Most kitchen cabinet lines offer their cabs as vanities. They are simply shorter and not as deep. You come up with a configuration of cabs that will fit the space with or without fillers just like for a kitchen. Then you choose a counter top and then the sink is added just like a kitchen sink would be . I don't understand your "bottom open" statement. Do you mean on feet without toe kicks? Or do you mean wall hung cabinets? If it's the former you can get the look of a footed cabinet by adding feet at the corners, also available with basic kitchen cabinet lines that are special ordered, for example Kraftmaid.

Lots of sources have furniture style (open at bottom) vanities available without tops. For example Overstock many vanities are available as cabinet only and almost all are the open bottom furniture style. Here is an example:

http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Wyndham-Collection-Sheffield-48-inch-Gray-Single-Vanity/10613278/product.html?refccid=MDZ4M2KBDBWYPZ2NKPC6ZOZKMY&searchidx=11

open on the bottom meaning on legs. not with added feet. I can't seem to find the site that you have the option to add what features you want, faucet, without top, etc. not overstock.

Signature Hardware sells what I believe you are looking for. Their quality can be questionable on faucets and sinks, but never heard a complaint about vanities. All Chinese, I expect but FWIW:. SH vanities

do you know any other sites, they give you the option to select if you want with or without top when you search for vanity.

You want wall mount then. Search on that. Ikea has a line of them. You don't like Overstock or couldn't find what you wanted? I'm sorry, your posts are not very clear.

Just Google wall mount vanities cabinets only and all sorts of sites will come up. Kohler even has some.

I don't want wall mount. I'm looking for freestanding. i'm sorry if i'm not being clear. this is very difficult to find. 48" cabinet that is designed for 2 sinks. I do not want top because it does not allow for fill needed with cabinet against wall and ability to open doors. I found 2 that I like but I can't buy it without tops. I found one without top but don't like it.

If it's not wall mounted, I do not understand your statement "open on the bottom meaning on legs. not with added feet." please clarify or provide a picture of what you mean, even if the photo has a top.

it has legs that are open. If I was building it custom like a kitchen cabinet, it is closed.

I found some help on

this site

and this was easy to navigate

still looking!

48" is a single vanity, not a double. That would be an elbow smacker and push and shove access fight. Code requires 15" from the center of the drain to the wall and 15" between two drain centers, minimum. The smallest vanity that will satisfy code and be double is 60". And that is small for two users at the same time.

Any kitchen cabinet company that had mid grade and above cabinets can create pretty much anything that you want that would pass a code inspector.

Yes, I tried to tell my husband this. They do make some 48" vanities that are double. When you say code, is that per state?

One of the 48" vanities I need is because, I can only put a single faucet on right side of cabinet because the ceiling slopes down on left side.

I have double sinks (which I hate BTW) in a 78" space between walls. I can't imagine the usefulness of double sinks in a 48" vanity. However it can be done. People with small baths and powder rooms use 24" vanities all the time and mange to keep to the 15" center (generally the drain) to wall ratio. That times 2 is 48". You will need smaller sinks or vessel sinks that sit on top. It will be tight and offer little counter space but it can be done. The question is why is your husband wanting this so badly? Perhaps you need to mock something up so he can see how tight it will be. What looks good on paper doesn't always work out so well in real life use.

Geez, why don't you just go to a local custom cabinet company and ask for an estimate on what you want to do? I've discovered that you can more likely get what you want and for about the same price as ready made or LESS. Check it out!

-Babka

I think in 48" one workable option would be a long trough sink with two faucets. Swanstone fabricates them IIRC, but you can find them other places perhaps.

Here is a modified trough under 32". For kids I guess. http://www.signaturehardware.com/hamal-double-bowl-rectangular-vessel-sink.html?zmam=57003275&zmac=8&zmas=1&zmap=929296&c3ch=PLA&c3nid=GooglePLA&gclid=CNHi5dXF_skCFdMYHwodcNMLfg

Regarding what Sophie says "Code requires 15" from the center of the drain to the wall and 15" between two drain centers, minimum" :

The vanities you link that are 48" only work because there is not side walls. The drains are probably 15" apart from each other, but there is not a wall to consider in the examples shown. In your case you have a side wall to contend with so your double sink will not work on a 48" base.

I'm not clear what you mean when you say the vanity needs the sink all the way to one side due to a low ceiling. Is that a double sink wish too?

Like Babka says contact a cabinet maker, you will get what you want and you will be supporting the local economy :)

It's simple math, really. Look to Starcraft Builder's wonderfully illustrative page that covers the required clearances in NKBA Rules #5 & #6.

Building codes also require a minimum of 80" of head room in front of a fixture, with at least 21" of clearance in front of that fixture.

It sounds as though you are building a non code compliant bathroom that is not being permitted or inspected. And that any future buyer would require to be torn out because of it's non compliant or permitted status. Or that your building department could red tag right now were they to find out about it.

Sophie shows a great diagram, and references a great website. I see that the 2 drains minimum spread is 30" apart too.

I need to look what was written, thank you for your help.

There are 2 bathrooms that need vanities. Both need 48".

One my husband wants a double sink and it's up against one wall on the left. Actually the sink of this 48" vanity is positioned on the right. Because the bathroom door is on the left it really makes sense, Even if I get a single 48" they're all in the middle of the vanity. Any thoughts on that. The way the sink is now really is best for the space.

The other bathroom, also up against a wall but in like an attic space. On the left side the ceiling slopes down and the vanity goes all the way to the wall and continues to an 18" sink with mirror above it. I am looking for a 48" double cabinet and put a sink only on the right side so it will fit with the ceiling. Actually, I believe there is the heating on the left. The actual cabinet is 48" the countertop is 52". I think that's the only way to do that.

If I go into any kitchen place to make me vanities all I've found is kitchen cabinets that are closed on the bottom? I guess you are talking about a local carpenter?

For the umpteenth time, any good mid grade kitchen cabinet line and above (with the right designer and installer) can be customized to create anything you want. You simply void the toekick, and field attach whatever legs you want after reinforcing the bottom correctly to accept them. You can combine sink base sizes with drawer base sizes in an infinite number of different configurations. It's like Legos. This is easy. You're making it hard.

And there is NO WAY that a 48" vanity can have a double sink in it and pass inspection. I dearly hope that this is being permitted and inspected. DIY is all well and good when it's done well, and above code, which is why many people DIY. When it's done to not to have to comply with health and safety codes, it plummets any future value of the home because everything in it becomes suspect as being done shoddily and unsafely.

I hope you've read all of the threads on here about how to correctly waterproof. I see this whole thing as a series of oops strung together. :-/

Sophie, question, how do the vanities (at the online sites) with 2 sinks and 48" pass inspection? Is it because they are not against walls and have the minimum distance between the sinks (like I alluded to in my post above)?

Enduring - It is like you said. They pass inspection because they are free standing in a wider space. They are not crammed into a 48" space. That said most inspectors will let an inch or two off with sink placement slide. They are sticklers for the spacing of commodes however.

Thanks @watchmelol for the info :)

Freestanding vanities sitting in the open are looked at with less strict eyes than built ins. The big problem comes when someone tries to use a freestanding vanity as a built in. The inspectors here are pretty tough about the clearance to the walls, but rarely measure between bowl centers. The distance to the wall is where most of the internet vanities fail.

Not sure if I should make a new thread for this,

Let's look at this differently, I have 90" of space for a sink cabinet and a toilet. How much room should I allow around the toilet? And how much room for cabinet? At 90" is the bathtub and the other end is the wall.

Thank you...

18" center of rough in to each side is recommended, 36" total. The toilet is centered in that space. Refer to the link that Sophie posted above last monday. It has a diagram and a link to StarCraft builders. There is so much info on that link, you will be very happy with the effort.

ETA, if you have a project, yes start your own thread. Sometimes it is better then dipping into another, because your questions get lost and you might not be able to find them again.