Is it possible to relocate drainage piping to put vanity shelving?

last year

I bought a double sink bathroom vanity that includes shelving inside with usb. My contractor installed the vanity and didn’t install the shelving and left it in the corner and didn’t tell me about it until I found out. When I ask him is there a way to relocate the drainage pipe to put the shelves in he said there’s no way he can do it because of the roof line structure is directly behind the vanity. Is there a way to solve this issue? I don’t know anything about plumbing and need help of advice. I attach photo of the vanity. Thank you.

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Jennifer Hogan

last year

Do you have an outlet under the sink - where is the USB charger being plugged in? If he didn't plan on the install you may have other issues beyond cutting the shelves to fit.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
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He cuts a groove to fit the shelving around the pipes it is done all the time but IMO USB charger under the bathroom sink is not ideal How do propose to use that when there is stuff on the shelves.Sort of like tis but this in for a drawer. The shelf is supported on the sides
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HALLETT & Co.
last year
Without seeing a photo of the wall before drywall it is hard to say. If it could be moved up it would cost a couple thousand- remove vanity, cut open the wall, get plumber back to alter the drain and vent, fix drywall, reinstall. not worth it to me...
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3onthetree
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^ excellent catch
artemis78
last year
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Depending on what the shelves are made of, you should be able to cut them around the drain with no issue. It looks like the USB piece won't interfere there. (Our lower vanity drawer is like that because I didn't specify the height for the drain connection and should have asked for it a few inches higher.) But agreed that a bigger issue is that there isn't a plug visible--hopefully it is just the photo angle, but if there isn't one then the issue is moot anyway. (I am curious about what you'd use a USB charger for under a bathroom sink, though!)
kudzu9
last year
That's an unfortunate setup and, as pointed out, expensive to redo. I'd suggest a compromise: leave the plumbing alone and have a set of shelves fabricated that either sit on the wider side of each drain pipe, or in front of them. Each set of shelves could be a unit that is free-standing and could be easily set in place or pulled out if you needed to access the plumbing.
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Lightsmith Inc.
last year
100% of the pre-built vanities I looked at wasted space under the sinks. I had a custom vanity built that raised the bottom of the plumbing area and gained a 5 inch deep drawer across the bottom of the two compartments.

With the custom vanity I also designed in a 14 inch wide clothes hamper between the two sinks.
CeeWhy
last year
Those asking about having a USB charger under the sink, a lot of small bathroom appliances use a USB to charge now. My daughter's electric toothbrush and lighted makeup mirror both charge using a USB.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
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I understand the charger just not hwere it is We have ours in the medicine cabinet for tootbrushes and the other stuff neededing chargers are in bedroom s with chargers . I use God Morgon from Ikea often for the best under sink storage you will find in that price point.
artemis78
last year
@Lightsmith Inc. that is the same setup our pre-built one has, too, so they are out there! Though in our case I forgot to tell the GC that the drain needed to clear the drawer, so we still had to cut the back out...but that one was on me, since I mistakenly thought there was a standard height. The drawer is still very useful.

Same wondering about the charger location. I thought of toothbrushes, but would not want to store one under the sink.
User
last year
I would ditch the usb charger and have a shelf made with a cutout around pipe. That is how my vanity is constructed. Having a charger under a sink seems like a vastly bad idea. You can install a GCFI with usb outlet somewhere else safer
wdccruise
last year
You could replace the standard outlet with a USB outlet and stow the cable whenever you were finished charging whatever needs charging in a bathroom.
- Example (with GFCI built in): Legrand Radiant 15 Amp 125-Volt Tamper Resistant Self-Test GFCI Duplex Outlet with Type A/C USB
- Example without GFCI: Leviton 15 Amp Decora Type A and C USB Charger Tamper-Resistant Outlet
upstatem
last year
This is a big miss that required discussion in the planning phase. You expected the vanity to be installed with full functionality, and your GC either didn't bother to look at the vanity ahead of time, or the vanity details weren't available during the planning phase, or he just didn't care or it really couldn't be accommodated. Hard to know at this point what the miss was. But moving the drains is complicated and expensive at this point. Consider using an offset lav drain to gain more space and then install the shelves with as minimal a cutout as you can. If electric wasn't run whie the walls were open, you may have to give up the idea of that USB outlet.

https://www.plumbingoverstock.com/products/mountain-plumbing-mtsstlav-space-saving-trap-for-lavatory-sinks?variant=4105768566889&gclid=Cj0KCQiA4OybBhCzARIsAIcfn9lTxYRwXvzTXByV5HHskSsXyj-On-Y2naVSyzR5T2XlGTxwmE6BCl0aAg4dEALw_wcB
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HALLETT & Co.
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OP is long gone, no replies. We are far more invested than they are apparently

Is it possible to relocate drainage piping to put vanity shelving?

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