Cunning cupboard/ toilet move idea

Oct 21, 2007 4 Replies

Hello all.



Er indoors likes her kitched gadgets but we're running out of space. So I've hatched a cunning plan.



Our downstairs loo runs parrallel to the kitchen and is quite a long coridor. Like this:



_____________________ | Toilet



----------------------------- | Kitchen | | |



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To create a pantry type thing, I was thinking about moving the toilet forward, say a foot then breaking through the wall in the kitchen and making a door (it's just plasterboard) creating this effect:



__________________________ | Pantry | Toilet



--\ ----------------------------- | Kitchen | | |



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The toilet waste exits via a near horizontal pipe, so my plan was just to replace the pipe with a longer pipe, then box this in so it can't be seen from the new pantry in the kitchen.



Can any of you wise chaps see any potential problems here?


Does the loo currently have an opening window?

If the loo is or becomes an "internal room", extraction ventilation with timed run-on may be required.

You might also have to mount the loo on a raised section of floor to preserve the fall of the outlet pipe.

Bob

Yes. If your 'er indoors' is anything like mine, creating extra space will cause her to purchase more gadgets. I put some units up in the conservatory for said purpose & now we have even more stuff.

:-)

Probably not worth doing it for only a foot of space. Can't you just put up some shelves on the wall-space you're about to lose for the pantry door?

Owain

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