DIY Conundrum - Bathroom

mo · 2010-12-26T21:55:45+00:00

I am planning to attempt one of my biggest DIY projects - refitting a bathroom. I have read up on tiling and am currently reading up on some basic plumbing.I need some help with one particular part of the job and to decide how far I should mess with things.I plan on doing the plumbing and tiling myself but I may need the services of a plaster to re-do the ceiling and also for this particular issue.I have taken some pics on my mobile - they are not very clear but hopefulyl should be good enough. I can prob get better quality ones if needed.---------So essentially I am going to rip everything out and re-tile but there is a section of the room that will have some fiddly parts to retile and so I am considering ripping it out and replacing to make tiling easier.This is a picture of the toilet. I understand it, there is pipework behind it that has been boxed in behind plasterwook.Behind this are the cold water feeds, the waste and also the toilet drain. I have a feeling the boxing in is bigger than it needs to be as directly below in the kitchen the same boxing exists to take the pipes outside but the boxing is smaller.This box represents to problems for my tiling. First as you can see to the right off the toothbrushes there is like a weird triangular edge - which will be difficult to tile around - the same thing is apparent on the other side where the brooms are (but prob not visible in the picture)You can see the other problem in this picture - which is taken just above the toothbrush holder this vent, which AFAIK is totally blocked up and serves no purpose. Now someone told me that if I wnated to I could just bash that bit out and plaster over it. So at thos point can I somehow bash that out and replaster? How so? And can I remove those triangler bits going up the wall?------------The other thing is the water feeds. Behind the wall we seem to have 2 water feeds. At the bottom is the cold water for the taps and bath and at the top is the one for the toilet. Our toilet...