**The Ultimate Guide to Installing a Semi-Pedestal Sink**

In this comprehensive guide, we will walk you through the process of installing a semi-pedestal sink, including all the necessary steps and tips. Whether you're a DIY enthusiast or a seasoned professional, this article is designed to provide you with a clear understanding of how to achieve a beautiful and functional bathroom renovation.

**Preparation is Key**

The first step in any successful installation project is preparation. Before we begin, it's essential to ensure that our workspace is clean, clear, and well-lit. We'll need a drill bit, a measuring tape, and various tools to complete the job. In this case, we're using a ¼" drill bit to create a pilot hole in the wood behind the sink. This will allow us to securely attach the semi-pedestal base to the wall.

**Drilling the Pilot Hole**

Now that we have our drill bit and measuring tape, let's take a closer look at the process of drilling the pilot hole. "Okay, so we're going to use this ¼" drill bit to drill into my wood behind here," explains the expert. "Just get it started." With the pilot hole complete, we can now proceed with the installation.

**Assembling the Semi-Pedestal Base**

Once we've drilled the pilot hole, it's time to assemble our semi-pedestal base. This involves attaching the bolts and screws that will hold the sink in place. "So, when it's up there, some minor adjustments to get this completely level," says the expert. "Okay, so now we have all our bolts in, we're going to take this semi-pedestal off." With the semi-pedestal base in hand, we can begin the installation process.

**Installing the Sink Faucet**

One of the features that sets our sink faucet apart from others is its ease of use. "For one, it has the supply lines already connected to it, so there's not additional supplies you have to buy," explains the expert. This makes the installation process much more efficient and convenient. To install the faucet, we'll simply place it on top of the sink bolts and secure it with a nut.

**Attaching the Faucet to the Sink**

With the faucet in place, we can now attach it to the sink. "This is kind of nice," says the expert. "This has a little foam gasket that allows you to... you want to keep this on the sink side." The foam gasket acts as a sealant, ensuring that the faucet is securely attached to the sink. We'll then add a rubber washer and tighten it in place.

**Installing the Pop-Up Drain**

One of the features that we love about our sink faucet is its pop-up drain system. "You want to make sure that this little rubber gasket stays on this pipe before you thread it," explains the expert. To install the pop-up drain, we'll attach a cable to the faucet and secure it in place.

**Tips and Tricks**

Throughout the installation process, our expert has shared several valuable tips and tricks. One of the most important things to remember is to loosen the top bolts slightly so that we can slide the semi-pedestal base into position. This will allow us to adjust the level of the sink as needed. We'll also use a wrench to tighten down on the nuts that hold the pedestal to the wall.

**Conclusion**

With these steps and tips, you should now be able to successfully install a semi-pedestal sink in your bathroom. Remember to take your time, measure carefully, and don't hesitate to seek professional help if needed. Our guide has provided you with a comprehensive overview of the installation process, including all the necessary details and advice. Whether you're a DIY enthusiast or a seasoned professional, we hope that this article has been helpful in achieving a beautiful and functional bathroom renovation.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enIn today’s video we’re going to sharewith you how to install a floating sink likethis one here. This is from American Standard.We’ve partnered with American Standard onthis small bathroom remodel here, and sometimeshaving a floating sink in a bathroom is greatbecause you don’t have a ton of room, youwant it to look modern, and this is a phenomenaloption. So we’re going to show you how toinstall this, and in the end you’ll be ableto do it yourself.We’re going to install this pedestal sinkthat’s actually a semi-pedestal. Basicallyit’s going to be looking like a floatingpedestal sink essentially, this being thesemi-pedestal, and then you have kind of astandard-looking pedestal sink top. So withthat being said, you could pretty much makethis height kind of whatever you want becauseyou’re not being dictated by a full pedestal.But I would still say a normal height wouldbe anywhere between 34” and 36”. Mostcabinetry now is coming out to be 34 ½”and then you have your countertop. And a lotof times they’ll make it about 35 ½”,36”. So we’re probably going to stickto that 35” mark. I have a mark on the wallhere dictating that. But really I mean it’swhatever you feel is comfortable. If you keepit around 35” that should work out prettywell.I’m hopefully going to help some of younot make the same mistakes that I have made.This was existing plumbing. I did put a newdrain adaptor onto the existing plumbing,and that’s really about it. Everything elsewas kind of existing. Here I put some newvalves on these existing valve stems. Butone of the things I should have probably paidattention to with this semi-pedestal sink,if you look in the instructions, which I shouldhave done originally, it’ll say that youwant to have these valve stems 3” apart.I have a little bit of movement in this. Idon’t want to stress it too much, but Icould get this down to about 4 ½” withouthaving to redo all this plumbing. And as youcould see, I already tiled everything. I haveholes cut for it. So to try and change thisnow would actually be pretty painful. Thatbeing said, the accurate way to go about thisis to keep the 3” apart. So if you’redoing this prior to getting started, justmake your valves 3” apart. And then theywant you to be 24 ¾” off of your finishedfloor. So if I want to just move this up aboutanother 2”and then together, I’ll be rightwhere I need it to be. Now the drain port,they’re saying to be 21”, 20 ¼”. Thisis just going to work fine for that. But ifyou can raise this up another ¾”, thatwould be better.Turn off the water to these valves just incase you bump any of these shutoff valvesand turn them on. You don’t want to getthe whole place wet.So I’ll show you an issue with not havingthese valves in the correct position. So whenI go to install this, you can see that thisis rubbing against my escutcheon plates. SoI’m going to remove the escutcheon plates.And really you’re not going to be able tosee this inside of this pedestal sink anyways.So having these on here are kind of just forshow really. So I’m going to remove those.And if you’re working by yourself, I wouldrecommend basically kind of installing thisbase first and then sitting on your pedestalsink on top to get the holes that you needto drill for the top. It’s just going tomake it a lot easier. It’s pretty difficultto hold the pedestal sink up and then tryto mark where your holes are by yourself.From the top of this to the top of your sinkis about 7”. Align this. If you want 35”to be your top mark, then you will have tobe 28” from the top of this to your floor.So we already kind of have that marked outhere. And I’m going to put a level. Markwhere these holes are. There’s three ofthem.So we have a third hole right here in thecenter. One of the biggest problems with thatis our drain’s right here and our drainpipe goes straight down. We’re going toopt out of drilling a hole into this one.There’s just no way that you can do thatwithout drilling into the drain. So we’rejust going to do these top holes here, whichis going to be more than enough. You’regoing to have holes to hold this bottom semi-baseup, and you’re going to have two holes tohold the top pedestal sink up. So you reallygot way more than enough support to hold that.So these little type screws, this basicallywill screw into the wood that you have behindyour tile. And then notice, thread this onto your pedestal sink to hold it into place.So with these smaller ones, these are only¼”, we’re going to just cut a ½” hole.Then we’re going to use a diamond bit toget through my porcelain tile.As you can see Steve is starting the diamondbit at a 45° angle. And then he’s goingto dip it water to cool it off, and he’sslowly tilting it back to 90° where he cancut the hole through that ceramic tile. Sothat’s the proper technique for cuttingthrough ceramic tile with these diamond bits.And if you want to preserve them and use themagain and again, dipping them into the waterevery 5 to 10 seconds will preserve the diamondon the bit, and you’ll be able to prolongthe life of it. So again you can see heretilted at 45° and then slowly turn it to90° and that’s how you’re going to cutthrough ceramic or porcelain tile. And we’llput a link to all the tools that we use inthis video in the description.So there’s really no easy way to get thisin here with these smaller screws, but youwant to make sure you don’t screw up yourthreads at the end of your bolt here becausethat’s obviously what’s going to allowyou to tighten your pedestal to it. As longas that’s anchored into the wood. And thenwe’ll go ahead and place our pedestal in.So this is going to be temporary; we’renot going to mount this permanently. Thiswill just allow us to rest the pedestal ontop and mark where we need holes for that.Just hand-tighten that. Just make sure it’slevel. With that sitting on top, I just wantto double check that this is level as well.There you go. So if you’re working by yourselfit’s definitely easier just to have thattemporarily up so that you could mark theholes. Hopefully that’s marked them.Okay, so we got that same build here, ½”holes. So these top ones came with a lot largeranchors to get in here. So I’m actuallygoing to get a pilot bit to drill this outa little bit and place these in. So I’mjust going to use a ¼” drill bit to drillinto my wood behind here. Just get it started.Okay that’s the reason why you want to testthis. Great. Perfect. Now that we have thatall in place… so when it’s up there, someminor adjustments to get this completely level.Okay so now we have all our bolts in, we’regoing to take this semi-pedestal off. We’regoing to put the sink faucet on the sink,place it on the top bolts, and then put thisin after we have the plumbing connected andtested.Okay, so we’re going to go ahead and installthis single-hand handle faucet. One of thenice things about this, what I really likeabout this system is, for one, it has thesupply lines already connected to it, so there’snot additional supplies you have to buy. Forthe overflow tube that’s the blocker, it’salready integrated into this, so there’sno fighting. You have the down rod for theplate. And then this little guy is what’sgoing to hold it to the thing. So just makesure your rubber gasket’s still here. Setthis all in here. Put your nut back on there.This is kind of nice. This has a little foamgasket that allows you to… you want to keepthis on the sink side. This kind of acts asyour plumber’s putty or silicone, so youdon’t even have to mess around with anythingon the inside of the sink. Pop it in. Putyour big, rubber washer on there. Little plasticslip ring. And tighten that in place. So what’sawesome is you can just attach your cableto there. So and that just takes care of yourpop-up drain, which is awesome. You want tomake sure that this little rubber gasket stayson this pipe before you thread it. And totell you the truth, a lot of problems thatI have sometimes with these things, I reallyjust like to put clear silicone around it.Nothing more frustrating than having a leakout of this thread. So I really just… Iprefer just to put a little bit of siliconeon there and then clean it off. Just hand-tight.Place the supply lines on the shutoffs byhand, and then you can tighten them with awrench by ¼ to ½ turn.One of the things about the P-trap. So whenyou put it in place against to where you’regoing to install it—you see we got about5” or so, 4” or 5” from here—you don’twant to just stick this all the way in therebecause if this goes beyond the tee, thenyou’re going to… like if this is the backof the back wall pipe, the more you shrinkthis, the more likelihood that hair is goingto get stuck right up against the back ofthat pipe. So you want to cut the pipe tofit. And normally I would just take half thatdistance to cut off. I mean we can get a measuringtape, but I would just take about 2” offthe back of this.Okay, so when you put this up—it’s a taperedwasher—you want to have the tapered enddown, the thin part down. So put your nutand the fitting with the tapered end down.Okay, so tip #1: You have to have these topbolts loosen up a little bit so that we slidethe base in this can move up just a littlebit. If you have this completely anchoredthen the base you can’t slide up insideof this upper lip. So loosen these bolts alittle bit to get this semi-base in.We used this wrench to tighten down on thenuts that hold the pedestal to the wall, andwe really, really like how this sink turnedout in the bathroom.Having a floating sink on your tile bathroomwall really adds to the décor of the entirebathroom. And like I said at the beginning,if you have a small bathroom like this onehere, then having this sink is great. It doesn’ttake up a ton of space, and you can even putstorage underneath it in the form of a basketfor things like toilet paper or even toiletriesif you want.So that’s it for today. If you want ourguide on how to do a bathroom makeover, youcan get that guide right here. It’s phenomenal.It’s very quick and to-the-point. And it’llshow you exactly step-by-step how they coulddo a bathroom makeover in 10 days or less.Thanks for watching today’s video. Takecare. We’ll talk to you soon.\n"