Hello
I've recently bought a house that has had a loft conversion done over 15 years ago.
The en suite in the loft contains a shower, sink and loo.
Currently the waste pipes for the sink and shower link together and then drop through the floor into the bathroom on the 1st floor. The waste pipe from the loo also drops through the floor to the 1st floor bathroom.
Both waste pipes running down into 1st floor bathroom are boxed in and run down the wall of the 1st floor bathroom until then bend near floor level and then join to the loo waste pipe and sink waste pipe from the 1st floor bathroom.
My dilema....
I would like to install a shower in the 1st floor bathroom but the boxed in pipes coming down from the loft en suite are in the only place that a shower would fit.
Is it possible for waste pipes from loft conversions to exit right at the top of an outside wall or do they typically run down to the floor below and exit from there?
I have the option of still having the waste pipes run into the 1st floor bathroom but then run them along close to the ceiling and then drop down another wall (thus giving me the space for the shower). However, if there is a solution specific to most loft conversions I would be interested to hear?
I have (hopefully) uploaded a pic. As you can see, it's a typical (if not large) dorma. The en suite runs from the left hand (play school style!) window to the left hand edge of the dorma. The 1st floor bathroom is underneath it where you can see most of the (multicoloured!) drainpipes.
Thanks in advance.
I've recently bought a house that has had a loft conversion done over 15 years ago.
The en suite in the loft contains a shower, sink and loo.
Currently the waste pipes for the sink and shower link together and then drop through the floor into the bathroom on the 1st floor. The waste pipe from the loo also drops through the floor to the 1st floor bathroom.
Both waste pipes running down into 1st floor bathroom are boxed in and run down the wall of the 1st floor bathroom until then bend near floor level and then join to the loo waste pipe and sink waste pipe from the 1st floor bathroom.
My dilema....
I would like to install a shower in the 1st floor bathroom but the boxed in pipes coming down from the loft en suite are in the only place that a shower would fit.
Is it possible for waste pipes from loft conversions to exit right at the top of an outside wall or do they typically run down to the floor below and exit from there?
I have the option of still having the waste pipes run into the 1st floor bathroom but then run them along close to the ceiling and then drop down another wall (thus giving me the space for the shower). However, if there is a solution specific to most loft conversions I would be interested to hear?
I have (hopefully) uploaded a pic. As you can see, it's a typical (if not large) dorma. The en suite runs from the left hand (play school style!) window to the left hand edge of the dorma. The 1st floor bathroom is underneath it where you can see most of the (multicoloured!) drainpipes.
Thanks in advance.