Bathroom Project

[Stacey Ellis]

We are planning on partitioning off part of our existing kitchen and turning it into a shower/toilet/laundry room. The only problem we have is this room wont have any external rooms or windows , it does sit right next to the soil pipe stack and directly below our bathroom on the upper floor of the house.
My problem is how can i ventilate this room for the purpose of the shower ? Can i go up through the existing soil stack ? perhaps duct around the room and through the existing kitchen behind the cupboards , is there a height level the duct needs to be at ?
Sorry for so many questions but i am hoping for some advice on at least some or all
thanks in advance

 

[Baths'N'Gas]

The room will need a vent that is activated when the room light is switched on, ie wall or ceiling extractor

 

[Stacey Ellis]

yes , but how do i vent the room without an external wall or window

 

[RayCaister]

The ducting for the ceiling fan will run in the ceiling void to an external wall.

 

[Stacey Ellis]

even in a downstair toilet ? im not sure how they would access the ceiling through the two rooms required to reach the outside wall

 

[Baths'N'Gas]

You can either take the floor up in the room above to get access or take part of the ceiling down in the shower room and kitchen

 

[RayCaister]

Access could be by lifting the flooring upstairs or dropping the ceiling downstairs. Direction would be dictated by orientation of the joists.

 

[Stacey Ellis]

can the vent not be run through ducting and boxed off along the existing walls ? taking the ceiling or floor down sounds like a nightmare scenario

 

[RayCaister]

Surface run boxed ducting is a cosmetic nightmare. Still it is your property.

 

[Stacey Ellis]

totally agree . im just trying to think of practical solutions that wont involve it turning into a major project , i thought perhaps the ducting could run behind kitchen cabinets as thats the next room to be done so they wont be seen. Does the room only need a vent because of the shower ? if i just made it a toilet/laundry room would that require ventilation ?

 

[RayCaister]

You need to check the Building Regulations with you local council as this work is possibly notifiable. I would have thought any toilet would require ventilation. Going back to the ducting a competent builder may be able to "fish" a flexible tube through the void after cutting the exit hole in the external wall.

 

[HERTS P&D]

Have you thought about moving?

Andy

 

[Stacey Ellis]