Toilet closet

One of the main problems of a city apartment is the eternal lack of space. Cleaning and washing products, tools, screws, nails, spare taps for the mixer and other small things quickly fill cupboards and shelves that are designed for completely different purposes. If you want to deal with this problem, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with information on how to make a closet in the toilet behind the toilet. An obvious advantage of this solution is the fact that you can make such a place for storage yourself, using not the most expensive materials and tools that almost every master has. Before you make shelves in the toilet, you need to familiarize yourself with the device diagram and the mandatory requirements for installation.

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Installation Features

By optimizing free space, we often try to adapt unused spaces for storing various trifles. One of them is the back wall of the bathroom. If the boiler is not located on it, then, as a rule, the place is empty:

• One of the best options would be to install a cabinet in the toilet behind the toilet with your own hands. In principle, this is entirely justified. It is impossible to put this bathroom close to the wall, which means that due to the tank, we form a “dead zone” with a depth of about 30-40 cm. It is no longer recommended to deepen the shelves.
• It is necessary to ensure full moisture resistance of the device so that moisture and condensation do not affect the design. Moisture-proof closet in the toilet with your own hands will not be subject to decay, if a breakthrough occurs due to an accident.
• The installed closet in the toilet behind the toilet should not become an obstacle in order to repair the risers, close the valves or check the operation of the coarse filters. You should have free access to the boiler, instantaneous water heater, if they are mounted in the toilet room.
• It is also worth considering the layout of the bathroom, the shelves should be placed behind the block with a tank around the main riser.

Why is it worth doing this yourself? The answer is simple. It’s not always possible to choose a suitable option in stores that will correspond to the availability of free space and the desired design. And knowing how to make a closet in the toilet behind the toilet with your own hands, you can choose any material to your taste and color.

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Building a drawing

Before you figure out how to make a cabinet in the toilet yourself, you should do the following:

• Do-it-yourself shelves in the toilet first need to be drawn on paper, depicting your ideal dressing closet.
• Next, you need to create a detailed drawing of the closet in the toilet behind the toilet with all the little things, parts, fasteners and hinges, taking into account the available free space.

Important! Be sure to take into account the fact that it is best to close all the sewage pipes and sewer communications with a cabinet, but leave the meters available.

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Choose material

The modern design of the apartments does not leave the toilet room deprived either. Designer imagination even makes an original toilet paper stand, not to mention furniture such as a closet in a toilet. You need to select materials for him correctly:

• Moisture-resistant drywall is the cheapest and most affordable option. Assembly is quick and easy with guides and profiles.Such a closet in the toilet behind the toilet will require bringing it to a neat appearance. To do this, it will be necessary to primer the seams and hats of the screws, rub them and primer. For the finish it is enough to apply a waterproofing water-based paint in several layers.
• Plywood is also a budget material for a cabinet in the toilet behind the toilet. Any configuration can be made from it. In this case, plywood with a thickness of 15 mm is suitable. When cutting parts from plywood, it is better to use a circular saw and cut along the fibers, then the edges will be flat, without clues.
• A wooden closet in the toilet behind the toilet will look rich and original. The price of noble species, of course, will cost several times more than simple plywood, but the service life of wood is much higher. Doors made of wood are not deformed, shelves will not sag even with significant load.
• Of the laminated particleboard, it is best to make cabinet doors in the toilet behind the toilet. Since this material is afraid of moisture, shelves can swell and deform due to moisture and water.
• The MDF board performs well even with direct water, does not swell and does not deform. For better protection, the ends of the doors for the closet to the toilet with your own hands can be covered with an aluminum edge. In addition, this material does not require additional processing - grinding, impregnation or painting. MDF is covered with PVC film, veneer, paint, acrylic already in production.

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Cooking fasteners

In order to make a built-in closet in the toilet, you will need not only drawings, materials and a huge desire to save space in the apartment. Also do not forget to purchase accessories:

• Aluminum corner profile 25x25 mm in size. Shelves are mounted on it.
• Wall fasteners - choose the strongest.
• Handle - without it, it will be difficult for you to open the closet door in the toilet behind the toilet
• Hinges for hanging doors - 4 elements will be enough.
• Get a magnet as well, but not of Chinese origin.
• In the amount of 8 pieces, furniture corners will also be needed - we will fix the side panels of the false panel to them and the upper bar from the inside.
• To strengthen the shelves of the future built-in closet in the toilet you will need a 20-mm U-shaped profile made of aluminum.

Important! Having cut openings in the shelves for the fan pipe, a thin jumper will remain on the front part, which will break under the weight of things. A profile will not allow this to happen.

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Cooking tool

The solution to the question of how to make a closet in the toilet behind the toilet with your own hands, of course, is impossible without working tools:

• Electric jigsaw and saw set for wood;
• Drill or screwdriver;
• Hammer to drill holes in the wall;
• Roulette to make the necessary measurements;
• Level to level shelves;
• Pencil to make marks;
• A feather drill in case you need to make holes in the shelves not only for the fan pipe.

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Installation procedure

Before you make a cabinet in the toilet with your own hands, you need to decide on the installation procedure:

1. First of all, experienced craftsmen advise you to take care in advance and check the condition of the plumbing networks. It may be necessary to carry out their prevention, eliminate possible weaknesses that could lead to smudges, replace valves, gaskets.
2. Then you need to take out all the excess. It is also worthwhile, having previously turned off the water supply and draining it from the tank, to dismantle the toilet bowl. This will save you both time and nerves when installing a closet in the toilet behind the toilet.
3. If necessary - all defects and irregularities in the area of ​​installation of the closet in the toilet behind the toilet should be eliminated. Level the floor with an equalizer - it is semi-dry and will not leak to the neighbors.

Important! Semi-dry screed dries for 3 days. You should not start work before this deadline, otherwise - all efforts will be reduced to zero.

Frame mounting

For the frame of the future closet in the toilet behind the toilet, it is worth stopping your choice on wooden blocks measuring 30 by 30 cm:

• Make markings on the wall. For measurements to be perfectly even, use a level.
• Now proceed with the assembly of the frame. It is better to perform it in advance, reliably connecting all the parts together with corners and screws.

Important! If you plan to store heavy things in a closet in the toilet, then additionally glue the joints.

• After that, proceed to mount the frame on the wall, focusing on the marked lines.

Important! Before you start assembling the closet in the toilet behind the toilet, it is worth processing the elements of the frame with sandpaper to remove all irregularities, and cover the surface with a stain or varnish to protect it from moisture.

Shelf mounting

After fixing the frame on the wall, we begin to decide how to make shelves in the toilet:

• Previously, focusing on the drawings, make parts for shelves from the material that you have prepared.

Important! If this is a tree, then it should also be treated with sandpaper and stain or special antiseptic compounds. If you use other materials for mounting the cabinet in the toilet behind the toilet, then you should also take care of their protection. To do this, buy a transparent protective film in construction stores in advance and stick it on future shelves.

• On the vertical bars of the frame, install the metal corners on which your shelves will be held.
• Do not forget to cut under the pipe, as it often happens that it is located right in the middle of the cabinets.

Now it remains to put the shelves of the future cabinet into the toilet with their own hands in place.

Important! It is not at all necessary to fix them firmly. It’s enough that they simply stay on the corners. So you can shoot them if necessary, freeing up space.

Door installation and fittings installation

The work of installing a cabinet in the toilet behind the toilet with your own hands can not be considered completed until the last stage is done - the accessories and doors are not installed:

1. Take measurements for the doors, cut blanks under them. Decide in advance whether your cabinet will be equipped with one door or whether it will be two swing doors.
2. On the frame, mark up under the loops. The easiest way to do a closet in the toilet with your own hands is to do with piano hinges, since it is easy, quick to mount them, and they serve quite well.
3. Armed with a screwdriver, fasten the hinges on the frame.
4. Install furniture magnets on marked areas.
5. Clean the closet doors in the toilet behind the toilet with special compounds to protect them from moisture. For wood, varnish is the best option.

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Variations on a Theme

Of course, do-it-yourself cabinet doors to the toilet can be made not only from wood or chipboard. As an alternative, roller shutters are characterized by practicality and modern design. Consider this and other options.

Plastic or metal sunroof

This is the easiest option for a cabinet in the toilet behind the toilet with your own hands, which is suitable for repairs with a small budget:

• An ordinary plastic sunroof is masked by tiles that finish the bathroom.
• It can open like a door, or move to the side.
• A hatch with a front door that does not differ in appearance from the furniture in the bathroom.
• Its main advantage is not in appearance but in functionality; it is also quite easy to install.

Important! A few years ago, the hatches were mostly plastic. And it seemed normal - the plastic is waterproof and looks neutral. But because of their fragility, they did not pass the test of time.

In addition, plastic hatches stand out strongly against the background of walls, ceiling and floor made of tiles or decorative stone. Therefore, now building stores offer metal doors, as they withstand the moisture test.

Installation of the invisible hatch

For the correct choice of such a hatch for the closet in the toilet behind the toilet, especially the corresponding size, you must first place the seams on the box or wall. Thanks to this, you can understand which hatch is suitable for you:

• Of course, the hatch should be designed for one or two full tiles. It is strictly forbidden to cut the tile and fix the hatch on it.
• For hard-to-reach meters that are rarely used, it is best to install a separate hatch on special magnets so as not to bias the layout due to difficult access to the rest of the plumbing equipment.

Important! To open the hatch, first you need to push it out of the wall a little, then lay along the hinges, depending on the installation, to the side.

Benefits of the hidden hatch:

• Almost imperceptible;
• Good accessibility to meters and pipes;
• You can order a hatch of any absolute size.

Disadvantages of a hidden hatch:

• High cost of the hatch and installation;
• Quality work is best trusted by professionals;
• Frequent opening of the hatch can lead to breakage;
• The hatch is rather deeply installed in the plane of the wall, which in some cases leads to the impossibility of installation;
• This option of the hatch is an expensive pleasure, because in addition to having to buy the hatch itself, you will also need to pay for its high-quality installation, so many people try to install the hatch with their own hands.

If we talk about how to make a cabinet in the toilet with your own hands, then the invisibility hatch should be considered only if you have certain skills.

Shutters

This is a fairly quick and inexpensive way to equip a closet in the toilet behind the toilet, which will help to hide the plumbing communications. Roller shutters belong to one of the types of blinds:

• They consist of special lamellas connected to each other, twisted on a shaft, which move along two guide profiles.
• A spring mounted in the shaft allows the web not to unwind if it is not fixed.
• Roller shutters are often located inside a plumbing cabinet made of moisture-proof drywall, which provides additional protection against moisture, whether it be a toilet or a bathroom.

Plumbing roller shutters, like ordinary blinds, are made of different materials. For the closet in the toilet behind the toilet, the following types are suitable:

• plastic - lamellas and guides are made of durable plastic;
• metal - made of painted or galvanized steel, have a fairly high level of strength;
• aluminum - made of light aluminum, have a lower cost compared to metal, with approximately the same protective properties;
• wooden - provide good sound insulation and will serve as an excellent solution for a designer bathroom made in natural colors.

The advantages include the following:

• convenience in access to communications due to high functionality;
• durability, because this type of material has a high resistance to moisture and corrosion;
• additional features in the design of the interior of the bathroom - they can be covered with photo printing or any paint you like by hand;
• good sound insulation of all drainage processes.

Important! Inside the closet in the toilet, not only water meters, taps, pipes, filters and additional heating elements can be hidden behind the toilet, but also any household items like toilet paper, air freshener, detergents or plunger.

Doors:

• The classic version of the closet in the toilet will be furniture with doors.
• This option may surprise with its variety of choices. There are advantages to the characteristics of the material, such doors have a long service life, but are quite expensive. Therefore, people often look for an alternative and install doors from particleboard, MDF or laminate. They cost less, they are easier to care for.
• Also for the closet in the toilet behind the toilet, you can use plastic options. They are very easy to clean, easy to install and affordable. The disadvantage is not very nice appearance.
• Glass doors are very stylish, but fragile and unsafe if there are children in the house.
• A good design decision is to use mirrored doors - they will visually increase the space.

You can divide all the doors of such a built-in closet in the toilet by type, they are oar, sliding and accordion. Most often, doors are hinged structures that are fastened with hinges.

Door lathing

This do-it-yourself closet design in the toilet behind the toilet is quite simple and inexpensive:

• First of all, you need to accurately measure everything and make the appropriate furniture.
• You can also adjust the dimensions of the cabinet itself under the door crate.
• They make this version of the doors of wood or PVC. Such options are quite simple to install, you just need to prepare the frame unit, fastening the hinges and the lock.
• The surface can be varnished or stained, and when using the plastic version, such actions are not needed.

Important! The lathing of such doors will provide reliable ventilation, but at the same time noise insulation will suffer from this.

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In fact, it’s not difficult to arrange a practical closet in the toilet behind the toilet with your own hands, as it seems at first glance. It is only important to do everything carefully, considering all sizes and recommendations. After completing this work, such an inconspicuous room as a bathroom will become a real pride. At the same time, you can use any option, close the space with tiles, install roller shutters or make a traditional closet in the toilet behind a wooden toilet. Well, if such work still seems too complicated, then it is necessary to invite the masters who will take measurements and in a couple of days will bring the finished cabinet made according to an individual project.