Countertop in the bathroom with your own hands. Tips for choosing and care

The table top in the bathroom is often needed to put on it the means of hygiene, cosmetics or something else. It is important that she fit on the design in the interior, and was also on the pocket owners. If you buy a ready-made tabletop to buy too expensive, then it can be done with your own hands.

Features of the choice of table top for bathroom

The tabletop under the sink in the bathroom should be practical and functional, increasing the useful space of the room, and also be combined with the design of the room.

It is known that the operating conditions in the bathroom are not the most favorable for furniture and interior decoration. There are also elevated humidity, and permanent fluctuations in air temperature, and water splashes falling on the surrounding items. Therefore, for a tabletop under the sink, as well as other interior objects, certain requirements are imposed:

• resistance to water action, moisture, steam;
• hygienicity, anti-corrosion properties;
• resistance to chemical environments, including before detergent;
• practicality;
• functionality;
• external appeal, combination with interior style;
• easy care.

The material from which your table top will be made must comply with all these parameters. Finished products, as a rule, take into account such requirements, but the acquisition of the tabletop may not all be on the pocket. In this case, it is possible to make a similar subject of the interior.

Materials and tools to create countertops in the bathroom with their own hands

Above, we indicated that the material for the saccine table top should be wear-resistant, durable and hygienic. Such properties have:

• concrete;
• fake diamond;
• a natural stone;
• artificial marble;
• ceramic tile.

As a rule, the specified materials are used as a cladding. The framework for manufacture with your own hands, table tops in the bathroom can be built of plasterboard, MDF, certain types of plywood or wood. Plasterboard needs to acquire moisture resistant, and if you decide to make your own tabletop to the bathroom from the tree, it will have to be processed accordingly.

All that may be needed for such a work can be brought in the form of a list:

• selected material for making frame;
• self-tapping screw and dowel;
• screwdriver;
• putty knife;
• sealant;
• primer;
• waterproof glue;
• marker;
• electric drill;
• knife or electrolybiz;
• side corners;
• sandpaper;
• reiki for wrapping of the hole of the shell.

Creation of countertops for sink in bathroom with your own hands

Preparatory work

• It is advisable to purchase materials only when you have made the necessary measurements and drew a schematic representation of a future design. Pay attention to the pipes or crane, if such are built into the wall at the place of the tabletop, be sure to provide for them openings, calculate their size and depth.
• The first stage of work includes the preparation of the hole for the sink. Take the material for the frame, for example, plasterboard, put on a flat and non-shaky surface. Remove the sink, put it upside down on the sheet of plasterboard, preferably in the center of the future frame. Pencil circle the sink along the contour. Then take 2 cm across the circumference to make a tabletop stable. Cut the workpiece with a knife or an electrolovka.
• If you decide to make a tabletop in the bathroom with your own hands, you can choose a completely any form, whether it is a strict geometric shape or a fantasy silhouette. If you are new and not enough confident in yourself, do not complicate work and stop on a square or rectangular form - it is easier to make it and process.
• With round outlines, it is not so easy to work, firstly, they are not so stable, secondly, the external sections are embellished for quite a long time and problematic.

Tabletop framework processing

• The frame for tabletops in the bathroom should be protected from moisture, only after that it can be mounted. Plywood, wood and plasterboard are strongly exposed to water, especially in places of sections. So the inner sections need to protect special rails glued to waterproof glue. External side sections need to be lured by sandpaper, coat with moisture-resistant primer.
• The framework prepared properly can be installed in place. It is either attached directly to the wall, or put on the end or supports. Fasten the base is convenient for special metal corners that are withstanding a lot of weight. The corners themselves fix on the wall of reliable dowels. Side and front cover countertops are fixed with self-drawing.
• The framework for the design can be made from profile pipes that are cut into fragments of the required length, weld around the perimeter of the future tabletop and fix on the wall. The substrate on such a frame is fixed with bolts.
• After installation, the tabletop frame can be decorated with finishing material.

Trim tiled countertops for bathroom do-it-yourself

Tile is relatively cheap, but practical and easy to leaving facing material. The process of finishing the countertop we describe the phased:

1. Initially, cover the framework of the design of the primer and dried.
2. Then we prepare the cement-sand mixture with a small addition of glue at will.
3. Around the hole intended for the sink, put the beaches. Then we apply a solution on the worktop. After drying the cement-sand mixture, the beaches are removed, and the surface is cleaned with a spatula.
4. After 5-6 hours, cover the putty edge places and leave for 3 days.
5. After 3 days, the workpiece can be trimmed with tiles. We start the process from the wall and moving towards the edge of the structure. Lubricate the reverse side of the tiles with glue, pressing them well to the surface. Looking flatness checking the level.
6. On the edges of glue pruning tiles or use a special border.
7. Gladed glue immediately consider the spatula. Then we leave the tile until complete drying.
8. The final stage is the stood of the seams. For such a goal, it is best to use epoxy composition, but its surplus needs to be wiped immediately after applying the mixture.

In the same way, you can make a tabletop in the bathroom from the mosaic or porcelain book.

Concrete tabletop for bathroom

Concrete is another type of economical and practical material. To make such a design, prepare the shape for the fill. It must correspond to the outlines and size of the frame, and you can build a form from plywood or chipboard.

• You can show fantasy and add to the concrete mix, for example, paint glass particles or some pigments. Concrete, which should be used for table tops, should be 400 or 500 stamps, and sand, fine granite, gravel are suitable for filler.
• Prepare a solution, fill the form up to half. At the location of the opening for the future tabletop, you first install a circle, through which concrete does not leak. In this form, leave the design for 1 day.
• A day later, prepare a new portion of the solution, as desired by adding something to it for decoration: paints, glass, pebbles, particles of the tile bit, etc. Fill out the remaining space of the form and give concrete to frozen for 3 days.
• The dried countertop must be pulled out with coarse-grained emery paper, to sweat fine pores with a fresh concrete solution, then dry and smooth several times in shallow sandpaper. Such a polished product can be mounted on the frame.

Artificial Stone Countertop

A simple trimming option for a bathroom is a facing with artificial acrylic stone. It is released in sheets, and the process of working with it is quite simple. For cladding under the sink, it is quite enough material with a thickness of 3 mm. You can fix the acrylic stone on any frame - plywood, plasterboard, wooden. For installation, use epoxy or two-component glue. The glue composition is simply applied to the base with a toothed spatula, then applied to the surface of the sheet and pushing it well.

To drive out of the air bubbles from under the material, start pressed in the center and move to the edges. After setting the composition you can align the ends of the tabletop odds. Aligning, take the end sides by the remnants of the material. In the case when the countertop is bent, it is possible to heat and encourage the necessary shape acrylic stone.

Artificial marble countertop

Another option of execution of the countertop in the bathroom under the sink with your own hands is the manufacture of artificial marble. To work, you will need:

• polyurethane form;
• water;
• sand;
• paints and tassels;
• cement;
• pebbles;
• gelkout;
• polyethylene film.

First you need to prepare a solution of artificial marble. Mix sand, pebbles and cement with water and plasticizer, add a pigment. With the help of a construction mixer, turn it into a monotonous mass, if necessary, pouring water.

Polyurethane shape for pouring. Lubricate with gelkuet, dry. Pour the solution into it, remove the remnants with a spatula and cover with polyethylene. The countertop from artificial marble will stick 10 hours.

On the finished tabletop you can mount the sink, pre-covering its edges with a sealant. Puting the sink, check if it is tightly fixed. If not, then wake the right places with glue. After a day, the sealant will freeze, and the design will be ready for use.

Councils for decorating countertops in the bathroom

When decorating the countertops, you can show fantasy and use a variety of decorative elements. For example, real or artificial seashells, colored stones, coins are perfectly suitable for such a goal. They are pressed in another crude layer of cement mortar, and after drying it is covered with varnish. From the parts you can post a drawing or ornament.

You can give the design unusual texture, as when working with decorative plaster.

Features of the worktop care in the bathroom

1. Caring for tabletop of natural stone, they need to be covered with special impregnation from time to time. Such a means after drying, forms a protective film, and water is not absorbed into the stone.
2. Countertops with a glossy surface is enough to simply wipe with a damp cloth or wash with soap solution. Abrasive tools in this case are not used.
3. Glass countertops are cleaned with mirrors and windows.
4. Wood helps protect the oil from moisture. They are impregnated with a heated material from time to time.
5. The table top in the bathroom from chipboard or fiberboard is not the best option, since both material do not tolerate moisture. After each use of the sink, the countertop will have to wipe dry with a cloth.

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