American Standard Portsmouth 8-Inch Widespread Pedestal Sink Top - AMS-555108

What you get is the lavatory top itself, in vitreous china, with the mounting kit. The faucet is not included, and the top is drilled for 8-inch widespread trim, so you supply a three-hole widespread faucet with an 8 inch center-to-center spread. Budget for the matching pedestal column separately as well.

No. The deck is drilled on 8 inch widespread centers, which means three separate holes: spout in the middle and two handles 4 inches out either side. A 4 inch centerset with a one-piece base will not span the outer holes, and a single-hole faucet leaves two holes open. Order widespread trim, or use a deck plate rated to cover 8 inch spread if you are set on a single-hole body.

American Standard builds this one to their Right Height standard, which sets the rim higher than a traditional lavatory so users bend less. That is a comfort-height claim, not a code compliance statement, so if you are working to a specific accessibility rim height and knee clearance on the drawing, verify the installed rim height against your spec before you set the pedestal.

There is a rear overflow cast into the china, so it takes a standard lavatory drain with overflow ports rather than a grid drain. If you order a non-overflow or free-flowing grid drain, the overflow channel will not be served. Match the drain to the faucet finish since the faucet is bought separately.

The Portsmouth lavatory is design-matched to Townsend and Champion toilets, so the turn-of-the-century detailing and white china line up with those suites. If the bathrooms in your property run a different American Standard family, the finish will still read white but the profile detailing will not be a set match.

A mounting kit ships with the lavatory top, but a pedestal lavatory still carries load at the wall. Plan in-wall blocking or a backing plate behind the finished surface before the china goes up, and remember the column is a support and a cover for the supplies and trap, not a substitute for a secured wall hanger.

White only, sold as part number 555108.02. The 02 suffix is American Standard's white china code, so if you are standardizing fixtures across a building, every unit will match without a color selection on the order.

Vitreous china is the standard body for commercial and multi-family lavatories: glazed, nonporous, and cleanable with ordinary restroom chemicals. It is brittle under impact, so the real risk in a high-abuse public restroom is chipping, not wear. For heavy-traffic facilities a wall-hung lavatory with a concealed carrier is the more common call, since a pedestal column can be knocked loose and hides the trap without protecting it.