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    Default How to remove laundry trough?

    I've got to replace the floorboards in my laundry - going to replace with ply sheeting and then tile as the boards are rotten - but I need to pull out the laundry trough so I can get to the boards beneath it.
    The trough is a white metal cabinet with a stainless sink over it. The cabinet itself doesn't appear to be fixed to anything as I can shift it a few cm's each way. The trough however is somehow secured to the wall. I've looked to see if I can dismantle the cabinet from around the trough, and whilst it is screwed together not all the screws can be reached becuase the trough obscures them.
    Anyone have any idea how this would have been installed?

    I do need to keep the trough so I can't butcher it.
    The waste pipe is not holding it in place and there is no tapwork on the trough.

    Thanks for any tips.

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    Hi there

    The trough has a lip which goes up behind the tiles which act as a splashboard at the rear. The tiles will have to be removed prior to the trough being removed.

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    Here is an example:

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    Great - thanks for that. I'll check it tonight

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frosty3d View Post
    Great - thanks for that. I'll check it tonight
    You could very well find there are a couple of screws into the studs through the upstand behind the tiles.

    Colin.

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    [quote=Frosty3d;897969]I've got to replace the floorboards in my laundry - going to replace with ply sheeting and then tile as the boards are rotten - but I need to pull out the laundry trough so I can get to the boards beneath it.
    The trough is a white metal cabinet with a stainless sink over it. The cabinet itself doesn't appear to be fixed to anything as I can shift it a few cm's each way. The trough however is somehow secured to the wall. I've looked to see if I can dismantle the cabinet from around the trough, and whilst it is screwed together not all the screws can be reached becuase the trough obscures them.
    Anyone have any idea how this would have been installed?

    I do need to keep the trough so I can't butcher it.
    The waste pipe is not holding it in place and there is no tapwork on the trough.

    Thanks for any tips.[/quote

    Tile is a good way to go but plywood gives and your tile will crack. You need plywood that is screwed down. Glue it to the floor joist first. After you the ply is down use cement board to cover your floor and use the right mesh tape and cement the cracks. Screw this to the floor. You can use wire mesh and float a concrete floor over the ply if you do not have cement board. I would cover the ply with heavy tar paper or the heavy under paper they make for such uses. The tile will not crack or come loose on cement board. Use a water proof mastic this will keep the water out. Ceramic tile is very nice in a laundry room even if it is a wood floor.

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    Sledgehammer works every time!
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    Rather then ply, you would be better off with either boards, or chipboard flooring, and with a cement sheet overlay (tile underlay), and there is one just for tiling. Pretty much what Rstocker wrote only you wont get the paper over here.

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