With our bathrooms sharing a wall and pipes, when the sink for one backed up, so did the other. I knew it was bad when the plumber switched from rodding the hall bathroom sink, moved to the master bathroom sink, and still looked disappointed. It was better, but… did we know we had cast iron pipes? (Oh yes, we knew from the time the same company moved a toilet to work through that drainage issue.) He recommended getting in there by removing one of the vanities and replacing some of the pipes to improve the situation. Since the hall bathroom had been updated a couple years ago, I opted for removing the master bathroom vanity.
Once we knew the vanity was coming out, it became clear that this was the appropriate time to handle the bathroom upgrades similar to the hall bathroom changes back in 2023. We still had a cabinet in the garage that was purchased for that project but turned out to be the wrong size for the space when combined with the new light fixture, so we hauled off to the hardware store where I picked out a larger vanity (adding width, height, and depth), an appropriate countertop/sink, and the wrong type of faucet. (Faucet has since been returned and replaced with an appropriate one.) I went back a couple days later to select a new light fixture, verifying that it was the same height as the old one and making sure that the lights faced out, rather than down, to accommodate the taller cabinet.
This type of work is both outside my skillset and my available free time, so I scheduled with the same handyman who did the work on the hall bathroom. And wow, look at what he accomplished in a day! He replaced the drywall behind the sink, painted the room (our bathrooms match now!) – including the defunct radiator for the boiler that was replaced with a furnace back in 2019 – added the vanity, countertop, faucet (plus the run to the hardware store to find the replacement), and cabinet. He did all the plumbing to make sure the new sink works as expected and left the bathroom floor cleaner than when he started.
Needless to say I am thrilled with the bathroom update and the recurring high quality work we’ve gotten from M & W Handyman.