IKEA bathroom fixtures - any experience? (drains, sinks, installed, kitchen)

[tribechamy]

IKEA has a lot of bathroom sinks and sink cabinets that work well in small spaces and have drawers and other storage underneath. However beneath the sink it seems that the pipe runs from the drain at a kind of perpendicular angle instead of the loop-de-loop I'm used to seeing beneath sinks. Also the material seems to be some sort of plastic which is hard but it isn't quite PVC.

Has anyone installed IKEA sinks or other plumbing fixtures and if so were there any problems or tips or tricks to share? I'm particularly interested in hearing if any plumbers have dealt with these.

Thanks!

[K'ledgeBldr]

The trap you're referring to is called a "bottle trap"- they have been used in Europe and SE Asia for years. They have only recently become noticeable here in the US- and many AHJ's didn't allow them.

The plastic is ABS.

As far as the fixtures- no experience. Have used the large round "bar" sink on a couple of jobs.

[chet everett]

Originally Posted by K'ledgeBldr

The trap you're referring to is called a "bottle trap"- they have been used in Europe and SE Asia for years. They have only recently become noticeable here in the US- and many AHJ's didn't allow them.

The plastic is ABS.

As far as the fixtures- no experience. Have used the large round "bar" sink on a couple of jobs.

The stuff is made in Germany TG Plumbing - plumbing, kitchen equipment, kitchen tools, processes, waste systems, drain connections, drain valves, drains, sink, Spülensifon, overflow valves: bottle tops

It is thinner than the stuff you "glue up" but it is fine for a normal powderroomm / family bathroom. I used it in mmy rentals.

[tribechamy]

Originally Posted by K'ledgeBldr

The trap you're referring to is called a "bottle trap"- they have been used in Europe and SE Asia for years. They have only recently become noticeable here in the US- and many AHJ's didn't allow them.

The plastic is ABS.

As far as the fixtures- no experience. Have used the large round "bar" sink on a couple of jobs.

What is AHJ?

When you say noticeable in the US do you mean accepted or are they noticeable in the way, say, Asian Long-Horned beetles have become noticeable in the US?

[K'ledgeBldr]

AHJ- Authority Having Jurisdiction (building/planning dept of county or municipality).

Acceptable; mostly. They were much less expensive than a regular J-trap. But inspectors poo-pooed them because to them they were different- which translated into; "those will never work-how do they work". But when the traps started showing up with "USPC" and "IAPMO" stamped on them they pretty much had to accept them.