Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - unlevel bathroom vanity

I am installing a new vanity on a different wall than the old vanity in my lower level (Bi-level home). Due to the floor being concrete under the ceramic tile there is a natural slant. My new vanity is about 1” off on one front leg and about ½” off on the other front leg.

One way I can think of to change the floor (other than pulling up the tile and leveling the floor) is to build a small platform but that seems extreme and may end up unsightly. Screwing it into the wall will leave the appearance of a floating front on the vanity, so that won’t work. I have toyed with the idea of adding some wood under the front feet but that would leave the fully covered side with a slanted appearance on the side (not the worst choice because it wouldn’t be very visible).

Anyway, I was wondering if you had any ideas for me to try? My wife was SOOO excited to see the remodeled bathroom…then I put in the vanity. Please help!

Hi 2Cheap2Pay4it, welcome to DIY

I'd change the cabinet feet for a set of adjustable feet for cabinets (http://www.hyperline.com/catalog/cabinets/feet_at.shtml)
In this way, you'll be able to level each foot individually, to fit the floor

Hi 2Cheap2Pay4it, welcome to DIY

I'd change the cabinet feet for a set of adjustable feet for cabinets (http://www.hyperline.com/catalog/cabinets/feet_at.shtml)
In this way, you'll be able to level each foot individually, to fit the floor

Thanks for the suggestion. However, the small round adjustable feet may not look right on the 4" wide square wooden feet. Sorry I did not include the feet in the description. Are there large adjustable feet that would look good with mohogany color?

Matt

2cheap

Shim the cabinet to level, and attach it to the back wall. Cut a custom toe kick board to match the contour of the floor. Use base moulding to cover the sides of the vanity. It won't look perfect but it probably won't look bad either.:)

What kind of flooring did you use? Have you installed it already?

Thanks for the welcome Johnny. I will look into this. I may have to hire this out (UGGHHH) but at least it will be ok. Hmmm...maybe I Can do it?!?!? UH OH, the front of teh cabinet is open. Maybe I could cover all of it. Hmm? Sorry, just brainstorming.

Oh, the flooring is in and it is ceramic tile.

Thanks again,

Matt

Please forgive me for changing the subject, but........I do not understand the part about the concrete slab having a natural slant???????????? And you mention some numbers that just don't make sense for a slab floor. Is it the floor that is out that far or just the vanity from its' original location?

Slab floors are supposed to be FLAT, and have proper foundations to help keep them that way. Some settling is expected, but............???

Hi Bill,

This is true for the concrete slab, but depending of the plumbing system / constructive system, it is not unusual that the kitchens and bathrooms have open floor drains, for floor washing.
In these situations, over the concrete slab there is a thin cement floor (and yes, it is cement over concrete). This cement floor is developed with an inclination of 1% to 2%, in order to drain the water directly to the floor drain.
I don't think that this is user's case, but.... just to note that slab floors can be slanted ;)

There are plenty of adjustable feet available in all sizes, shapes and finishes, you just need to know where to look try www.outwaterplastics.com

Covering up the existing feet will just be giving up and you wont be happy with the results. If that's what you wanted you could have just bought a standard vanity with built in toekick.

merlesdad
The link doesn't work. If you provide the right address, I will edit the post and set the link :)

If I understand the original post, the front legs do not touch the floor when the vanity is leveled. If this be the case, cut 1/2 inch off the back legs. Then you will have only one front leg off by 1/2 in. Does this make sense?

If I understand the original post, the front legs do not touch the floor when the vanity is leveled. If this be the case, cut 1/2 inch off the back legs. Then you will have only one front leg off by 1/2 in. Does this make sense?


Thank you for your reply of assistance. My wife and I actually spent last night shopping for a vanity that has four legs so that I could do just that! Good idea. Unfortunately the vanity I have (and she is still head over heels for) has the back and sides closed up. The front feet are sorta like fake feet that are 4" W by about 2 1/2" D.

Last night (about 9pm, my poor neighbors!) I cut two decorative fence post caps and put one under each "leg". This props up the vanity properly but does cause a gap between the full side that is visible in the bathroom, due to being propped in the front and not the back. I'm thinking that a piece of the molding that I used on the walls will be the solution for the gap on that side.

I really wish that I could have found a better solution, such as adjustable feet that would look right, but this is not a bad solution.

THANK YOU TO ALL HELPERS! I have often read the posts but this is my first time posting (I usually wing it) and I am very impressed by the response of help. Thank you!!!

Matt Beer 4U2

While the Outwater Plastics Beam Sample Request (http://www.outwaterplastics.com) link may not have worked, the address is correct. I just pulled it up. Actually I pulled it up on the search engine