Brass Pedestal Sinks discount codes
A pedestal hides the pipes and takes no floor space, but it fixes the height for you and the waste has to line up exactly.
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We check twice a day and put one up the moment it works, so it is worth looking back. The wider sinks and basins page sometimes has one when this narrower list does not.
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Will a pedestal basin fit my existing plumbing?
Only if the waste in the wall lines up with the column, near enough exactly. A pedestal sets its own height and hides nothing that is offset, so an out of place drain shows at the side. Check the rough in position before you buy.
Does it need fixing to the wall?
Yes. The pedestal carries some of the weight but not all of it, and a basin fixed only into plasterboard works loose within a year. Put timber behind the wall while it is open.
Is the whole thing brass?
It varies. Some are brass throughout, some are a brass shell around a ceramic bowl. The second kind is easier to keep clean, and it will never patina as one piece, so ask which you are looking at.
What a pedestal actually solves
It hides the trap and the supply pipes without needing a cabinet, which is why it suits a small bathroom or a powder room where a vanity would eat the floor. What it does not give you is storage or anywhere to put a toothbrush, so it works best as the second basin in a house rather than the only one.
The rough in has to be right
This is the part that catches people. A pedestal basin fixes the height for you, usually somewhere near thirty three inches, and the waste has to line up with the column almost exactly. If the drain in your wall is offset, the pipe will show at the side of the pedestal and no amount of adjustment hides it.
The basin also needs bracing in the wall behind it. The pedestal carries some weight but not all of it, and a basin fixed only into plasterboard will work loose within a year. If the wall is being opened anyway, put a timber noggin in while it is open.
Brass in a small room
An unlacquered brass pedestal is a lot of metal in a small space, and it will patina fastest around the tap and the rim where hands and water meet. In a powder room that gets used a few times a week, the change is slow and even. In a family bathroom it will go dark within months, which some people love and some regret.
Check what the basin itself is made of as well as the pedestal. Some are brass throughout, some are a brass shell around a ceramic bowl, and the second kind is easier to keep clean but will never patina as one piece.