Smashed the bathroom sink.....

[Matt106]

Yesterday I managed to smash the bathroom sink by knocking the toothbrush holder over, its got a hole and massive cracks all over the place so needs replacing.

Its not very old and is one of the 'floating' type sinks that has a small pedestal underneath.

Would it be easy to replace the sink myself? The bathroom was fitted by a pro so I don't want to ruin it any futher!

Im pretty handy with a spanner so don't mind having a go if its not to difficult.

[SystemParanoia]

wtf do you hold your toothbrushes in? a 450cc motocross engine block?

[Matt106]

SystemParanoia said:

wtf do you hold your toothbrushes in? a 450cc motocross engine block?

no it was a little crappy ceramic one!

[mike325112]

My father smashed theirs with a tin of shaving foam a while back! Claimed on his house insurance, the company sourced a matching one and organised the fitting of it. I was very impressed, particuarly as the bathroom is circa 10 years old.

[cpas]

The sinks probably coast a fraction of your insurance excess as long as you can find out exactly the one yu have. Fitting them isn't too difficult especially if the plumber added gate valves in the hot and cold feeds.

[Matt106]

My first thought was insurance but im hoping it can be sourced and fitted by myself or someone else cheaply. If not then its down the insurance route...

The pipes are currently covered so its difficult to see if he did fit them, I hope he did though! Turning off the water was my only worry really and also not damaging the tiles.