Relocating Pipes For Pedestal Sink

jerome8283

I'd like to relocate my pedestal sink about 2 1/2 feet from it's current location. The "to be" location is on the adjacent wall, an L-shape distance from the existing plumbing. Is this possible? Can someone offer suggests about how to go about this.

I've attached pics. I would like to move the sink to the flowered wall.

Peladu

Is it on the 1st floor? (most likely, being it's a pedestal)
Access from below at all, unfinished basement, crawl space?

I hope so.

jerome8283

Second floor, no access from below or crawl space.

Teetorbilt

It's really pretty simple if none of the walls are load bearing. Hope that you saved a few extra rolls of that paper.

peladu, why do you assume that pedestals are only for the first floor? I'll hang one upsidedown on the 13th floor if that is what the customer wants.

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Peladu

Teetorbilt, I don't remember if I have ever put a pedestal in on a second floor master bath, or second floor hall bath. I have always placed pedestals in the main floor 1/2 baths. In the masters, I push the comfort height vanity, in hall baths I push a basic vanity and in 1/2 bath/powder rooms I push the pedestal sink. So basically since I used the law of averages from what I have seen and done, I figured it to be a 1/2 bath. So this was the 1 out of 100 that proved my guess wrong.

Peladu

jerome8283,

You may be looking at tearing out 4' of drywall/plaster to make all of the connections work. It's doable. But is it justifiable. Only you can answer that.

Peladu

But that is the way the roll of TP always looks for me when I am at a unfamiliar home and have to take a dump.
I start looking around for old washcloths.

Teetorbilt

You don't keep a rag in your pocket?

I noticed the lack of TP too!

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mdshunk

If I posted a picture of my bathroom, it would almost always include an empty TP holder and the trash can tipped over from the dog.

(why can't kids refill the TP? don't they teach them that in school?)

Tom R

Pedestals would seem much more common on the first floor because of 'access'.

Jerome, - - according to where the plumbing is you have to 'tear out' to expose it. Looks like at least your supply lines must come thru the floor (maybe the drain, too??). So you've got to either tear out (at least that section) of floor and subfloor (or the ceiling underneath, but you're going to have a section of floor to repair/replace anyway), - - and if your drain goes thru the wall, you'll have to tear out wall sections, too (you'd normally still want to run the drain back to that same spot).

You might want to consider just re-modeling the whole bathroom if you're gonna get into all that.

mdshunk

Way to upsell, Tom!

That's how the pro's do it.

"Well, ma'am, I could hang that new chandelier for you, but it's a lot of work. Say, have you given thought to an entire service upgrade?"

Peladu

Tommy,

I am going to do to you what Teetorbilt did to me.

Why would you think that the supply is coming from the floor?
Just 'cause you cant see the lines in the wall?

Tom R

He-he, - - you don't mind if I quote ya', do ya'??

Just guessing that they 'planned' for a pedestal, - - or they wouldn't have run the supplies through the floor, - - which brings us right back to 1st-floor/2nd-floor pedestal ratios

Tom R

Oop, - - dumb answer, - - I guess next time I quote ya, I'll read it back, too, - - I thought you said 'drain', not supply.

Oh well, - - just make somethin' up, - - like I always do

Peladu

Thanks Tom, just wanted to 'pick your brain' and see your train of thought.

I've noticed that you and I are a lot alike with the way we do things.

Most likely we would never be able to work side by side...too much alike.

And you would always be wanting to pet my fur, and nothing would get done.

Tom R

Poor damn kids, - - how d' ya' know it wasn't the dog again??

Tom R

'N you'd get tired of hosin' down my puke!!

Peladu

Come on Tommy, be honest ... it wouldn't be puke it would be a fur ball.

Teetorbilt

You still have to get that 1-1/4" min. from one wall to the other. Can't do it sideways with supporting walls and shouldn't do it with non-supporting walls.

Not code, just common sense.

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Tom R

In that case it wouldn't be Tommy, - - it'd be an imposter . . .

Let 'm live, - - it'll confuse my enemies . . .