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Bathrooms Remodeling Design Dilemma

Round Recessed Medicine Cabinet

5 years ago

Help! Anyone know where I can find a round Recessed Medicine Cabinet? All I can find are oval ones. I know it's close but my brain wants a circle not an oval. I'm wondering if there is a reason I'm not seeing round from an engineering perspective...

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chiflipper

5 years ago

Stop thinking "one piece" unit. Find your round (sturdy) frame / add mirror / install "box" in stud cavity / mount framed mirror over box using concealed hinges that will support the mirror's weight.

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apple_pie_order
5 years ago
A round mirror medicine cabinet would work fine for people who are all exactly the same height.
armchairshopper
5 years ago
The problem with round is the hinges.

Would something like this work?

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rpiszczor77
Original Author
5 years ago
Hmm there seems to be a number of round bathroom mirrors that work for ppl of all heights...I think the hinge comment makes a lot of sense and what I was figuring. I guess I'll have to consider either a round non cabinet mirror and find another storage solutions or get my brain around oval. Thanks!
mjlb
5 years ago
RH has porthole style medicine cabinet... Not sure if it's recessed, but looks like it. There are also many square recessed medicine cabinets with round mirror face.
Nancy in Mich
5 years ago
I remember seeing one or two when shopping for med cabs. Their recessed box is very small, since it must fit inside the circle.. Then there is the issue of the size of the wall cavity. The box ends up 14 x 14. The mirror, 16 or 17” round.
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BeverlyFLADeziner
5 years ago

https://www.signaturehardware.com/lucent-round-stainless-steel-medicine-cabinet-with-lighted-mirror.html

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Croydex-Severn
Nancy in Mich
5 years ago
Pegasus makes some that are not quite, but almost, round.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pegasus-511335-Oval-Gold-Frame-Deco-Mirror-Medicine-Cabinet-29H-x24W-x5-5D-NIB/332734951857?hash=item4d788c71b1:g:pN0AAOSwtuBa4-Uq
29 x 24 is getting closer!

FOUND one on eBay! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Signature-Hardware-Ellipse-Stainless-Steel-Medicine-Cabinet-with-Round-Mirror/163145668458?hash=item25fc3d576a:m:mdq0mOfSGyx8lWvADxfgGbA&var=462310658746&_sacat=0&_nkw=round+medicine+cabinet&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=m570.l1313
See what I mean about tiny? This is the only kind I have seen.

The roundness makes opening the hinge a problem if they get bigger.

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