Home Depot How To Avoid Vanity Scams | How Not To Buy Vanity

In this live stream I walk you down the bathroom vanity aisle at The Home Depot near me and show you all the particle board bathroom vanity caveats to watch out for, how to avoid vanity scams, and basically how not to buy a vanity. We also look at a bunch of bunch of new Home Depot bathroom vanity deals, and show you if these are really good or bad Home Depot bathroom vanity deals. So if you are planning to install your own bathroom cabinets, doing your own DIY vanity Home Depot style, pay special attention to this video as we show you what to look for in a bathroom vanity. Usually the better Home Depot vanity to buy is in the appliance area where you sit down with a sales consultant and they help you choose a much higher quality and higher priced Home Depot bathroom vanity.

[salcalderon]

I was at Home Depot about 4 hours ago and was looking at that larger white vanity but I need the 60" vanity and fortunately they didn't have it and blessed to have watched your video my good man. Didn't think about any of that. Thank you for the educated video!

[DivorcePropertyInsights]

Thank you. I almost made an expensive mistake buying cabinets like these. Great video 👍

[terribishop]

Lots of stuff should be outlawed. FDA banned toxins but they are still putting in the food supply. The best is people like you educating everyone. Thank you for this video!! Grateful 💗

[Spawny]

A lot of home flippers are buying those cheap cabinets. I bought that one at 2:35 for my mom's house. For month's it hadn't sold. Redid the half bath w/ that cabinet and a nice counter top. Sold within a few day's. People don't look at the quality, just how nice it looks.

[jeanetteerwin]

You literally just saved my pocket book. I've been looking at HD vanities for my bathroom. Thank you

[offairhead]

Yessss. I totally agree. You never put partical board in a wet zone. Ever. I’m so glad I’m not the only one who thinks this!!

[CHUDWICK]

The number one reason I got into woodworking, the overpriced particle board veneer garbage at all the box stores!

[Kawinj]

Great vid. As a installer of higher end kitchens I am actually surprised how many of the people commenting here had no idea how bad these cabinets are. I understand everyone can't afford top notch cabinets, but as you do a great job showing, there are some things you just want to avoid. Stapled drawers, and particle board panels are horrendous to look at, and come apart.
My recommendation to people looking for a better cabinet are the RTA cabinets available online. For the same price or a little more as the big box store cabs, you can get actual plywood cases, some have maple drawers, solid wood face frames and better quality undermount soft close drawer glides. They're not high end, but they are a much better investment. RTA stands for ready to assemble. They're knock down, but if you can turn a screw driver, you can do it yourself. They are similar to IKEA's upper end cabinets, but without the particle board.

[williambb]

Something to consider are the remodeling trends in America. People are upgrading their bathrooms at a tremendous rate--some people are already updating early 2000s bathrooms just to change the look. A cheap vanity may be an option if you are the type of person to constantly update, say every 8 to 10 years. If you are looking for longevity, then pay the extra price. Remember, a vanity is a piece of furniture with a sink attached to it. Some people get tired of their furniture.

[BobRooney]

good video. wish everyone watched this. excellent advice. i recently got an apartment where it had a particle board vanity. looked to be 50 years old. it was all swelled up, roaches loved it because it had cracks and crevices that the could breed in. first thing i did was search for a vanity with legs and leg coasters. at least 2 inches high, made out of real wood, even if its pine. if there is any water leak, at least your vanity wont get damaged. it was easy to put in, but the plumbing was for 1940...cheap 99 cent shutoffs with copper pipe leads to the faucet. had to have the super shut off the main so i could put quality quarter turn ball valves. in any case, i ended up buying from wayfair as they had solid wood cabinets and were cheaper than home depot.

[marmccown]

Hi there, where would you recommend buying a bathroom vanity? Any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks!

[fineartlifestyling]

Excellent video and you said it so well and so truthful! It’s robbery during broad daylight the cost of vanities! I live inCanada and it’s $1300-$3000 and most of the cabinets are made like you said cheaply with terrible materials that come apart in a year if you are lucky!

[cocotazo]

I was just looking at a few this past weekend. thanks for the heads up. I did notice the off frame drawers and pressed wood cross beams.

[cheryllundholm]

Thank you for saving me money and possible headaches! We had a pipe leak that soaked the whole bathroom and now I need to find a vanity. Now, i know what to look for! And, I may be going to a local cabinet maker.

[johnnyrodriguez]

All my renovations I would reinforce corners and caulk bottom of vanity so if it should leak, it may prevent swelling of what I call cardboard wood.

[grumpyschnauzer]

Yup! The whole DIY craze pulling out old solid cabinets for cheap cabinets… people flipping houses with cheap stuff. I can tell and will not buy a house where this has happened. The DIY craze was just a ploy to sell crap. Keep the old cabinets and give it a facelift!!!!

[Sophia-lcow]

For the particles board vanities, do you think we can brush the parts with the exposed particle board with a clear top coat to protect it from the humidity? Would that work?

[randomstuffwithjoe]

I just finished building a log home. We got custom made solid hickory cabinets from an amish cabinet maker. When we were doing some of the finish work inside the house.. one of the builders had a 18' ladder in the middle of the great room.. and it fell over and smashed down onto the top of the kitchen island (the counter top wasn't done yet). It left two tiny little dimples on the top of the cabinet. It hardly damaged it. If it were a Home Depot island... it would have been crushed and flattened to the floor. lol.

[alabaster]

As someone who's been a landlord for almost 27 years and bought cabinets from them, I can say this is all very true. The tops are good and will last but the cabinets are not going to last.
2 years ago, I bought a cabinet/sink top for my own bathroom at about $500 and it's already having issues with the paint on it and I see some cracking. I plan to sell this multi-family I live in soon so I'm not that mad. It's similar to the silver plastic one shown her so I thought the finish would be more durable but it's not.
The thing is, as a landlord, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. If you buy mediocre stuff and tenants take long showers and are sloppy with water, the cabinets won't last. Then if you buy the expensive stuff, you still have to worry about them denting or scratching the wood. Some people are respectful and others don't care.
I do agree that the pressed wood ones are an absolute scam and should be outlawed. I call them disposable cabinets. They absorb water and humidity like a sponge.
In my next house, I'm just buying wood for myself. As far as cabinets for tenants, as I said, it's always going to be problematic.
The ideal bathroom cabinet would be one made of stone.

[ostentatioussavant]

Ok but I have a lot of those super cheap vanities the builder installed in my houses 20+ years ago and they are all still working just fine so I'm not really seeing the problem here.