I am going to refurbish the bathroom, I wish to fit the flooring under the toilet and washbasin. Sadly there is no other toilet in the house, anyone any ideas of how to work round this, apart from everyone crossing their legs? I thought of a porti potty type thing, but there are no manhole covers where I could empty the thing down. TIA
Funnel + existing soil pipe?
If you were employing builders, it would be the reason for ~5 visits to the pub each day...
I managed to completely refurb my only bathroom without additional facilities using careful planning. I went a maximum of 30 minutes without toilet facilities, even though much of the soil pipe branch needed replacing. The toilet was a swap from a close coupled type to a concealed cistern flush pipe model.
I also replaced the floor (carpet for waterproof laminate) at the same time. Underneath the toilet. This was done using wooden spacers underneath and not bolting it down until it was time to do the floor properly.
Christian.
Do it fast, pee in the garden, and send the girls to their aunties for the day.
I have seen hired phonebox-sized portaloos outside peoples' houses round here (North London). Can't recall any of the companies' names but I'm sure you could google them. Might be expensive for a short time but would give you peace of mind (and body).
I'd see a doctor if I were you ;-)
.andy
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If you have a supermarket nearby they're not too fussy about you actually buying something when you use the facilities. Luckily we have one a few hundred yards down the road that came in handy when our toilet was out of action for the day!
Just about any builders / event hire company will have these to hire out, AIUI all building sites have to have proper toilet facilities or portable portaloos now. The hire company deals with the emptying again AIUI.
In article , Broadback writes
I'm only 5 minutes walk from Sainsbury's, where the facilities were adequate (apart from no bath!).
You mean they have showers in your Sainsbury's ?! :~)
There is the excuse you need.... install a new loo elsewhere first ;-)
In message , Broadback writes
Shovel and a hole in the ground
Don't you have any sympathetic neighbours?
In message , Christian McArdle writes
Same here. Mine included moving the WC (or rather putting a new WC in different place) much could eb done first, but I had to remove old pipe, install new longer jointed pipe etc. I did the job when there was just me in the house, so no problem having the loo out of action for a couple of hours.
Didn't have an issue with the flooring, and the OP doesn't say what sort of floor - but assuming tiles or something can't see why either the bit under the loo can't either be done first or last, so I would imagine it would only need to be removed for a couple of hours say at the most
Rest of the bathroom doesn't matter so much - esp hand basin, kitchen sinks or bowls are fine.
Unless you're tiling, then it can be a quick job to remove the loo, do the flooring, & put the loo back even if only rested on the floor. You don't *need* a cistern attached if you've got a bucket of water to flush with.
..or you could floor the bit infront of the loo, then get a soil pipe & pan connector & extend the loo into the room to be able to floor behind it (what would eventually be under it)
":::Jerry::::" wrote | > I have seen hired phonebox-sized portaloos outside peoples' houses | > round here (North London). | Just about any builders / event hire company will have these to hire out, | AIUI all building sites have to have proper toilet facilities or portable | portaloos now. The hire company deals with the emptying again AIUI.
If it's in a 'vulnerable' location (from wind or vandals), TIE IT DOWN. They're not nice if they get tipped over ...
Owain
If you use a tree in the garden, for number 1's you can get a good few hours with no loo. So a bit of planning up front, and you are sorted.
Rick
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