Wall-hung basin - suitability?

[hedgehog]

I am refurbishing my bathroom and am considering a wall-hung basin.
The wall on which it would go is a solid breeze block wall, and I am wondering if this is a practical proposition. The existing pedestal sink waste and supply pipes run behind the pedestal and into the floor, but this would obviously look horrible with a wall-hung basin. Since I am going to put in a shower-bath with a curved side next to the sink, boxing in the pipes might also be quite tricky without making it look quite odd.
Should I revert to a pedestal design, or has anyone got any suggestions?

 

[Jasonb]

Why not make a feature of the boxing in, this can be made from 50x75 softwood or CLS with bearers positioned to suit the basin fixings.

Heres one I did last year:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v156/jasonballamy/work/PICT0070.jpg

Only problem I've founf with the shower baths is they can be a bit narrow around the hips where they narrow down for the taps.

Jason

 

[hedgehog]

Thanks! I was thinking of a horizontal box, but your vertical box idea would do the job admirably, without encroaching on the side of the bath.
The bath we're after is the Freedom bath from the Bathroom Store, which looks roomy enough, though I take your point.
We prefer a shower anyway and would take the bath out altogether except for the fact that I believe it knocks thousands off the house price when you come to sell! If we were intending to keep the house for a long time it would be a different matter.

 

[Muzungo]

I've planning exactly the same - wall-mounted basin onto blockwork, which I don't want to chase out.
I'm using 500mm flexi tap tails which will fit straight onto the copper at the wall, sheathing the existing 32mm plastic waster pipe with a 40mm chrome pipe, and joining onto the new chromed bottle trap with a chromed compression elbow.
That way it will (hopefully) look like a deliberate feature...

 

[Jasonb]

hedgehog

Fitted one of the freedom baths a couple of months ago in a clients holiday home, stayed down there while I did the job, so used the bath. It was a bit narrow, not helped by the fact they also wanted a mixer tap with shower hose.

The double screen on the freedom is good, the Ideal standard one tends to splash a bit, just make sure you don't swing the screens into each other!

Jason