American Standard Portsmouth 8-Inch Widespread Pedestal Sink Top and Leg Combination - AMS-555801

Nominal dimensions are 24-3/8 in x 19-1/2 in x 35-7/16 in (619 mm x 495 mm x 900 mm) for the top and pedestal together. The bowl is 19-1/4 in wide, 11-3/8 in front to back, and 5-3/4 in deep. In a small powder room, the 19-1/2 in figure is the one that decides whether the door swing clears the basin.

Both pieces ship together. AMS-555801 is a top and leg combination, so you get the vitreous china lavatory and the matching pedestal in one order, plus the mounting kit. You still need the faucet, the drain, and the supply stops and P-trap to finish the install.

Behind the leg. The pedestal on the Portsmouth is what hides the trap and the supply risers, so the P-trap and stops have to land inside the column's footprint, not off to the side where an exposed-trap wall-hung lav would put them. Plan the rough-in centered on the basin. The lavatory carries a rear overflow, so the drain you install must be an overflow-type pop-up, not a grid drain.

It is. American Standard builds this one to their Right Height standard, and the assembled height works out to 35-7/16 in (900 mm). That is taller than a traditional pedestal lav, which matters if you are specifying for senior housing or a unit where residents have told you the old basin sits too low.

Yes, and the hardware for it is in the box. The Portsmouth ships with a mounting kit; the pedestal carries load but the lavatory is secured back to the wall, so you need solid blocking behind the finish wall at the basin. Frame that in before the drywall goes up, or you are opening the wall again on install day.

American Standard design-matches the Portsmouth lavatory and pedestal to the Townsend Champion toilets, so the styling lines up if you are doing a full room. The detailing is turn-of-the-century, which reads traditional rather than contemporary, worth knowing before you pair it with a modern one-piece bowl.

Different trade-offs. The Portsmouth pedestal takes up less visual room and costs less to install where storage is not the point, and its faucet ledge gives a large deck area so soap and a cup still have somewhere to sit. What it does not do is store anything or hide the plumbing behind doors. In a unit where tenants need under-sink storage, a vanity is the right call; where the room is tight and the look matters, this is.

Vitreous china is the standard commercial lavatory material: a fired, glazed ceramic that does not stain or scratch from normal cleaning and takes standard bathroom chemicals. It is what you want in multi-family and hospitality washrooms. The one caution is impact, a dropped tool chips china, so it is not a jobsite-abuse material the way stainless is.