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Installing a vanity sink and base
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| BETA-32 2007-11-28, 5:25 pm |
| I am about to install a 48-inch bathroom vanity base with a one-piece
"cultured marble" vanity top/sink. Both are low-end items (a Virginia
Marble VM101 white-vein/white vanity on top of a Kompact Kitchen V48S vanity
base).
I know how to secure the base to the wall, but I am not sure how to secure
the vanity sink/top to the base so it will stay securely in place. The
limited installation instructions that came with the cultured marble vanity
top/sink say to apply a thin bead of "sealing compound" to the top of each
corner of the vanity base and set the cultured marble top in place. Then
carefully apply a bead of "sealing compound" where the backsplash meets the
wall.
My question is, what do they mean by "sealing compound"? Do I use silicone
caulk, or do I use an adhesive-type caulk?
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> My question is, what do they mean by "sealing compound"? Do I use silicone
> caulk, or do I use an adhesive-type caulk?
Silicone.
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| franz frippl 2007-11-29, 9:25 am |
| On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:07:54 -0500, BETA-32 wrote:
> I am about to install a 48-inch bathroom vanity base with a one-piece
> "cultured marble" vanity top/sink. Both are low-end items (a Virginia
> Marble VM101 white-vein/white vanity on top of a Kompact Kitchen V48S
> vanity base).
>
> I know how to secure the base to the wall, but I am not sure how to
> secure the vanity sink/top to the base so it will stay securely in
> place. The limited installation instructions that came with the
> cultured marble vanity top/sink say to apply a thin bead of "sealing
> compound" to the top of each corner of the vanity base and set the
> cultured marble top in place. Then carefully apply a bead of "sealing
> compound" where the backsplash meets the wall.
>
> My question is, what do they mean by "sealing compound"? Do I use
> silicone caulk, or do I use an adhesive-type caulk?
Buy a good grade of silicone sealant.
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