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Turning a bedroom into a bathroom....is it possible?

6 years ago

Hi we want to turn a first floor bedroom into a family bathroom. However it is at the other end of the house to the current bathroom/plumbing/soil stack. How big a job is it to convert it into a bathroom? What would it entail?

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6 years ago
Unless you can easily go out of one wall and along to join the soil stack, then it's a big job and may not be feasible.

You may need to consider a macerator style loo instead, the outlet pipes of which are much smaller and can go through joists. That's not to say it's possible even with one of those, as it entirely depends on the length it has to run and the fall / route it needs to travel.

If you could post room plans with dimensions and mark the drains, it may be easier to give and idea.
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