thinking of removing my airing cupboard

blushingbride_3

hi everyone,

I am planning on renovating my bathroom.
Next to it is a small airing cupboard, i am thinking of removing this to make a bigger bathroom. It would mean i could fit a seperate shower.
All it has in it is linen & towels which i could store in the new bathroom or in the cupboard downstairs.

Would it be a big mistake to remove it?

BB

wallbash

If it meant a separate shower as you say , seems a good deal .
Would hate to be without our air cupboard , but free standing shower is a better deal.

Meadows

Going back many years ago my parents had the hot water tank put in the attic. The airing cupboard door was on the landing, they had this blocked off and part of the wall removed in the bathroom so they were able to fit a shower, tray and curtain in the space where the airing cupboard was.
They never missed the storage space and the shower was a great addition to the bathroom.

blushingbride_3

ok great thanks everyone also i might change the bath to a shorter one to accomodate the shower, 1500mm you think this would be ok?
I am loving the look of these: http://www.omnitub.co.uk/ but not sure my budget can stretch

Meadows

I could live with this one

blushingbride_3

wow what is that? it would take up my whole bathroom!lol

Meadows

blushingbride wrote: »

wow what is that? it would take up my whole bathroom!lol

:rotfl:yeah but :cool: though

Innys

Meadows wrote: »

Going back many years ago my parents had the hot water tank put in the attic. The airing cupboard door was on the landing, they had this blocked off and part of the wall removed in the bathroom so they were able to fit a shower, tray and curtain in the space where the airing cupboard was.
They never missed the storage space and the shower was a great addition to the bathroom.

This has always confused me. If a hot water tank is moved into a, presumably, insulated loft, how does the hot water stay, erm..........hot???

Yes, you could lag the tank very, very well, but will that really prevent it losing heat at an eye watering rate, especially in weather like this?

keystone

blushingbride wrote: »

Would it be a big mistake to remove it?

It would if there is a HW cylinder plus associated plumbing in it!

Cheers

Meadows

Innys wrote: »

This has always confused me. If a hot water tank is moved into a, presumably, insulated loft, how does the hot water stay, erm..........hot??? Yes, you could lag the tank very, very well, but will that really prevent it losing heat at an eye watering rate, especially in weather like this?

Back then you had tank insulated jackets, not sure many people use a big tank much these day, combi boilers are the best at heating just the water you need and you have all that extra space (for a shower cubical ).

blushingbride_3

keystone wrote: »

It would if there is a HW cylinder plus associated plumbing in it!

Cheers

haha sorry i forgot about that bit!

I have a combi boiler so this is simply a cupboard with a small rad, which i will change to a heated towel rail in the bathroom