Bathroom Furniture Installation - A Guide to Fitting a WC Unit
A WC unit allows you to fit a back to wall or wall mounted toilet and concealed cistern, achieving a streamlined look in the bathroom without loss of future Bathroom Furniture Installation - A Guide to Fitting a WC Unit maintenance access to your toilet cistern. It also allows you to coordinate with your other bathroom furniture, such as your vanity unit and any drawers or cabinets, so that you get a harmonious finish across the whole room.Unless your new WC unit was bought in a pack to fit only with one specific toilet, you'll notice that it is undrilled. You will need to cut or drill your own holes for the water supply pipes and waste pipe, and also for the toilet's flush mechanism. This is because these will all be positioned slightly differently from toilet to toilet, and the piece of bathroom furniture you have bought is designed to be compatible with as many different makes of toilet as possible.
Your water supply and waste pipes might come up from the floor or out from the wall. The toilet you have bought will need to be compatible with the pipe layout, unless you're prepared for a plumber to do some potentially costly re-plumbing, and your WC unit will be cut or drilled to fit its new circumstances. Your cistern's flush mechanism could be at the centre, over to one side on the top, or on one side.Measure carefully, then double check your measurements. Only then should you cut. Mistakes may be hidden once the toilet is plumbed in - but they may not, and errors in cutting your new bathroom furniture could be either unsightly or costly.The main purpose of a WC unit is to hide a concealed cistern from view. To aid in the fitting of a concealed cistern, you can purchase a purpose built mounting frame which will be available from your bathroom supplier. Many suppliers will sell a standard mounting frame that can be fitted with any of their cisterns and back to wall or wall mounted toilets, but it is always best to check before you buy that all your components are compatible.
The mounting frame will fix securely inside your WC unit, and your toilet bathroom furniture will sit over it, concealing it and the cistern it supports from view. Your toilet will be fixed in front: a wall hung toilet will have its weight supported by the same frame.Always ensure you follow any specific plumbing or other installation instructions provided by the manufacturer of your wall mounting frame, cistern, toilet, and WC unit, to avoid costly mistakes and ensure that you achieve a professional looking finish.
