The vanity is the main focus of many bathrooms and sets the style for the room. Shopping for one in a home center or bathroom showroom, you’ll find a staggering variety of vanity styles, often sold as a vanity cabinet set, which usually include the cabinet, sink, and countertop, and is ready to install. The cost of the faucet is additional. A popular style today is a free-standing cabinet with drawers, a backsplash, and an open shelf below, a nice feature for storing towels.
The project involves fastening the cabinet unit to the wall, and then hooking up the faucet. A contractor charges $1,116, which includes labor and material, to remove an old vanity and replace it with a 42-inch wide, 38-inch high cabinet, sink, and countertop with backsplash. A handy homeowner can buy one for $550, install it and save 51 percent. That’s assuming he or she has the carpentry and plumbing skills and tools to do the job.
