How To Change Out A Bathroom Medicine Cabinet

Warning Remove everything inside the medicine cabinet including the shelves if theyre not attached. Medicine cabinets arent just for meds anymore.

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Use a keyhole saw to make 4-inch square cuts on both sides of the studs within the outline.

How to change out a bathroom medicine cabinet. Brit on Aug 10 2016 Im in the same boat as you OP. Remove old medicine cabinets and install decorative tiles with glass shelves for guest amenities. Every bathroom can look fashion forward with a bit of color and design.

Find the fasteners that hold the cabinet in the wall cavity remove them and pull out the old cabinet. How to Replace a Recessed Medicine Cabinet. However like EVERYTHING else at my house it had been severely neglected and thus was in pretty poorgross looking shape.

You can make one yourself or renovate an old one and use it. This one had couple of screws holding it in and was otherwise held to the wall by several old layers of paint. If wires and plumbing are inside wall hang surface mount cabinet instead.

If youre replacing a medicine cabinet from inside a wall make sure to properly insulate before putting new one in. Set the door and screws aside. Out of 2x4 boards cut horizontal and vertical framing for new opening.

You may have other things you want to keep in your bathroom medicine cabinet like insect repellant and sunscreen. Outline the cabinet with a pencil. Here are some 8 great ways to update a bathroom of any size.

Remove the cabinet door by loosening the screws attaching the door to the hinges. Put the cabinet down and use a stud finder to locate any studs within the outline. How to replace a medicine cabinet in the bathroom.

You can wall-mount an aluminum bathroom medicine cabinet anywhere. The first step was to remove the old medicine cabinet. Prep the Space.

In reality they function as a catchall for all those bathroom necessities you want close at hand but still out of sight. This left a nice hole in the drywall. If the new cabinet came with the door attached remove it if possible.

Set all of these items. Glue horizontals at top and bottom to studs. Use hacksaw to enlarge hole and studs if necessary.

These are certainly well worth having on-hand and can last for years untouched. One of the the things I loved about the bathroom was that it had an original steel medicine cabinet. If the cabinet has built-in lighting turn off the circuit.

Paint the sides in a color that will compliment your mosaic or walls. Next I cleaned the cabinet with vinegar hot water a bit of dish soap taped off. It was rusted out and just looked like you would not want to put your toiletries anywhere near this thing.

First step was to take off the lights and the back plate. Its usually an antiseptic spot in white with a mirror you may add a creative frame to it or make beautiful glass shelves inside. This video shows the simple method of installing a medicine cabinet into the wall.

This recessed medicine. Use a level to make sure it is level and plumb. Empty the old cabinet take out the shelves and in some cases remove the door.

If you dont want a usual piece you may go for various creative colors and patterns for the inside and outside of the cabinet. I spray painted these and almost any other metal in here flat black. Replacing the medicine cabinet will give your bathroom an upgrade modern look.

I unscrewed it and then used a knife to cut the edges away from the paint. Report this comment Thanks for reporting. If you have expired meds toss them and replace if you so desire.

More on how to do that in another tutorial soon Oh my it was already getting better. Obviously depending on which design you choose This is a simple yet helpfu. Go to a hobby store and buy a package of glass mosaic pieces and glue them all over the cabinet in a nice pattern and youll have an artistic mosaic frame.

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