Installing the Vanity

We took the old vanity out and replaced it with a new granite top vanity. I found out that my Dad & Mom went to Sears 40 odd years ago with pen, paper and measuring tape in hand and sketched out a vanity that they both liked. They would make several trips to Sears to check their vanity with the store one. My Dad built the vanity out of skids and other wayside wood. That vanity is solid and has never given any trouble since it's inception. For now we are using it in the hallway near the bathroom to store cleaning supplies and other such stuff. Later, it will go up to the cottage and become a bathroom vanity once again. 

There was major leveling that needed to be done in order to install the new vanity. Apparently our house slopes into a vortex near the back right hand corner of the vanity. Old houses what can you do? Dad figured out a way to correct it and lots of adjustments later it was finally level. There was a lot of moving the vanity back & forth, carrying the granite top from back room to the bathroom to the vanity, then reversing the entire procedure, checking the levels at each step before proclaiming it level and ready for gluing. The taps were fairly simple to install except for the drain plug. I won't go into all the details but suffice to say Dad figured out a way to make it work. Personally I was ready to have a non level vanity, non working sink plug and would have accepted any jury rigged bathroom at this point. Thanks to Dad it's back to being a properly working bathroom. Mom is working on all the decorating details. She just came back with a new soap dispenser and new, colour coordinated towels. 

The floor needs to be tiled and there is some touch up painting to be done and a few odds and ends things to finish up. The majority of the work is done and hopefully the rest will be easy.