How High To Hang Bathroom Cabinet Over Toilet

Mounting a cabinet over your toilet is a great way to provide extra storage space for everything from toilet paper to towels.

How high to hang bathroom cabinet over toilet.

Measure the space where the cabinet will be placed before you purchase your cabinet especially if installing the cabinet over a toilet. Watch this video to find out more. How to install a bathroom vanity video how to build a window seat video how to build a toilet topper cabinet for your bathroom video. Since most ceilings are 8 ft high you wouldn t want anything over 18 in height and nothing deeper than the tank behind the toilet.

Personally i think that s a crappy place to put a cabinet. Medicine cabinet conceal medicine rubbing alcohol and any other items you want to keep hidden away in a medicine cabinet. High enough so you don t bang your head when you stand up after using it. I actually removed about 4 inches of depth on my cabinet while i was assembling it so it would not hang over the toilet as far but this means fewer things can be stored in it.

It adds some charm personality and storage to the bathroom. I am using large bath sheets which when folded are about 7 inches longer than a standard towel. This is another great idea if you need storage in a small space. It is a good tradeoff for my situation.

If i ever fall in love with a house with a toilet room i am afraid the walls will need to come down. I love this antique cabinet over the toilet in this bathroom space. Fixer upper s joanna gaines put the empty space above this toilet to good use by hanging a multi purpose shelf for storing towels extra soap and other bathroom trappings. These may be provided with the unit or purchased separately.

The installer put the rod at 58 inches a bit over the high end to lessen risk of towel hitting toilet. If you have the room i also love antique cabinets or tall linen cabinets to put in your bathroom not over the toilet though. Use the tape measure to center the cabinet above the toilet tank. If you are hanging it over the toilet be careful that the cabinet won t cause you headroom problems.

Many bathrooms have a smaller wall space where the toilet is located. Using a tape measure measure the width of the wall and the height from the top of the toilet tank to the ceiling. Ceiling height in the room is high at 11 feet.