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Our laundry was pretty basic with just a standard trough and no storage. We wanted to make it more practical but had a very small budget.
So we went to Bunnings and bought a large bench top, new sink, 2x cupboards and some beautiful tiles.
It took us less than a day to put it all together, and the best part was it only cost us around $500 all up!
Over 20,000 views and counting @prettyliving. Workshop members and visitors can't get enough of your $500 laundry transformation. Congrats again.
Jason
Looking forward to seeing what you can do with the rental property @prettyliving.
Thanks again for sharing your handiwork with the community.
Jason
Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @Murali.
It's great to have you join us and I trust @prettyliving appreciates your feedback. Hopefully, she'll be able to suggest the method used to fix the bench and the sealants/glues that were needed in the build.
We look forward to hearing more about your project and we would encourage you to start a discussion when you begin your laundry, that way we can provide assistance and our community members can follow along with the process.
Mitchell
Hi @Murali thanks so much!
We started by attaching some wood to the wall, we did this mostly to bring the cupboards forward a little so that the benchtop wouldn’t overhang too far at the front. We bolted the wood to the wall, then attached the cupboards to the wood by drilling from inside the cupboards on the support panel - we pre-planned for the wood to line up with it.
Then we put the benchtop on top and attached it with some screws from the inside of the cupboard.
Once everything was firm and screwed into place, we did the tiling. Off memory I think we used the Dunlop wall & tile adhesive premix - I think it was about $25 for 2kg which was more than enough.
We then did the grout and once everything was dry we used Selleys no more gaps to seal where the tiles met the benchtop. I hope that helps.
I’ve attached a couple pics, one of the wood between the cabinet and wall, another of inside one of the cupboards where we attached it to the wall and the benchtop.
Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @Angee. It's great to have you join us and many thanks for your question.
Let me mention @prettyliving so she is alerted to your kind feedback.
Since this is such a popular project with our community I've put together some links to the products used by prettyliving which you might find helpful.
- Cupboards (now under a different name) Practa 1000mm Melamine Practa Base Cabinet
We look forward to hearing more about your own laundry project and would encourage you to let us know if you need assistance or if you would like to share it with our community.
Mitchell
