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I was at Home Depot about 4 hours ago and was looking at that larger white vanity but I need the 60" vanity and fortunately they didn't have it and blessed to have watched your video my good man. Didn't think about any of that. Thank you for the educated video!
@jeffostroff good morning..can I put a vessel sink on top of the granite looking piece? On a vanity sink ?thank you so much for stopping me from paying for over priced and cheap cabinets
Lots of stuff should be outlawed. FDA banned toxins but they are still putting in the food supply. The best is people like you educating everyone. Thank you for this video!! Grateful 💗
A lot of home flippers are buying those cheap cabinets. I bought that one at 2:35 for my mom's house. For month's it hadn't sold. Redid the half bath w/ that cabinet and a nice counter top. Sold within a few day's. People don't look at the quality, just how nice it looks.
Great vid. As a installer of higher end kitchens I am actually surprised how many of the people commenting here had no idea how bad these cabinets are. I understand everyone can't afford top notch cabinets, but as you do a great job showing, there are some things you just want to avoid. Stapled drawers, and particle board panels are horrendous to look at, and come apart. My recommendation to people looking for a better cabinet are the RTA cabinets available online. For the same price or a little more as the big box store cabs, you can get actual plywood cases, some have maple drawers, solid wood face frames and better quality undermount soft close drawer glides. They're not high end, but they are a much better investment. RTA stands for ready to assemble. They're knock down, but if you can turn a screw driver, you can do it yourself. They are similar to IKEA's upper end cabinets, but without the particle board.
Yes a lot cheaper if you assemble depending on the cabinet company. We order a lot of cabinets from J& K Cabinets local affiliate, and one time we assembled a bathroom vanity, took 2 hours, LOL, I said forge that, I now pay them the $20 per box, experts who assemble them in 20 minutes all day long, to build the cabinets and they drop them off at my project, all I have to do is assemble the cabinets.
Can you recommend any websites? We are currently shopping for a vanity for our downstairs half bath and we are not happy with our local in stock selections. I will look up JK to see I they ship anywhere, we are in Va.
@@1mama402 Yes if JK does not deliver in your area I was going to also recommend RTA as mentioned by AJ last month and the comments Just make sure whatever you buy has also led would construction and you can decide whether or not tip get them ready to assembled will you have to put it together or do you wanna pay them to assemble them which of course costs more
Thank you so much! This all was so very helpful! We ended up deciding on a Studio Design Vanity from Floor and Decor. Our options were so limited and we just didn’t want to pay to ship. It’s the best quality of all the stuff we had been looking at and we are pretty happy with the end result. Who knew picking out a bathroom vanity was so daunting. Lol
good video. wish everyone watched this. excellent advice. i recently got an apartment where it had a particle board vanity. looked to be 50 years old. it was all swelled up, roaches loved it because it had cracks and crevices that the could breed in. first thing i did was search for a vanity with legs and leg coasters. at least 2 inches high, made out of real wood, even if its pine. if there is any water leak, at least your vanity wont get damaged. it was easy to put in, but the plumbing was for 1940...cheap 99 cent shutoffs with copper pipe leads to the faucet. had to have the super shut off the main so i could put quality quarter turn ball valves. in any case, i ended up buying from wayfair as they had solid wood cabinets and were cheaper than home depot.
Something to consider are the remodeling trends in America. People are upgrading their bathrooms at a tremendous rate--some people are already updating early 2000s bathrooms just to change the look. A cheap vanity may be an option if you are the type of person to constantly update, say every 8 to 10 years. If you are looking for longevity, then pay the extra price. Remember, a vanity is a piece of furniture with a sink attached to it. Some people get tired of their furniture.
I have the white vanity that's in the thumbnail. I'm not exactly sure how old it is, because it was here when we bought the house in '09. We're replacing it because we decided to remodel. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it, we just wanted something a little more modern.
Thanks for the heads up, as I am shopping around for a vanity. Too much particle board throughout the furniture industry but Americans keep buying the cheap stuff!
Thank you for saving me money and possible headaches! We had a pipe leak that soaked the whole bathroom and now I need to find a vanity. Now, i know what to look for! And, I may be going to a local cabinet maker.
Excellent video and you said it so well and so truthful! It’s robbery during broad daylight the cost of vanities! I live inCanada and it’s $1300-$3000 and most of the cabinets are made like you said cheaply with terrible materials that come apart in a year if you are lucky!
As someone who's been a landlord for almost 27 years and bought cabinets from them, I can say this is all very true. The tops are good and will last but the cabinets are not going to last. 2 years ago, I bought a cabinet/sink top for my own bathroom at about $500 and it's already having issues with the paint on it and I see some cracking. I plan to sell this multi-family I live in soon so I'm not that mad. It's similar to the silver plastic one shown her so I thought the finish would be more durable but it's not. The thing is, as a landlord, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. If you buy mediocre stuff and tenants take long showers and are sloppy with water, the cabinets won't last. Then if you buy the expensive stuff, you still have to worry about them denting or scratching the wood. Some people are respectful and others don't care. I do agree that the pressed wood ones are an absolute scam and should be outlawed. I call them disposable cabinets. They absorb water and humidity like a sponge. In my next house, I'm just buying wood for myself. As far as cabinets for tenants, as I said, it's always going to be problematic. The ideal bathroom cabinet would be one made of stone.
@@jeffostroff Glad you made it out alive lol. Besides problems like this, there are just too many things to deal with. Even the city has to bust my chops. As far as tenants ...I could write a book.
For the particles board vanities, do you think we can brush the parts with the exposed particle board with a clear top coat to protect it from the humidity? Would that work?
keep the vent fan running for 3 to 5 hours. no humidity at all. it works the same all over the house. i have 2 baths, 1 vent in the kitchen . they do their job!
I'm too late just got your video tonight we bought the Bannister 37"x 19" single sink bath vanity pearl gray with white cultured marbletop. I got it marked down 10% because of a little minor chip plus military discount $$303.21
Yup! The whole DIY craze pulling out old solid cabinets for cheap cabinets… people flipping houses with cheap stuff. I can tell and will not buy a house where this has happened. The DIY craze was just a ploy to sell crap. Keep the old cabinets and give it a facelift!!!!
Thanks for your efforts on this video. I’m about to go vanity shopping and the information in your video will help me make the right decision. Thank you again.
I just finished building a log home. We got custom made solid hickory cabinets from an amish cabinet maker. When we were doing some of the finish work inside the house.. one of the builders had a 18' ladder in the middle of the great room.. and it fell over and smashed down onto the top of the kitchen island (the counter top wasn't done yet). It left two tiny little dimples on the top of the cabinet. It hardly damaged it. If it were a Home Depot island... it would have been crushed and flattened to the floor. lol.
God bless you for this! I'm trying to help a client who's doing a quick reno after house burnt down & the contractor recommended Home depot vanities! I went there yesterday &* was appalled.
Just got a Aberdeen Bathroom vanity it was 48 inches. It looked really good but the drawers don’t open only two of them do I looked all over for UA-cam videos and instructions about it nobody has said anything to fix and pull the pins out the pens were already pulled out but it didn’t work we are going to return it
You saved me right on time when I almost signed to buy vanity from Home Depot sent by my contractor. So I sent your video to open his eyes. No matter what I buy I still pay the same labor charge. So why not buy a better quality than these cheap cardboard materials vanity.
My husband and I just recently bought a house and wanted to remodel our bathroom, we were going to get a vanity from home depot but now after watching this video I'm not sure where to buy one. Looking at the Comments I saw that you recommended J&k Cabinetry but there isn't one where we live. Do you know any good places to buy one is Las Vegas?
Aimee there are probably good cabinets all around you just like JK cabinets. Just make sure you are getting all wood, metal corner brackets, soft close doors and drawers. Get on Nextdoor app and ask, tons of people will respond with stores to try out,
Great video! Most people are ignorant, they just don't know so it's not really their fault. Why would anybody give a thumbs down. I think in general HD is too expensive.
I am so Upset . I got one from Home Depot. I know Home Depot doesn't have good quality products but damn it I got a narrower one and have old tiles that can't replace. I got it for cheap because we can't afford an expensive one. The information on the product are kind of missleading. Can't even cancel because everything else with what I need is expensive almost double as that. The quality is not good. I just don't know what to do with it 😭
I buy them all the time when they are on special buy for $100 for rentals. The special buy is $100 to $200 for a vanity + top and mirror. Good deal. Never had a problem.
@@jeffostroff Yea I would not pay any more than that.... 300+ you can get a nicer set at the liquidation lots for $200 without a mirror. Always buy top and vanity together never pay more than 200 for the HD ones. Good for rentals and flips. There are some going for $1000 to $2000 - don't pay retail go to liquidators.
We just ordered Aberdeen dove grey medicine cabinets, double 72” vanity and linen cabinet. Everything has arrived except the vanity. I decided to read the reviews and, yikes!!! That’s what brought me to you. Thanks a lot. I think we’ll return this stuff and go to the sit down.
Thank you..I'm just now looking for a Bathroom Vanity I did see sinks & tops at Home Depot that I liked..but didn't know all that about Vanities .Thanks
I had my vanities custom made because of the crappy craftsmanship and overpriced garbage they were selling at the local Lowe's, Home Depot and other big box stores. To my surprise the price was about the same more or less but solid wood. This was two years ago before covid hit. Now everything is a lot higher because of the wood shortage.
Thanks for this video. There is a J&K Cabinetry in my area so I will check them out. I was trying to avoid the particle board stuff I am glad I found this video.
Ok but I have a lot of those super cheap vanities the builder installed in my houses 20+ years ago and they are all still working just fine so I'm not really seeing the problem here.
You are in luck and you probably keep a nice tidy house and never have a leak. But it's people that don't use the exhaust fan in their bathroom and so the bathrooms get all humid whenever they take a shower and over the years it will start to expand the particle board and the vanities and cause them to start disintegrating. One leak in the bathroom can change all of that however as well
Our town has the HABITAT FOR HUMANITY STORE and a lot of Contractors donate vanities and tops, doors,cupboards, toilets, sinks, windows appliances,flooring, everything that you can think of!! And the quality is the GOOD STUFF!!! And the prices are cheap!!!
I have been buying all my kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities from JK cabinets. Sometimes I will buy the $500 Roveland model from Lowes which is all wood, and comes with marble top and sink.
In reality, staples/brads and glue are fine for drawers like this. The glue is doing most of the work. But with everything else, you're right, HD is overpriced. Particle board works, but doesn't compare to plywood, and is not going to last as long.
@@jeffostroff totally agree. But unless you have a leak or something, it probably won't melt from shower steam as long as the bathroom is properly vented. I'm using some 1998 particle board cabinets from my parents' old kitchen for basement storage, and they are still solid. Totally builder grade stuff, but holding up well. That being said, I'm building my own maple plywood/solid wood cabinets right now, so I know the difference.
@@jimmypautz It's hard to predict all the things that can go wrong. Years of bathroom humidity during steamy showers and hot baths even with the fan can still make the particle board expand and bloat up, then crumble. I t also delaminates the Formica. Once that happens, more particle board gets exposed. Then you have bathroom fans that stop working, and homeowners stop using it, or tenants don't call the landlord. It's a vicious cycle.
Thank you! you taught me something today on wood. Funny thing tho I watched the video after I bought that cream colored vanity you showed and talked about! I'll hope and pray that mine doesn't get wet and warp! But, no teenagers or kids(water spills)here so that's good!
can attest to the absolutely incredible amounts of moisture particle boards can soak up, esp in high humidity weather. bought a wardrobe 3 years back ( suckered in by the finish & cheap price, my bad ) and the damn thing in buckling ever so slowly but its noticeable now. Realized that when i replaced the hinges which had rusted away and broken, cause refitting the doors was a pain.
Thank you so much for publishing this video. It was right on point with what I experienced with a recent vanity purchase for The powder room. Cheap particle board that only looks good for a distance. I need to remodel my master bath with a 72 in vanity. We do have a J&K Cabinetry in Atlanta so I'll check them out. Do they build large vanities and is there pricing competitive with the Home Depot custom cabinets you were showing in the video?
Yes, their pricing was very impressive. We just did a 66" vanity for my friend this week, with granite installed by stone company on top of it. What we did was we got a 27" base vabinet, then 2 smaller 18" wide base cabinets, one on either side, plus two 1.5" spacers, for a total of 66". the 2 smaller units both just have 3 drawers on them.
Thanks, Jeff, but I discovered this video a week too late. I know that I could have built my own, better, vanity but I can't get to my tools in the garage due to too much junk piled up. I was in a hurry. Haste makes waste. That's the old & apt saying.
@@jeffostroff The previous leak is the reason we replaced the old sink & vanity. Oh, the "joy" of home owner maintenance, repair, replacement. There is always something to do.
I went to home depot a couple of days ago and I was observing exactly the same thing. Your video confirms my suspicion. I can 'smell' a poor quality furniture a mile away. True that, the should be outlawed for wet places. They are just 'hustling' us now :)
I’m in a the middle of a bathroom project and all the big box stores has all junk press-wood cabinets, they don’t last! However a good built cabinet 36” wide is over $650 on up! I will keep looking.
You get what you pay for alot of these vanities cost alot of money for good quality...if your working on a budget to redo your bathroom like me I found a 48 inch vanities for 299$ from a liquidation warehouse its a lowes or home depot model...compared to 800 to 1000$ dollars!
This was very informative, in the process of shopping for a vanity and the quality in m HD seems very cheap. I had on expensive one that was really nice but the craftman ship was horrible. when I order would I be getting the same crappy quality? the store said it was because its a display.
You have to check with the storm employees and confirm that what you are ordering is solid wood in no particle board. You also want to make sure there's no MDF in it which is medium density fiber board which is essentially like a highly compressed cardboard which is just as cheap and Justice acceptable to water absorption as the particle board is.
@@jeffostroff it was solid wood but the doors and drawer design looked like someone stay a mile and threw them together. The reviews online weren’t the best either about the craftsmanship. Many thanks at least I know what to look for when I head to HD tomorrow.
You just saved me some money and I just purchased a house and could not figure out the material of the vanity. It’s crumbling at the bottom because it partial board. Wow thanks
I just ordered a makeup vanity online from them, thankfully it'll be I'm my bedroom away from humidity for the most part, but I'm gonna check out these things when it comes and maybe just have my husband help me build one in the future if this one breaks down
Can you do anything to make something like this last longer? Like a Poly coat or something? And on the drawers, can they be reinforced with a bigger nail or screws?
My wife was in love with the same crap. I have a novice wood working shop. I told her to find a sink and faucet and I will build a rustic wooden one made with the proper wood and sealant for moisture plagued areas. Rip off artists.
They are standard sizes. A 36" wide vanity, you buy the 37" vanity top. The 48" wide vanity you buy the 49" wide vanity top. they have always fit for me
I saw this video 3 days to late! Just bought one of those cheaply made vanities for $300. 😪hopefully it works out. I now subscribe so I dont miss important info like this
Just be extra diligent on your bathroom Renee, and make sure you don't ever have leaks, or even steam collecting on mirrors, which also causes particle board vanities to bloat.
Before I watched this video I honestly refused to buy at Home Depot and went to floor decor . I am hoping I made the right choice there. I didn’t see them like Home Depot though.
I was in floor and decor last week and was very appalled at the same type of garbage vanities they sell on there as well mostly particleboard and thermofoil skin coatings over the door panels very disappointing. also open the doors to any of the vanities at floor and decor annual see up in the back corners the same cheap plastic braces with one staple maybe 2 staples if you're lucky
Wow thanks very informative, I painted mine to save money ,just need a new vanity top didnt even think to look inside the vanities at lowes just the outside of them
We use J&I cabinets on powerline in pompano. If you sit down with The Home Depot cabinet sales people they can order your higher quality but much more expensive wood vanities through special order.
I got a particle board vanity from Home Depot with a top for 180. 36 inches , it also came with a mirror I realize this won’t last that long but realistically if I have no leaks , how long can o expect it to last just with the steam from the shower .?
I just installed one for a friend, similar $189 deal, pure garbage! As long as you can ventilate the bathroom, you'll get 10 years out of the vanity. Ours started swelling at the bottom.
There's a couple of ways you can do this you can go to the cabinet department at Home Depot or Lowe's, and sit down with him in order the better quality cabinets which of course cost a lot more, and with today's environment and shorter Here's who knows how long it will take to come in. My preferred method that I've been doing in the last six years is I just order from J&K cabinets and I have them deliver them right to my site and they are always accurate on the delivery day and time as well. I usually pay the extra $20 per cabinet box to have them assemble it. It is well worth it. Sometimes I just show up at their showroom and will pick something up if I'm in our rush but their stuff is all high quality dovetail drawers soft close doors fully extending drawers etc. There in major cities see if they have them
Thanks for the info - we are in the market for a vanity and was looking in Home depot today. looked as some you showed and was impressed with them, but my ignorance of this hardware prevailed. We will go to Lowes also to see what they have , but aware of what to look for. I just don t know any shops like you talk of so time for my homework--again thanks
Thank you! I'm shopping for vanities right now and was about to get them from either Home depot or Lowes. Can you recommend where I can get better quality vanities?
Is it okay to buy one of the cheaper ones if its going to be in a half bathroom that's rarely used, I found one on lowes for under 90. The current one in my half bath is soo old ugly and outdated. I just need something that's under 24.5 inches.
Yes, Angela, it is your comfort level. Our half bath gets used by kids every day, and we always monitor it for leaks, so our builder gave us a garbage vanity, but we have managed to keep it dry, and fixed on leak already a couple of years ago.
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I was at Home Depot about 4 hours ago and was looking at that larger white vanity but I need the 60" vanity and fortunately they didn't have it and blessed to have watched your video my good man. Didn't think about any of that. Thank you for the educated video!
Thank you. I almost made an expensive mistake buying cabinets like these. Great video 👍
Glad to help!
@jeffostroff good morning..can I put a vessel sink on top of the granite looking piece? On a vanity sink ?thank you so much for stopping me from paying for over priced and cheap cabinets
Lots of stuff should be outlawed. FDA banned toxins but they are still putting in the food supply. The best is people like you educating everyone. Thank you for this video!! Grateful 💗
A lot of home flippers are buying those cheap cabinets. I bought that one at 2:35 for my mom's house. For month's it hadn't sold. Redid the half bath w/ that cabinet and a nice counter top. Sold within a few day's. People don't look at the quality, just how nice it looks.
That is correct! I hate walking into a flip and see plastic toilet paper holders, you can tell it was a super cheap flip.
this is what I am going to do. Business is business. Rehab to look good then sell.
You literally just saved my pocket book. I've been looking at HD vanities for my bathroom. Thank you
glad to help Jeanette
Yessss. I totally agree. You never put partical board in a wet zone. Ever. I’m so glad I’m not the only one who thinks this!!
Greta minds think alike
Great vid. As a installer of higher end kitchens I am actually surprised how many of the people commenting here had no idea how bad these cabinets are. I understand everyone can't afford top notch cabinets, but as you do a great job showing, there are some things you just want to avoid. Stapled drawers, and particle board panels are horrendous to look at, and come apart.
My recommendation to people looking for a better cabinet are the RTA cabinets available online. For the same price or a little more as the big box store cabs, you can get actual plywood cases, some have maple drawers, solid wood face frames and better quality undermount soft close drawer glides. They're not high end, but they are a much better investment. RTA stands for ready to assemble. They're knock down, but if you can turn a screw driver, you can do it yourself. They are similar to IKEA's upper end cabinets, but without the particle board.
Yes a lot cheaper if you assemble depending on the cabinet company. We order a lot of cabinets from J& K Cabinets local affiliate, and one time we assembled a bathroom vanity, took 2 hours, LOL, I said forge that, I now pay them the $20 per box, experts who assemble them in 20 minutes all day long, to build the cabinets and they drop them off at my project, all I have to do is assemble the cabinets.
Can you recommend any websites? We are currently shopping for a vanity for our downstairs half bath and we are not happy with our local in stock selections. I will look up JK to see I they ship anywhere, we are in Va.
@@1mama402 Yes if JK does not deliver in your area I was going to also recommend RTA as mentioned by AJ last month and the comments Just make sure whatever you buy has also led would construction and you can decide whether or not tip get them ready to assembled will you have to put it together or do you wanna pay them to assemble them which of course costs more
Thank you 🙏
Thank you so much! This all was so very helpful! We ended up deciding on a Studio Design Vanity from Floor and Decor. Our options were so limited and we just didn’t want to pay to ship. It’s the best quality of all the stuff we had been looking at and we are pretty happy with the end result. Who knew picking out a bathroom vanity was so daunting. Lol
The number one reason I got into woodworking, the overpriced particle board veneer garbage at all the box stores!
A good enough reason to make your own. If I was as good as Norm Abrams, I would make my own.
good video. wish everyone watched this. excellent advice. i recently got an apartment where it had a particle board vanity. looked to be 50 years old. it was all swelled up, roaches loved it because it had cracks and crevices that the could breed in. first thing i did was search for a vanity with legs and leg coasters. at least 2 inches high, made out of real wood, even if its pine. if there is any water leak, at least your vanity wont get damaged. it was easy to put in, but the plumbing was for 1940...cheap 99 cent shutoffs with copper pipe leads to the faucet. had to have the super shut off the main so i could put quality quarter turn ball valves. in any case, i ended up buying from wayfair as they had solid wood cabinets and were cheaper than home depot.
Wood is better than particle board for sure!
Something to consider are the remodeling trends in America. People are upgrading their bathrooms at a tremendous rate--some people are already updating early 2000s bathrooms just to change the look. A cheap vanity may be an option if you are the type of person to constantly update, say every 8 to 10 years. If you are looking for longevity, then pay the extra price. Remember, a vanity is a piece of furniture with a sink attached to it. Some people get tired of their furniture.
Cheap vanities don't even last 8-10 years with normal use.
I have the white vanity that's in the thumbnail. I'm not exactly sure how old it is, because it was here when we bought the house in '09. We're replacing it because we decided to remodel. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it, we just wanted something a little more modern.
Home depot cabinets are fine..agreed
Thanks for the heads up, as I am shopping around for a vanity. Too much particle board throughout the furniture industry but Americans keep buying the cheap stuff!
Hi there, where would you recommend buying a bathroom vanity? Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks!
Where did you decide to get your vanity?
Thank you for saving me money and possible headaches! We had a pipe leak that soaked the whole bathroom and now I need to find a vanity. Now, i know what to look for! And, I may be going to a local cabinet maker.
You are so welcome!
All my renovations I would reinforce corners and caulk bottom of vanity so if it should leak, it may prevent swelling of what I call cardboard wood.
Yes, that swelling is bad
I have very old cabinets waiting to be removed and old vanities all of them swollen. They look horrible
Excellent video and you said it so well and so truthful! It’s robbery during broad daylight the cost of vanities! I live inCanada and it’s $1300-$3000 and most of the cabinets are made like you said cheaply with terrible materials that come apart in a year if you are lucky!
The vanities at Costco are awesome. You can get the better vanities from Home Depot, but you have to special order them.
@@jeffostroff what is your opinion of the Winslow sold only at HD online.
As someone who's been a landlord for almost 27 years and bought cabinets from them, I can say this is all very true. The tops are good and will last but the cabinets are not going to last.
2 years ago, I bought a cabinet/sink top for my own bathroom at about $500 and it's already having issues with the paint on it and I see some cracking. I plan to sell this multi-family I live in soon so I'm not that mad. It's similar to the silver plastic one shown her so I thought the finish would be more durable but it's not.
The thing is, as a landlord, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. If you buy mediocre stuff and tenants take long showers and are sloppy with water, the cabinets won't last. Then if you buy the expensive stuff, you still have to worry about them denting or scratching the wood. Some people are respectful and others don't care.
I do agree that the pressed wood ones are an absolute scam and should be outlawed. I call them disposable cabinets. They absorb water and humidity like a sponge.
In my next house, I'm just buying wood for myself. As far as cabinets for tenants, as I said, it's always going to be problematic.
The ideal bathroom cabinet would be one made of stone.
This is why I quit being a landlord years ago
@@jeffostroff Glad you made it out alive lol. Besides problems like this, there are just too many things to deal with. Even the city has to bust my chops. As far as tenants ...I could write a book.
@@alabaster193 Did you sell your multifamily yet? I'm interested in buying.
I was just looking at a few this past weekend. thanks for the heads up. I did notice the off frame drawers and pressed wood cross beams.
That's good that you were aware of that and now you can avoid it
For the particles board vanities, do you think we can brush the parts with the exposed particle board with a clear top coat to protect it from the humidity? Would that work?
keep the vent fan running for 3 to 5 hours. no humidity at all. it works the same all over the house. i have 2 baths, 1 vent in the kitchen . they do their job!
I'm too late just got your video tonight we bought the Bannister 37"x 19" single sink bath vanity pearl gray with white cultured marbletop.
I got it marked down 10% because of a little minor chip plus military discount $$303.21
Yup! The whole DIY craze pulling out old solid cabinets for cheap cabinets… people flipping houses with cheap stuff. I can tell and will not buy a house where this has happened. The DIY craze was just a ploy to sell crap. Keep the old cabinets and give it a facelift!!!!
I prefer new solid wood cabinets
Thanks for your efforts on this video. I’m about to go vanity shopping and the information in your video will help me make the right decision. Thank you again.
I just finished building a log home. We got custom made solid hickory cabinets from an amish cabinet maker. When we were doing some of the finish work inside the house.. one of the builders had a 18' ladder in the middle of the great room.. and it fell over and smashed down onto the top of the kitchen island (the counter top wasn't done yet). It left two tiny little dimples on the top of the cabinet. It hardly damaged it. If it were a Home Depot island... it would have been crushed and flattened to the floor. lol.
Yes, a great way to cut Home Depot particle board counters!
God bless you for this!
I'm trying to help a client who's doing a quick reno after house burnt down & the contractor recommended Home depot vanities!
I went there yesterday &* was appalled.
Just got a Aberdeen Bathroom vanity it was 48 inches. It looked really good but the drawers don’t open only two of them do I looked all over for UA-cam videos and instructions about it nobody has said anything to fix and pull the pins out the pens were already pulled out but it didn’t work we are going to return it
We got a nice one from Lowes branded after Property Brothers, see our video where we remodeled it here: studio.ua-cam.com/users/videohCkwg9zRLZc/edit
You saved me right on time when I almost signed to buy vanity from Home Depot sent by my contractor. So I sent your video to open his eyes. No matter what I buy I still pay the same labor charge. So why not buy a better quality than these cheap cardboard materials vanity.
My husband and I just recently bought a house and wanted to remodel our bathroom, we were going to get a vanity from home depot but now after watching this video I'm not sure where to buy one. Looking at the Comments I saw that you recommended J&k Cabinetry but there isn't one where we live. Do you know any good places to buy one is Las Vegas?
Aimee there are probably good cabinets all around you just like JK cabinets. Just make sure you are getting all wood, metal corner brackets, soft close doors and drawers. Get on Nextdoor app and ask, tons of people will respond with stores to try out,
Hi Jeff, I live in Fort Lauderdale do you have any recommendations where to find good vanities in broward or Miami dare county?
Great video! Most people are ignorant, they just don't know so it's not really their fault. Why would anybody give a thumbs down. I think in general HD is too expensive.
Costco ha shad some nice vanities lately for agreta price with the granite tops and sinks included and power and USB outlets in this.
@@jeffostroff thx
I am so Upset . I got one from Home Depot. I know Home Depot doesn't have good quality products but damn it I got a narrower one and have old tiles that can't replace. I got it for cheap because we can't afford an expensive one. The information on the product are kind of missleading. Can't even cancel because everything else with what I need is expensive almost double as that. The quality is not good. I just don't know what to do with it 😭
Stinks but you just have to live with it, unless you get a windfall of cash somehow.
I buy them all the time when they are on special buy for $100 for rentals. The special buy is $100 to $200 for a vanity + top and mirror. Good deal. Never had a problem.
That is a great price and they will work fine until they get wet
@@jeffostroff Yea I would not pay any more than that.... 300+ you can get a nicer set at the liquidation lots for $200 without a mirror. Always buy top and vanity together never pay more than 200 for the HD ones. Good for rentals and flips. There are some going for $1000 to $2000 - don't pay retail go to liquidators.
We just ordered Aberdeen dove grey medicine cabinets, double 72” vanity and linen cabinet. Everything has arrived except the vanity. I decided to read the reviews and, yikes!!! That’s what brought me to you. Thanks a lot. I think we’ll return this stuff and go to the sit down.
Awesome, back to the drawing baord!
Thank you..I'm just now looking for a Bathroom Vanity I did see sinks & tops at Home Depot that I liked..but didn't know all that about Vanities .Thanks
I had my vanities custom made because of the crappy craftsmanship and overpriced garbage they were selling at the local Lowe's, Home Depot and other big box stores. To my surprise the price was about the same more or less but solid wood. This was two years ago before covid hit. Now everything is a lot higher because of the wood shortage.
you got in the right time
Thank you and we love your UA-cam Channel telling truth!
This popped up as we are looking to replace our bathroom vanity...and yes everything seemed cheap...Thank you. Will look for your suggestion.
Glad to help Mary!
thank you for taking your time to show us how crappy most vanities are built, with very cheap crappy pressed wood chips.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
Thanks for this video. There is a J&K Cabinetry in my area so I will check them out. I was trying to avoid the particle board stuff I am glad I found this video.
Glad I could help!
Thanks for the info. but you did not say where you get the good vanity from
Shopping for a new vanity. Thank you so much for this information!😍😍
So true! Bought a particle board vanity a long time ago for a laundry sink. Warped just from changing the plumbing. Never again…
Yes, those are so super cheap
Ok but I have a lot of those super cheap vanities the builder installed in my houses 20+ years ago and they are all still working just fine so I'm not really seeing the problem here.
You are in luck and you probably keep a nice tidy house and never have a leak. But it's people that don't use the exhaust fan in their bathroom and so the bathrooms get all humid whenever they take a shower and over the years it will start to expand the particle board and the vanities and cause them to start disintegrating. One leak in the bathroom can change all of that however as well
Very informative video Jeff, thank you!
Our town has the HABITAT FOR HUMANITY STORE and a lot of Contractors donate vanities and tops, doors,cupboards, toilets, sinks, windows appliances,flooring, everything that you can think of!! And the quality is the GOOD STUFF!!! And the prices are cheap!!!
thanks, I am going to rehab my property for sale. The practical board is the way to go.
Very true. These stores tend to sell subgrade or overplaced items. I've started looking at other stores actually
I have been buying all my kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities from JK cabinets. Sometimes I will buy the $500 Roveland model from Lowes which is all wood, and comes with marble top and sink.
In reality, staples/brads and glue are fine for drawers like this. The glue is doing most of the work. But with everything else, you're right, HD is overpriced. Particle board works, but doesn't compare to plywood, and is not going to last as long.
Particle board works until it encounters humidity
@@jeffostroff totally agree. But unless you have a leak or something, it probably won't melt from shower steam as long as the bathroom is properly vented. I'm using some 1998 particle board cabinets from my parents' old kitchen for basement storage, and they are still solid. Totally builder grade stuff, but holding up well. That being said, I'm building my own maple plywood/solid wood cabinets right now, so I know the difference.
@@jimmypautz It's hard to predict all the things that can go wrong. Years of bathroom humidity during steamy showers and hot baths even with the fan can still make the particle board expand and bloat up, then crumble. I t also delaminates the Formica. Once that happens, more particle board gets exposed. Then you have bathroom fans that stop working, and homeowners stop using it, or tenants don't call the landlord. It's a vicious cycle.
Thank you! you taught me something today on wood. Funny thing tho I watched the video after I bought that cream colored vanity you showed and talked about! I'll hope and pray that mine doesn't get wet and warp! But, no teenagers or kids(water spills)here so that's good!
Keeping our fingers crossed court!
@@jeffostroff hahahaa thanks! Lol
can attest to the absolutely incredible amounts of moisture particle boards can soak up, esp in high humidity weather. bought a wardrobe 3 years back ( suckered in by the finish & cheap price, my bad ) and the damn thing in buckling ever so slowly but its noticeable now. Realized that when i replaced the hinges which had rusted away and broken, cause refitting the doors was a pain.
Thank you so much for publishing this video. It was right on point with what I experienced with a recent vanity purchase for The powder room. Cheap particle board that only looks good for a distance. I need to remodel my master bath with a 72 in vanity. We do have a J&K Cabinetry in Atlanta so I'll check them out. Do they build large vanities and is there pricing competitive with the Home Depot custom cabinets you were showing in the video?
Yes, their pricing was very impressive. We just did a 66" vanity for my friend this week, with granite installed by stone company on top of it. What we did was we got a 27" base vabinet, then 2 smaller 18" wide base cabinets, one on either side, plus two 1.5" spacers, for a total of 66". the 2 smaller units both just have 3 drawers on them.
Thanks, Jeff, but I discovered this video a week too late. I know that I could have built my own, better, vanity but I can't get to my tools in the garage due to too much junk piled up. I was in a hurry. Haste makes waste. That's the old & apt saying.
Just be diligent about making sure you never have a leak in the bathroom
@@jeffostroff The previous leak is the reason we replaced the old sink & vanity. Oh, the "joy" of home owner maintenance, repair, replacement. There is always something to do.
Me, too
Can you recommend some good websites that sell great quality vanities?
I went to home depot a couple of days ago and I was observing exactly the same thing. Your video confirms my suspicion. I can 'smell' a poor quality furniture a mile away. True that, the should be outlawed for wet places. They are just 'hustling' us now :)
Thanks for sharing
Guerilla video - I love it! May God bless and keep you always, sir.
I’m in a the middle of a bathroom project and all the big box stores has all junk press-wood cabinets, they don’t last!
However a good built cabinet 36” wide is over $650 on up! I will keep looking.
Keep in mind, not much room in that bathtub
You get what you pay for alot of these vanities cost alot of money for good quality...if your working on a budget to redo your bathroom like me I found a 48 inch vanities for 299$ from a liquidation warehouse its a lowes or home depot model...compared to 800 to 1000$ dollars!
Yes, solid wood is where it's at
This was very informative, in the process of shopping for a vanity and the quality in m HD seems very cheap. I had on expensive one that was really nice but the craftman ship was horrible. when I order would I be getting the same crappy quality? the store said it was because its a display.
You have to check with the storm employees and confirm that what you are ordering is solid wood in no particle board. You also want to make sure there's no MDF in it which is medium density fiber board which is essentially like a highly compressed cardboard which is just as cheap and Justice acceptable to water absorption as the particle board is.
@@jeffostroff it was solid wood but the doors and drawer design looked like someone stay a mile and threw them together. The reviews online weren’t the best either about the craftsmanship. Many thanks at least I know what to look for when I head to HD tomorrow.
You just saved me some money and I just purchased a house and could not figure out the material of the vanity. It’s crumbling at the bottom because it partial board. Wow thanks
Glad I could help!
I just ordered a makeup vanity online from them, thankfully it'll be I'm my bedroom away from humidity for the most part, but I'm gonna check out these things when it comes and maybe just have my husband help me build one in the future if this one breaks down
Should be OK in the bedroom
Can you do anything to make something like this last longer? Like a Poly coat or something? And on the drawers, can they be reinforced with a bigger nail or screws?
Wow ! Thank you for this video! You are GREAT!
Glad to help out and thanks for watching
My wife was in love with the same crap. I have a novice wood working shop. I told her to find a sink and faucet and I will build a rustic wooden one made with the proper wood and sealant for moisture plagued areas. Rip off artists.
Yes, nothing beats real wood
so if i buy like u say.. how do i know the home dopot top will fit my vanity,, thanx for the video
They are standard sizes. A 36" wide vanity, you buy the 37" vanity top. The 48" wide vanity you buy the 49" wide vanity top. they have always fit for me
I saw this video 3 days to late! Just bought one of those cheaply made vanities for $300. 😪hopefully it works out. I now subscribe so I dont miss important info like this
Just be extra diligent on your bathroom Renee, and make sure you don't ever have leaks, or even steam collecting on mirrors, which also causes particle board vanities to bloat.
I'd also add that any sort of leak will destroy the particle board pretty quickly.
yes, and spill on the floor, and even worse, humid bathrooms from poor exhaust fans
Hi. Where should I buy the vanity?
I've been buying my vanities from J&K cabinets maybe they have one in your city they have them in several major cities
I just installed one of these vanities from Home Depot. Wish I would’ve watched this before I bought it. How long will these things last?
30 years if there is no moisture
@@jeffostroff thank you for the response... is there anything I can do to help protect it and secure it better? Thanks again
@@02phenom Not just do what you can to keep it dry
AWESOME! video my friend. Thanks for posting this.
Thanks for watching!
Very good advice, thank you!
Wow 😮 you save me a hold bunch. Thank you so much gonna have mind built and get the top for my kids bathroom.
Thank again.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
Very helpful info! Thank you!
I live in Coral Springs. I need a 51" x 21" vanity with top. Where can I go?
Thanks for the video. I am not to far from you. Could you tell me where you buy from? I am looking for a 36" x 16-18" deep
J&K Kitchens and bath in pompano beach on powerline rd. I usually deal with Leah Wong
@@jeffostroff ok thank you so much.
Before I watched this video I honestly refused to buy at Home Depot and went to floor decor . I am hoping I made the right choice there. I didn’t see them like Home Depot though.
I was in floor and decor last week and was very appalled at the same type of garbage vanities they sell on there as well mostly particleboard and thermofoil skin coatings over the door panels very disappointing. also open the doors to any of the vanities at floor and decor annual see up in the back corners the same cheap plastic braces with one staple maybe 2 staples if you're lucky
Wow thanks very informative, I painted mine to save money ,just need a new vanity top didnt even think to look inside the vanities at lowes just the outside of them
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it!
What about Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF)? How does that handle bathroom humidity?
They are fine too, as long as they don't get wet
@@jeffostroff thank you for the information, my friend. I appreciate it.
Thanks Jeff that’s also my Home Depot in Coral Springs now I know what to look for where do you recommend to buy a good vanitie
We use J&I cabinets on powerline in pompano. If you sit down with The Home Depot cabinet sales people they can order your higher quality but much more expensive wood vanities through special order.
8:20 I remember this tag on the scarf:
'100 percent silk
feeling polyester'
Yes, subliminal advertising at its finest. some marketers are geniuses at messing with your mind.
I got a particle board vanity from Home Depot with a top for 180. 36 inches , it also came with a mirror I realize this won’t last that long but realistically if I have no leaks , how long can o expect it to last just with the steam from the shower .?
I just installed one for a friend, similar $189 deal, pure garbage! As long as you can ventilate the bathroom, you'll get 10 years out of the vanity. Ours started swelling at the bottom.
What about the argument that solid wood warps over time? It's that valid?
You said dont buy those but which ones should we and from where?
There's a couple of ways you can do this you can go to the cabinet department at Home Depot or Lowe's, and sit down with him in order the better quality cabinets which of course cost a lot more, and with today's environment and shorter Here's who knows how long it will take to come in. My preferred method that I've been doing in the last six years is I just order from J&K cabinets and I have them deliver them right to my site and they are always accurate on the delivery day and time as well. I usually pay the extra $20 per cabinet box to have them assemble it. It is well worth it. Sometimes I just show up at their showroom and will pick something up if I'm in our rush but their stuff is all high quality dovetail drawers soft close doors fully extending drawers etc. There in major cities see if they have them
@@jeffostroff we have one here! Whats their pricing like? 👀
Almost bought one of these but decided to build my own out of poplar and plywood.
Thanks for the info - we are in the market for a vanity and was looking in Home depot today. looked as some you showed and was impressed with them, but my ignorance of this hardware prevailed. We will go to Lowes also to see what they have , but aware of what to look for. I just don t know any shops like you talk of so time for my homework--again thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much! I have been looking for a better quality vanity. I hate the pressed board.
Glad to help Kimberly!
Home Depot is last place you should buy vanity from. Good video 👍
Thanks!
Thank you!!!!!! Your video helped me a lot!!!!
Glad it helped Betty!
Thank you! I'm shopping for vanities right now and was about to get them from either Home depot or Lowes. Can you recommend where I can get better quality vanities?
I usually order mine from JK Cabinets. They are in most major cities.
@@jeffostroff Thank you soo much!
Ikea hemnes is solid wood
Thanks! Great video. Very helpful.
Glad it was helpful! thanks for watching John!
Where do you recommend to purchase bathroom vanities?
I go to JK Cabinets They are located in many major cities
Thanks! Very helpful
Is it okay to buy one of the cheaper ones if its going to be in a half bathroom that's rarely used, I found one on lowes for under 90. The current one in my half bath is soo old ugly and outdated. I just need something that's under 24.5 inches.
Yes, Angela, it is your comfort level. Our half bath gets used by kids every day, and we always monitor it for leaks, so our builder gave us a garbage vanity, but we have managed to keep it dry, and fixed on leak already a couple of years ago.
@@jeffostroff okay thanks for the reply!
CRAP! My wife just bought a 24” vanity combo from a Home Depot and she is on her way back with it! Lol. Fingers crossed!!
Smart move
Great info! Thanks 🙏🏾
Glad it was helpful Marcel
Who is your supplier? Thanks for this video, we are replacing a vanity now!!!! Almost bought one from Lowe's
I have been buying from the JK Cabinets, they have stores in many bigger cities.
I am shopping for a 42" vanity. Where would you recommend buying vanities from?
I buy my cabinets from J&K Cabinets, they have on in several major cities, maybe your city has one
@@jeffostroff I will see if they qre willing to ship, but I want a custom vanity
Extremely helpful. I need bathroom cabinets and I feel more informed!
Glad it was helpful!
It is simple at a Home Depot, dove tails or minimum glue joint and real wood.
Jeff thanks for heads up u the man
Glad to help and thanks for watching
Very informative. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks I’m learning from you fixing to do a kitchen