Hi folks,
As you might have read in previous posts, I'm planning installing a downstairs shower room. The original plan was to knock up the stud wall etc myself and pay a plumber to install all the plumbing.
However now I've really got my teeth into stripping out the house, I've noticed how poor the routing of the copper piping is. An example being some piping that is actually fasted to the door frame in the living room. Thus I've spent the day reading, watching videos, and pricing up the gear I'll need to redo some of this piping myself. The plan being to be able to cut/bend/extend and re-solder some sections, to enable it to be boxed properly (ie not fastened to door frames and the like).
This has got me thinking about whether I should have a go at doing the shower room myself, which presents a big (possibly really dumb lol) first question.
There is a waste pipe and hot/cold water pipes in the area where the new shower room will be (as it will be at the near end of the kitchen, just off the hall). Could I simply turn the mains water/boiler off, drain the pipes, cut them, and add a T-Section at this point, taking the hot and cold water to the new shower room? This seems logical in my head, but I'm thinking it couldn't be this simple could it?
I'm ready and waiting to be slapped down by a pro telling me it'll bugger up the pipe pressure or something else lol. My apologies if there's a walkthrough somewhere, kids are noisy as hell and I'm struggling to find anything.
As you might have read in previous posts, I'm planning installing a downstairs shower room. The original plan was to knock up the stud wall etc myself and pay a plumber to install all the plumbing.
However now I've really got my teeth into stripping out the house, I've noticed how poor the routing of the copper piping is. An example being some piping that is actually fasted to the door frame in the living room. Thus I've spent the day reading, watching videos, and pricing up the gear I'll need to redo some of this piping myself. The plan being to be able to cut/bend/extend and re-solder some sections, to enable it to be boxed properly (ie not fastened to door frames and the like).
This has got me thinking about whether I should have a go at doing the shower room myself, which presents a big (possibly really dumb lol) first question.
There is a waste pipe and hot/cold water pipes in the area where the new shower room will be (as it will be at the near end of the kitchen, just off the hall). Could I simply turn the mains water/boiler off, drain the pipes, cut them, and add a T-Section at this point, taking the hot and cold water to the new shower room? This seems logical in my head, but I'm thinking it couldn't be this simple could it?
I'm ready and waiting to be slapped down by a pro telling me it'll bugger up the pipe pressure or something else lol. My apologies if there's a walkthrough somewhere, kids are noisy as hell and I'm struggling to find anything.
