New bathroom vanity advice
Oct. 7th, 2024 10:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
amalthiaHello everyone,
Real life update, our sinks were dying so last month we decided to replace our vanities along with the sinks. The upstairs vanity install went okay. It's the downstairs vanity install that didn't go as smoothly.
The downstairs vanity required the installer to cut a hole in the bottom because the heater vent in the bathroom came up under the vanity. Now the problem is the downstairs bathroom smells strongly of wood/sawdust, the vanity was made out of particle board. At first I thought I was just smelling sawdust from when the installer removed the previous vanity (and didn't clean up the floor), however we were able to vacuum up most of the sawdust through the hole in the vanity. But now I'm now wondering if I should get a air quality monitor to see if what I'm smelling is just the particle board off-gassing?
I was hoping someone on my friends list would know if it's normal to smell particle board for weeks after a vanity install and I just need to be patient, or if I need to buy an air quality monitor and if it says the VOC levels are too high look into some sort of sealant? I'm worried after reading that some VOCs can make you sick if exposed to them a long time.
I'm wondering if I'm making a mountain out of a mole hill, but I figured it doesn't hurt to ask for advice.
This is the first time I ever did a home renovation like this and in hindsight I probably should have looked for a vanity that already had a air hole for heat to escape. I'm seriously questioning the mental abilities of the person who designed the condos in my neighborhood, who thinks it a good idea to place a forced air heater vent under a cabinet?
Real life update, our sinks were dying so last month we decided to replace our vanities along with the sinks. The upstairs vanity install went okay. It's the downstairs vanity install that didn't go as smoothly.
The downstairs vanity required the installer to cut a hole in the bottom because the heater vent in the bathroom came up under the vanity. Now the problem is the downstairs bathroom smells strongly of wood/sawdust, the vanity was made out of particle board. At first I thought I was just smelling sawdust from when the installer removed the previous vanity (and didn't clean up the floor), however we were able to vacuum up most of the sawdust through the hole in the vanity. But now I'm now wondering if I should get a air quality monitor to see if what I'm smelling is just the particle board off-gassing?
I was hoping someone on my friends list would know if it's normal to smell particle board for weeks after a vanity install and I just need to be patient, or if I need to buy an air quality monitor and if it says the VOC levels are too high look into some sort of sealant? I'm worried after reading that some VOCs can make you sick if exposed to them a long time.
I'm wondering if I'm making a mountain out of a mole hill, but I figured it doesn't hurt to ask for advice.
This is the first time I ever did a home renovation like this and in hindsight I probably should have looked for a vanity that already had a air hole for heat to escape. I'm seriously questioning the mental abilities of the person who designed the condos in my neighborhood, who thinks it a good idea to place a forced air heater vent under a cabinet?