How to Align vanity flush without creating a gap from baseboard?

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We are installing this vanity and we are trying to figure out our best situation the legs are flush against the back of the vanity so the whole unit will be fat on the wall. But with the baseboard installed the vanity will sit off the wall leaving a good size gap along the back of the sink and the backsplash tile won’t fill that gap. What is the best solution for this?

You can see the gap that would happen.

baseboard flooring

You can see the gap that would happen.

Ecnerwal · Answer

You either cut the back bottom of the vanity to clear the baseboard, or the baseboard to clear the vanity - in this case, with "legs" rather than cabinet sides, (so small rather than large support for the base) cutting the baseboard seems like the obvious choice. With plywood cabinets that reach the floor and sit on it full-length, coping out for the baseboard would have no significant effect on the structure.
Third possibility would be to return the vanity and get one with legs positioned differently, but that may not be practical.
Either the wall or the back of the vanity is not plumb, evidently, based on the first picture with no baseboard.

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