, 2015
We are in the process of replacing our cheap plastic sink and the formica counter.

We had a scrap piece of granite left over from work, bought a bar sink (although IKEA has some nice ones too) and undermounted the sink to the granite. No more sink lip to clean around.

In the pic below you can see the Moen bath faucet we took off a job a few months back.
RLS7201
Explorer II
Dec 02, 2015
time_to_go_now wrote:
RLS7201 wrote:
We have the little plastic sink in our Bounder. The stopper annoyed me. I cut out the center of the sink with a hole saw and replaced the stopper with a Tippy Toes pop up tub drain. No more fumbling around looking for the stopper.

Richard

That is a clever idea!

If you elect to change the drain. Cut off a 1" piece of broom handle, find center and drill a pilot hole. Whittle that piece down so you can hammer it in the existing drain hole. Then you'll have a center for you hole saw drill bit.

Richard
time_to_go_now
Explorer
Dec 02, 2015
RLS7201 wrote:
We have the little plastic sink in our Bounder. The stopper annoyed me. I cut out the center of the sink with a hole saw and replaced the stopper with a Tippy Toes pop up tub drain. No more fumbling around looking for the stopper.

Richard

That is a clever idea!
RLS7201
Explorer II
Dec 02, 2015
We have the little plastic sink in our Bounder. The stopper annoyed me. I cut out the center of the sink with a hole saw and replaced the stopper with a Tippy Toes pop up tub drain. No more fumbling around looking for the stopper.

Richard
bigred1cav
Explorer
Dec 02, 2015
Less mechanical functions less to vibrate and break. Weight is reason fo plastic.
mike_brez
Explorer
Dec 02, 2015
time_to_go_now wrote:
cpoo wrote:
The counter was so small it was easy to pull it and replace and then we added a vessel sink that sits on top of the counter with a small hole. It was in a prior motorhome but it was the nicest bathroom sink and counter I have seen for a small cost. If I hadn't traded so much I would do it again in a minute. Love the countertop vessel for looks and function.

What is a countertop vessel????
kdk
Explorer
Dec 02, 2015
I didn't replace the sink but while on this subject I did replace the drain in the bottom with a residential style and then installed a nice pop up type drain sold at Lowes.Push down on the center to stop flow and push again it raises and flows water out.Works and looks much better.
Blessings; KDK
Ava
Explorer
Dec 02, 2015
I replaced my plastic stained sink and plug with a stainless unit. The drain is slightly larger but it is basic plumbing to hook up. I did change the counter top as well to compliment the new sink. That let me cut the sink opening exactly to fit. About 3 inch high brushed metal stick on tile backsplash to finish the look. Wife is very happy! Doug
PRodacy
Explorer
Dec 02, 2015
A countertop vessel looks kind of like a bowl sitting on top of the counter instead of being inset into yo countertop .
time_to_go_now
Explorer
Dec 02, 2015
cpoo wrote:
The counter was so small it was easy to pull it and replace and then we added a vessel sink that sits on top of the counter with a small hole. It was in a prior motorhome but it was the nicest bathroom sink and counter I have seen for a small cost. If I hadn't traded so much I would do it again in a minute. Love the countertop vessel for looks and function.

What is a countertop vessel????