hi there I'm Marie from DIY Montreal and today I'm going to show you how I built
an installed this wall-mounted vanity in my next video I'll also show you how to
install the faucet and how I did the plumbing for the drain pipe want to see how
I built it? let's get to it... wanna see how I built it? let's get to it
for this vanity build I chose to work with pre finished laminated particle
board in hopes that this would help the vanity hold up to water better I've
never worked with this material before so this was a bit of a learning process
I started by squaring up one edge of the panel on the table saw then ripped it
down to width I could then use my miter saw to cut four panels to rough length
slightly longer than the final dimensions I'll need these will be the
four sides of the vanity
I'm going to use PVC edge banding that matches the laminated panels in order to
finish the edges unfortunately this isn't the iron-on type edge banding and
it's not pre glued here I'm gathering all the tools I'll need for this step
and I've left links to all the products I use in the description box below so be
sure to check that out for more info I did a few tests off-camera of using
various adhesives and found that the most user-friendly was Speed tape a
really thin super sticky double-sided tape made for edge banding so after
cutting a strip of edge banding slightly long you simply apply the speed tape and
pull off the backer paper then carefully position this strip of edge banding and
press firmly using a roller the edge banding is always a bit wider than the
panel so the last step is to trim off the excess
this little tool makes the job so easy just squeeze and pull and it trims both
sides at once
I'm going to be cutting the panel's again so the ends don't need to be
perfect and so I just trimmed the ends using some scissors I had totally
forgotten but I actually purchased a brand-new blade specifically made from
melamine laminated particle board is notorious for chip out and I wanted to
do everything I could to make sure I got crisp clean cuts
with the new blade in place I set the blade angle to 45 degrees
Call me over-cautious but I really wanted to avoid chipping the edges so I added some
painters tape to the edges before making the mitered cut I cut one side of all
the panels first then adjusted my fence to the final dimension and cut the
opposite sides this way I knew each piece would be exactly the same size
between the tape and the melamine blade I got super clean cuts with all four
sides cut to length and labeled it's time to add some biscuits particle board
is too brittle the simply glue edge-to-edge but adding biscuits will
strengthen the joints and also help with alignment during glue up I set the fence
to 45 degrees on my biscuit joiner and I did a few tests to get the alignment
right there's a little line on the side of the tool that shows you where the
slot will be cut you want to make sure that the line is close to the top of the
panel otherwise you'll cut right through your
panel as you can see I had to add a thin piece of wood to raise up the tool
enough I lined up the panel I made marks where the board's would meet
I could then use these reference lines to position the biscuit joiner and cut
the slots
I took my time making sure to fully seat the joiner against the boards and
repeated the process to make three slots in each board end
I did a dry fit to make sure everything lined up and decided I should add a
couple pieces to the back for extra rigidity I use my biscuit joiner again
this time setting the back fence to zero and using my workbench as a reference
edge
to make the glue up a little less stressful I started by gluing on the
small pieces to the top and bottom panels I let them dry before moving on
to the main glue up here I'm using type on melamine glue but it's not necessary
for this application and I actually switched to type II to for the main glue
up since it gives me an assembly time closer to 10 or 15 minutes which I
desperately needed to adjust all these clamps and get the joints aligned just
right I made sure to double-check all the
joints and check for square before letting it dry overnight
alright with the carcass assembled I measured the opening and cut a door
leaving about 1/8 of an inch gap at the side and at the top just like before I
applied edge banding to all four sides of the door this time I paid more
attention to getting the and just perfect since they will be visible I
first trimmed the ends off and then use the file to shave off the excess and get
it perfectly flush here's a little tip if you have any glue residue left from
the speed tape you can use a dab of lacquer thinner to wipe it off I'm going
to use this Kreg jig to install the door hinges it actually has an integrated
scale so it eliminates any need for measuring and with the integrated guide
stop you never have to worry about drilling too deep it's pretty awesome
the only issue I faced was that the two small screw holes from the hinge didn't
seem to line up with the small holes on the jig so I manually marked them with
the help of my combination square
I could now pop in the door to mark where the hinges would be mounted
I used a stop to keep the door flush with the front of the cabinet so I could
circle around and Mark the pilot holes from the inside
you can't see in this shot but make sure you put a spacer under the door to raise
it up just a bit before making your holes
okay so after playing around with the hinge's adjustment screws for a while I
got the door aligned just right I then noticed that the door swung in too far
so I added an old IKEA push to open mechanism that I had on hand the last
step before installation is to mount the suspension hardware I found these
professional-grade mounting brackets at a local plumbing supply store and while
I'm sure it's overkill for my tiny little vanity I like to do things right
the idea is to drill four holes and tap in the bracket but easier said than done
so I built a little jig to apply pressure in the right places as I
tighten down two clamps to force them into the holes
once both brackets were attached to the vanity I could move it up into my powder
room and position it into place I temporarily put my sink into place to get
the full picture and use the bunch of scrap wood to support the vanity exactly
where I wanted it to go lastly I made sure it was level and use shims to make
any final adjustments I'm happy to say that I finally thought of using my new
laser level on a project I set it up so the laser line would hit the top of the
brackets that way I could just line up the other part of the bracket on the
wall right up to the laser line and mark the holes
after drilling the pilot holes I could remove the vanity and mount the wall
brackets now note that this wall has blocking behind it that I'm drilling
into since I plan to have a floating vanity when I did the remodel but if you
can't drill into studs are blocking you can just use wall anchors
all right moment of truth I can now put the vanity back into place and simply
hook it to the wall you can also use the two screws to adjust the vanity up or
down and front to back if needed I suddenly remembered that I wanted to
add a shelf so I went back to the shop and made the cut I'm going to use this
jig to install shelf pins roughly in the middle and while I really wish I had
done this before installing the vanity I found a way to make it work I used a
couple scrap pieces of plywood as a spacer so I could rest the jig on them
and use a top hole to make the pin hole
then I pushed the blocks to the back and made another hole and repeated the same
process on the other side
as you can see the drainpipe is in the way of my shelf so I checked a few
measurements leaving a little extra to be safe and went back to the shop to
make the cutout now you could add some edge banding to
the cutout but I just left it alone as you can see the p-trap and drain have
been connected and I'll be showing you how to hook that up in my next video so
be sure to tune in for that now all that's left is to reinstall the
door and that's a wrap hey I hope you liked this video and if you did please
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for watching see you soon!