Can the drain pipe in my bathroom vanity be turned to the side so that the middle of the sink can be further to the right. I don't want ot have to move the hole in the wall. I currently have a 30" vanity, and I want to buy a 48" vanity. The center of the new vanity would be 24" as opposed to the current 15" center – a difference of 9". I don't have any room to center the vanity since the toilet is just a little to the left of the vanity, so I would have to move it to the right – off center.
Can the drain pipe in the bathroom vanity be turned to the side
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The important rule about bathroom electrics is that, apart from shaver sockets, fundamentally you can't have any power sockets in there. There may be some exceptions, but they don't apply here.
However, you can have power going into a bathroom if you hard wire the device and have a switch outside the bathroom that can turn the device off (we have a couple of heated towel rails wired this way).
So as long as your de-humidifier isn't directly above the sink, bath or shower and wired this way it should be OK.
However, with all these things consult an electrician. Even if you do end up doing it yourself getting professional advice is always a good idea.
If your existing faucets had individual water spouts then you could replace with a double handle type unit. This type can accommodate a large range of faucet to faucet center spacing as the faucet and mixing spout are interconnected under the sink via interconnecting hoses. Here are dimensions for a sample unit showing the range.
Here is link to online distributor web page for that unit.
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Best Answer
This shouldn't be an issue. With the standard P-trap, you can probably turn it so that it goes toward the side instead of towards the wall to get your 9". The important rule of drainage is that it always needs to slope down (other than the traps at each fixture) and that you can't get too far from the vent. Neither of those should be an issue with the change you're making.
Do be sure that the new sink isn't significantly deeper than your existing one since that could result in the drain needing to go uphill to get to the wall (which water doesn't like to do).