I am installing a porcelain pedestal sink. The pipes come up from the floor and are immoveable. In order for the sink to be flush agains the wall, I need to widen the cut-out in the bottome of the pedestal for all the pipes to fit in the hollowed-out area. I'm afraid if I use a drill that I'll crack the porcelain. Any ideas on how to cut through the porcelain without cracking it?
2006-10-28 08:24:47 · 5 answers · asked by wonderwoman 3 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
I couldn't imagine it not fitting pedestal bases usually have about a 5" gap between it and the wall. It sounds like your angle stops are sticking out of the wall too far. With compression angle stops you could just cut the copper about 1" away from the wall, and install new stops. With 1/2" ipt angle stops, just replace the nipples coming out of the wall with shorter ones. In either case this should give you plenty of room.
2006-10-29 01:45:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
4 1/2 grinder with a diamond cut blade. You can rent them for about 20 dollars. But before you do that I would recheck your plumbing, I cant see what you got going on but can you add some kind of flex tubing or cut a notch in the floor and sqeeze the pipes closer together. usually we move the plumbing into the wall for a pedistal sink.
2006-10-28 15:31:19 · answer #2 · answered by Aaron A 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
stop and think which is going to be easier, in the long run. Rerouting the pipes or buying another pedestal to replace the broken one and then rerouting the pipes.
2006-10-28 23:34:08 · answer #3 · answered by T C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use a flexable waste connector, you can adjust it to any angle u want, and yes the vibration from the drill will crack the basin
2006-10-28 15:27:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a hammer.
2006-10-28 15:31:41 · answer #5 · answered by Steve-E-Z 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋