plumbing
Plumbing stays reachable
Shut-offs, the trap and the standpipe are left accessible, because sealing them in turns a small leak into a demolition.
Laundry room cabinets
Utility sink cabinets in Louisville box a deep laundry basin into the cabinetry so it stops looking like a fixture on legs.
Utility sink cabinets in Louisville cover the carcass around the basin, a surrounding counter or top, doors, and whatever storage the basin depth leaves behind. The plumbing stays reachable through the doors.
The basin can be the one you already have or a new one. Deep laundry basins take up most of the cabinet, so the useful storage tends to be to the side rather than directly underneath.
Where a washer standpipe is behind the sink, that gets kept accessible too.
Shut-offs, the trap and the standpipe are left accessible, because sealing them in turns a small leak into a demolition.
Materials and finish are chosen for standing water, since this is the cabinet most likely to get soaked.
The surround is built to the same face and finish as the rest of the room, so it reads as one continuous run.
Each stage is signed off before the next one starts.
We measure the room itself rather than working from the plan, because walls are rarely square and the plan is rarely what got built. Every opening gets checked.
You get a layout and a written estimate broken down by stage, so you can see what the doors cost against the boxes against the install. Free, nothing to sign.
Cabinetry is built to the measurements we took, in the wood, door style and finish you picked. Lead time depends on the scope and we tell you before you commit.
Scribed to the walls, levelled, and fixed properly. Hardware adjusted so every door and drawer sits straight before we leave.
A deep basin takes most of the cabinet. The rest is access.
Anyone with a plastic basin on steel legs in an otherwise finished room. It works perfectly well and it is the thing that stops the room looking done.
It also matters where the sink is the only wet point in a basement. Boxing it in with the right materials keeps splashing off the wall and the floor around it.
We measure the basin, the trap position, the shut-offs and the standpipe. Those positions decide where the doors go and how the interior is divided.
Materials are then chosen for a spot that will get wet, which means a sealed top surface and a finish that will not lift at the edges. Toe kicks are set so a spill on the floor does not sit against the base.
Build happens in the shop and fitting is scribed to the wall, with the plumbing reconnected by the relevant trade.
Priced as built-in cabinetry, so nationally roughly $500 to $1,200 per linear foot for full custom and $200 to $550 semi-custom. A sink surround is a short run and one of the smaller pieces in a laundry room.
The basin and any plumbing changes are separate. Moving a waste or a supply is a plumber's job and it is worth pricing before deciding where the sink goes.
Keeping the sink where it already is saves the most money by a wide margin, so it is worth checking whether the existing position can work before planning around a new one.
Storage for supplies and baskets is the larger part of the room, covered by laundry room cabinets in Louisville.
If you want a surface to fold on as well, laundry folding counters handle the height question that comes with front-loaders. The same shop builds home office built-ins in Louisville, and we work across the metro including cabinets in Jeffersontown.
Get a free written estimate and we will measure your Louisville laundry room before quoting.
Usually yes. The carcass is built around the existing basin, with the trap, shut-offs and standpipe left reachable through the doors.
Less than you would expect. A utility basin is often 14 inches deep or more, so most of the useful storage ends up beside the sink rather than under it.
It is built for it: a sealed top surface, edges that will not lift, and a toe kick set so a spill on the floor does not sit against the base.
Moving a waste or a supply is a plumber's job and it is the expensive part. Keeping the sink where it is saves the most money by a wide margin.
We stay inside about 20 miles of Louisville, close enough to measure, template and install without the schedule slipping. These are the areas we cover most often.
Tell us the room and what you want out of it. You get a written estimate broken down by stage, free, with nothing to sign.