A mirror cabinet is a small line item on a bathroom schedule, but it sits where joinery, tiling and electrical work meet. When an LED mirror cabinet arrives before the wall is ready, or after the tilers have moved out, the room stalls. The Santerson LED Mirror Cabinet is made to measure with selectable finish, layout and dimensions, so its delivery and installation deserve the same planning as any other built-in. The sequence below is what we use to keep bathroom joinery moving with the programme rather than against it.

1. Settle the specification before dates are fixed

Made-to-measure joinery cannot be scheduled until it is specified. For each bathroom, confirm the finished width and height of the cabinet, the door layout, the finish, and how the mirrored front sits against the basin, tapware and vanity lighting. On LED models, decide where the supply is brought out of the wall and whether the cabinet will be fixed over finished tile or finished plaster, since both decisions change the bracket detail.

The dimensions used for production should reflect the wall as it will be completed, not as it appears on the day of the site visit. If tiles are still to be installed, record that on the order so the recess allowance includes the finished face.

2. Tie the cabinet into first-fix electrical and the wall build-up

Electrical clashes cause most of the rework. The supply has to suit the chosen unit, and the electrician and tiler are both working to the same wall face. Once the cabinet layout is approved, mark the cable outlet and isolator position on the setting-out drawing and issue it before first fix. Moving a cable inside a stud or chase is routine work; cutting and re-tiling finished work is not.

The wall build-up matters for the same reason. Lining, plaster and tile each shift the finished face, which decides whether the brackets sit flush and whether the mirrored door clears the tapware when it swings. We ask site teams to send finished-face levels with the order confirmation so production and the fixing crew work to one reference line.

3. Plan the delivery window around the wet trades

A glass-fronted cabinet has no business in a bathroom that is still being rendered, tiled or painted. Our logistics service covers freight forwarding by sea, air and rail, packaging and container loading, customs paperwork and door-to-door delivery, with a coordinator to align the arrival with your programme. On most jobs we place the cabinet ｄｒｏｐ after tiling and after the room's final paint or clean, with the crate stored upright in a dry area until the fixer is on site.

For projects with several bathrooms, label each carton with the room or unit number at despatch, using the same numbers as your purchase schedule. That one step stops a crew unpacking a main-bathroom unit into an ensuite and finding the size mismatch at the bracket stage.

4. Prepare the opening before the installer arrives

Three checks against the shop drawings, done an hour before installation, prevent most call-backs: the rough opening matches the confirmed cabinet dimensions, the wall substrate is suitable for the fixing method on that build-up, and the electrical outlet is where the drawing places it.

Our Installation & After-sales Support covers on-site installation with inspection and snagging, so fixing and follow-up can sit inside one scope. Where the client's own trades do the installation, we will review the fixing detail for the specific wall type first, because bracketing into tiled masonry and bracketing into a framed partition are not the same job.

5. Hand over with a recorded check

At completion, run a short documented check: doors hang square and close fully, the mirror face is clean with no edge damage, the lighting works from the switch the client will actually use, and the internal shelving matches the approved order. Anything found goes on the snag list that day rather than onto a second visit.

Coordinating the Santerson LED Mirror Cabinet around the wet trades, first-fix electrical and a recorded handover keeps a modest product from becoming a programme problem. If you are pricing bathroom joinery for a villa or residential development, send us the room schedule and we will advise on sizes, finishes and the delivery timing that suits your site sequence.

Part of our Mirror Cabinets range for residential bathroom projects - talk to our project team about dimensions, finishes and site delivery windows.