Correct height for bathroom sink ?

[diy_noob]

My bathroom sink is definitely too low for me and I want to move it up ... but I'm really not sure what the right height should be.

I'm tall ... 6'2" and I'm the only one living here so I can make it completely suit myself.

The lip of the sink is about 31" off the floor, and the plughole is 5" below that. I'm thinking of raising it 3 inches or more probably.

Any advice, anyone ?

 

[Bamber gaspipe]

Go insane & raise it 4 inches!....Don`t forget the pipework though..Knock yourself out Tiger......

 

[Paul Barker]

If you can pea in it while standing on tiptoes it's the right hight. Does depend how tall you are, the guy who rained me could pea in wone without standing on tiptoes.

 

[Softus]

If you can pea in it while standing on tiptoes it's the right hight. Does depend how tall you are, the guy who rained me could pea in wone without standing on tiptoes.

Did he rain you with pee?

 

[Nige F]

Cock high.....that`s what I was told

 

[diy_noob]

Cock high.....that`s what I was told

You're agreeing with Paul Barker then ?

 

[Paul Barker]

there's somthing wrong with my keyboard.

 

[JohnD]

There is a view that if the worktops should be a height you can comfortably work at, without stooping, then the sink should be 8" higher, because when you are (e.g.) washing up or peeling potatoes, the things are not floating on top of the water, but lying at the bottom of the sink.

 

[Bamber gaspipe]

Please may I have a large portion of what you are smoking...

 

[Paul Barker]

John D, interesting perspective.

I was owrking on a site today where the sparks and the generall builder were sharing some green, I'm one of those few people it doesn't suit, but the secondary smoking effects did help my toothache.

Can't afford a dentist on plumbers wages. When I was a nurse I was able to afford to go to the dentist, but would have got into a lot of trouble peeing in the sinks if they'd caught me.

We did use to help ourselvs to paracetamol off the trolly though when we had tooth ache, a sackable offense, so only now can I talk about it, but trust me all nurses do that, and give them to visitors.......

There were always two nurses to give out controlled drugs like morphine of course, but we had one in our hospital that somehow evaded the safety controls. Many people came out of theatre in extreme pain because she had signed for opiates having been given and consumed it herself instead. Police caught her with illicit filming.

I saved a few patiens from deadly overdoses prescribed by new Doctors. If one of these cases gets past the nurse the Doctor usually gets a telling off and the nurse gets struck off.

 

[Paul Barker]

When I was younger I stayed with a girl in a static caravan, she used to pea in the sink instead of going outside at night, so it's not just plumbers. Of course header tanks ae much nicer, but a sink will do if you can't make it to the header tank.

 

[Softus]

a sink will do if you can't make it to the header tank.

Invariably I find a handy container, e.g. milk jug, so that I can relieve myself without using the sink and then empty the jug into the header tank later.

 

[Bamber gaspipe]

I think Paul Barker is really............ELVIS.......he would seem to have an unhealthy interest in prescription medication...

 

[Paul Barker]

Well you know all that boring stuff about position of flues and stuff, I have a head full of that and a head full of the bnf.