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Can you convert a bedroom into a bathroom but leave the original floorboards

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.42 PM

I would like to convert a bedroom into a bathroom in my Victorian terrace house as there is no bathroom on the first floor. My house has lots of original features which I love including varnished original floorboards and I would like to keep this feature in my new bathroom. I saw someone else in my road who was having a similar job done and her floorboards had been taken out. I was wondering if this was necessary or just a choice. My other question is the room where I would like the bathroom is not directly above a room with plumbing. How much more expensive is it to convert a room that is next to the room above the plumbing than it would be to convert a room directly above the kitchen? I would be very grateful for any advice. Thank you.

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Alan Towse Property Improvements

Rating: 5 out of 5

Kirkby In Furness

You should be able to retain your original flooring although it may be necessary to lift some of the boards which with care could later be relaid. There will probably be more work / costs involved in getting hot and cold feed to the room but this may not be excessive. The biggest factor is likely to be the relative location of the soil pipe and how this can be accessed / waste pipe system accommodated. The solution may be straightforward e.g. straight out of the external wall to pick up from there. Hard to be more specific without seeing the job.

Answered23 March 2022

STL

Rating: 5 out of 5

Derby

From my point of view I would be careful on having floor boards where water can run. You will no doubt have wet floors from Condensation and wet feet and water will find a way to run thorough floor boards and potentially run and sit on wiring and the celling below so I would say no. All of which is damage that will happen over time and that you can’t see happening as it’s covered so not a good idea. In regards to pipe work. That can be a easy to install as you can simply link to other pipe work.

Answered16 April 2022