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[White Room]

Hi and welcome...

 

[jobdone]

Welcome on board. Much to be learned here.

 

[SB4U]

Welcome. I'm also a DIYer currently working on a big (for me) bathroom project. The advice I've been given on here has been invaluable.

 

[Simon Bettison]

Have you considered getting a professional in? ...

for some stuff I have to (gas/electric!), but mostly I just like doing it myself 🙂

Pictures... yes I have some of those...

 

[Simon Bettison]

Before...

 

[Simon Bettison]

So that cupboard looked pretty innocent, just whip it out and pop a shower in there... amazing what you find

So the leaking roof needed sorting out first!

 

[Simon Bettison]

Once that was out of the way just a question of moving a few things around. Sink on opposite wall and toilet a foot to the right. Easy enough, apart from the soil stack looked like it might be asbestos, so that took a bit of doing!

Dressed for the part...

The offensive pipe...

The new pipe hole

And everything (roughly) in place...

 

[Simon Bettison]

The new stack going in...

 

[Simon Bettison]

Well wouldn't you know it in the last 100 years the house has sunk bit at one end, so the drain off on that shower tray isn't going to be happy. About a 6cm drop over 1.7m!

So the marine play needed packing out, plumbing fits nicely underneath

This is proof it was level when i did it, so in 50 years time when its sank some more I've covered my ***!

 

[Simon Bettison]

So it had rained plenty and the roof repair looked to be holding up, so next job was sort out the ceiling, timber going up ready for boarding...