Mount the mineral cast washbasin correctly
Mineral casting is a composite material made of quartz sand, rock flour, gravel and a binding agent. Fantastic, easy-care objects and shapes can be poured, such as wash basins for modern, stylish bathroom furnishings.
What you need:
- Mineral cast washbasin
- suitable fastening material:
- Wall rails
- vinegar-free silicone
- Wall hook
- Dowels
- drilling machine
- Cordless screwdriver or screwdriver
- Folding rule
- Spirit level
If you want to renovate your bathroom and equip it stylishly with new sanitary objects, you can hardly avoid the beautiful design objects made of cast mineral today.
- This composite allows a fine to grainy look and, thanks to the casting technique, from straightforward, puristic design to unusual, curved shapes, everything that makes your new bathroom individual and stylish - and that too payable.
- Mineral casting as an inexpensive material for sanitary objects such as wash basins, bathtubs, whirlpools and shower trays, however, also has its disadvantages.
- For one thing is the Assembly Not entirely unproblematic and on the other hand, such sanitary objects are also quite maintenance-intensive and must not, for example, with alkalis in Come into contact, for example when washing by hand in the sink, as otherwise color changes can emerge and the surface becomes porous will.
- In order to securely attach your cast mineral washbasin to the wall, you need special wall rails for the vanity unit as well as mounting dimensions for the wall hooks. In most cases, this fastening material is not included in the scope of delivery of your mineral cast washbasin and you have to order it separately as an "accessory".
Drilling the sink - instructions
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How to assemble a cast mineral washbasin
- After you have determined the exact position for your mineral cast washbasin, drill the holes to attach the wall rail. You will need a drill with an 8 mm masonry drill bit to do this. Depending on the rail, you have several horizontal options for positioning the drill holes.
- Measure the distances beforehand and transfer them to the wall. The drill holes should have a depth of about 60 mm and fully accommodate the dowel.
- When you've drilled the holes, tap the dowel in, making sure it's flush with the wall. Now put the rail on the wall and fix it with screws.
- Next, drill the holes for the wall hooks to hang the vanity unit or Washbasin cabinet. To do this, you will need the 8 mm masonry drill again. Drill approx. 60 mm deep, knock in the dowels again and screw in the screw hooks up to about half a centimeter.
- The best way to hang the substructure in the hooks is to lower it onto the hooks at a slight angle from above.
- You can now fine-tune the vanity unit vertically and horizontally until it is exactly positioned.
- Finally, put vinegar-free silicone on the adhesive edges of the substructure and then immediately hang the mineral cast washbasin in the pre-assembled rail. It is best to remove excess silicone with paper towels.
- Depending on the washbasin model, the connections between the substructure and the washbasin are plugged or have to be screwed from the inside to the connecting brackets provided.
Enjoy your new mineral castsink!
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