A double vanity rarely causes trouble on site because of the cabinet alone. It causes trouble because it sits at the crossing point of three separate documents: the joinery schedule, the sanitaryware schedule and the electrical setting-out drawing. By the time a villa or apartment package reaches procurement, the same fixture has been drawn, dimensioned and priced by three different hands. Putting the Santerson Double Vanity into one whole-project materials schedule — rather than leaving it split across trades — is what keeps that coordination in a single line item.
This article walks through how to write that line properly: what belongs in the description column, which linked items have to be scheduled alongside it, and where projects usually lose time when bathroom fixtures are treated as late-stage selections.
Why a double vanity belongs in the master schedule, not a fixture list
Most project teams maintain two lists. The first is a materials or finishes schedule that governs what a room looks like. The second is a fixture or plumbing list that governs what connects to water and waste. A double vanity appears on both, and neither list usually carries enough information to order it.
When the item only exists on the plumbing list, the finish, carcass construction and door style are decided late by whoever is on site. When it only exists on the finishes schedule, waste and supply locations get set from a drawing that assumed a different unit. Either path ends in a variation. Listing the vanity once, in the master schedule, with cross-references to the trades that depend on it, gives procurement one controlled record to price, order and inspect against.
What the Santerson Double Vanity configuration covers
The Santerson Double Vanity sits in the Vanities collection and is supplied as a configurable item rather than a fixed catalogue unit. The published product page lists three configuration dimensions for it: made-to-measure sizing, material and finish options, and a layout tailored to the project. That combination is what makes it workable across a mixed package — a master bathroom, a second bathroom and an ensuite in the same development can each take a different width and finish while staying on one product line and one supplier.
Because sizing and layout are set per project rather than picked from a fixed range, the schedule entry is where those decisions get captured. A description that says only "double vanity" gives the factory nothing to build to. A description that states the width, the drawer or door arrangement, the carcass material, the finish, and which countertop and basins sit on top of it can be quoted and produced without a second round of drawings.
How to write the schedule entry
Work through the entry in the order a manufacturer needs it. The following columns carry the information that actually affects production and price.
| Column | What to record | Why it matters downstream |
|---|---|---|
| Location and repeat count | Room name, floor, and how many identical units repeat across the package. | Repeats are where a single corrected dimension saves multiple units; unique units need their own row. |
| Overall size and layout | Width, projection and height as set out on the coordinated drawing, plus drawer and door arrangement. | Fixes clearances against doors, wall finishes and the WC cistern before anything is cut on site. |
| Carcass and front material | The specified substrate and the finish system, stated the same way as in the finishes schedule. | Bathroom humidity and cleaning products drive what fronts hold up over time. |
| Countertop and basin pairing | Whether the top is an integrated countertop or a separate slab, and whether basins are undermount or above-counter vessels. | Basin type changes tap hole positions, bench cut-outs and waste depths. |
| Tapware and waste | Whoever supplies taps and wastes, and the throw and height they assume. | Basin depth and tap reach have to match; a mismatch shows up only at installation. |
| Mirror and lighting | Mirror size and position, and the vanity light fitting above it. | Electrical first fix is set from these positions, well before the vanity arrives. |
| Fixing method | Wall-mounted or floor-standing, and what substrate behind the wall carries the load. | Recessed framing has to be built in before wall lining, not packed afterwards. |
| Reference and status | Product page reference, drawing revision, approval date and expected delivery window. | Turns the row into something a site team can inspect against on delivery day. |
Schedule these items in the same pass
A double vanity is specified once but consumed by several packages. If it is scheduled alone, the dependent items get selected later against a decision that has already hardened. Handle them together.
- Countertops and basins. Where the top and basins are specified separately from the vanity unit, pair them deliberately: a Santerson Double Basin Countertop sets basin spacing across the run, while a Santerson Undermount Basin or a Vessel Basin (Above Counter) changes bench cut-outs, tap reach and the clear height above the deck.
- Alternative vanity formats in the same package. A double unit in the main bathrooms usually shares a project with single or wall-hung units elsewhere. Keeping them on one product family — for example a Single Vanity or a Santerson Floating Vanity — means one finish standard, one hardware set and one delivery window across the whole job.
- Lighting over the mirror. Vanity Lighting is scheduled as part of the lighting package but positioned against the vanity and mirror. Its mounting height and outlet location should be recorded in the same row, so electrical first fix follows one coordinated dimension instead of two.
- Sanitaryware sharing the wall. Wall-hung WC units, basins and shower fittings on the same walls compete for stud space and framing. Reviewing them as a group under Bathroom Sanitary Fixtures avoids two trades both assuming the same cavity.
Where projects lose time on bathroom joinery
Three patterns repeat across villa and apartment packages, and all three are avoidable at schedule stage rather than on site.
Selecting the vanity after wall linings are in. Wall-mounted units need solid backing. If the vanity is chosen after the lining goes up, the framing either gets opened up or the unit gets fixed into something it should not carry. Setting the fixing method early puts the reinforcement into the wall at first fix.
Ordering to a drawing that was never coordinated. Architectural layouts are drawn before structural and services coordination finishes. A width carried straight from a layout drawing can arrive against a finished wall face that is several centimetres different. Confirm dimensions against the coordinated setting-out drawing, measured to finished faces, before anything goes into production.
Treating made-to-measure as instant. A configurable unit is built to the schedule entry, which means the entry has to be signed off first. Work backwards from the installation programme: production and shipping time sit between approval and the delivery date, so the vanity row needs an approval date as well as a specification.
Working with one supplier across the package
SANTERSON is a China-based manufacturer and one-stop supplier covering furniture and building materials, with custom and OEM production, logistics and door-to-door delivery, and installation and after-sales support listed among its services. For a bathroom package that means the vanity, its countertop and basins, matching storage units and the lighting above the mirror can come from one production line under one set of drawings.
The practical benefit is coordination rather than convenience. One technical record covers every element on the wall, so a change to the finish or the layout gets reflected once instead of being chased across three suppliers' documentation. The Custom & OEM service covers bespoke material finishes and textures alongside custom design, which is where a project that needs its own colour standard or door profile specifies it — before production starts, not as an on-site adjustment.
Confirm the specification for each unit in writing before it enters production. Dimensions, countertop fit, basin and tap positions, electrical provisions, hardware and fixing requirements are set per configuration, so the approved schedule entry — not a catalogue image — is what should be inspected on delivery.
A short checklist before the schedule is frozen
- Every vanity row states size, layout, carcass material and finish, not just a product name.
- Countertop type and basin type are named in the same row as the unit they sit on.
- Tapware supplier and waste type are assigned, so no item is left to be decided at installation.
- Mirror size and vanity light position match the electrical setting-out drawing.
- Fixing method and the wall backing that supports it are recorded before wall lining is priced.
- Repeating units are grouped, with genuinely different dimensions given their own rows.
- An approval date sits against each made-to-measure item, working back from the installation programme.
The double vanity is not the difficult part of a bathroom package. It is simply the item where the most separate documents meet. Writing it once, completely, into the whole-project materials schedule — with its countertop, basins, lighting and fixing method attached — is what keeps the rest of the bathroom from being decided three times over.