Moving a sink ?

Greenbanana_2

Hello, we have moved into a new house, currently a bit of a shell. We would ideally like to move the kitchen sink from its current position into another room - approx 1.3m away from the original position. We do not need to hide any pipework under the floorboards as the pipes will be in our utility room and we are not to worried about hiding them at the moment- just want to make house liveable.We would like to use the existing sink as a utility sink so will be keeping all the plumbing there- just want to join another sink to this plumbing. Does anyone have a rough idea of what the labour to do this would cost?
I suspect further info may be required for anyone to help, but I am obviously not too knowledgable in this area!!
Hope this makes sense. I have had a look on the internet but nothing relevant.
Many thanks in advance

ormus

about 100/200 quid plus materials.
all depends on the drains. the H&C pipes are not really a big problem.

Ebe_Scrooge

How long's a piece of string ?

Best advice is to get a couple of quotes from local plumbers.

But, if I understand correctly, you're essentially talking about running a hot, a cold and a waste from their existing positions, to a point a couple of metres away ? A very easy job if you're not worried about hiding the pipework. At a very rough guess, I would think you're talking 2 - 3 hours for a plumber ( depends if you need to go through a dividing wall ).

It's actually a pretty easy job to do yourself if you've done any sort of DIY plumbing before, but if you're not comfortable with tackling it yourself I can't see it costing too much to get a pro in.

Sorry, not a very precise answer, but hopefully it may give you some idea !

Greenbanana_2

thanks so far, yes I do need to go through a dividing wall- the sink would be against this dividing wall .I had googled it and all I could find was along the lines of "if you are thinking of moving a kitchen sink...dont", which had caused some concern!!
We arent ready for a plumber yet, but i guess its the only way I will find out exactly the cost. We have two room options for our kitchen.One room (the current kitchen ) is quite small and has 3 doors so finding somewhere to put units is a nightmare. The other option is putting the kitchen into the current dining room and having a kitchen diner and using the current kitchen as a utility room.
The kitchen units are currently on sale so I wanted to know that it was viable and not extorionate to move the sink (even if we dont actually do it immediately) so we can buy the units for either room before the sale ends. Many thanks

googler

The main considerations will be

What's the wall made of? If it's wooden studwork and plasterboard, that'll be easier and less time (and less cost) than going through brick or stonework.

You need to build in a 'fall' from the new sink to the point where it connects with the exit pipework under the existing sink so that the water flows downward, so look at any height difference between the floors to start with, then visualise where the pipe would go, and whether there's a clear section of the exit pipe that you can plumb into.

Ask the same question on www.diynot.com and you'll get more specific advice

keystone

googler wrote: »

Ask the same question on xxxxxxxxxxxxxx and you'll get more specific advice

Why do you continually direct people there when there are people here that are more than capable of giving the correct and specific advice. In this case the correct advice is that Ormus could well be correct but as each is different get at least 3 quotes from people who have seen it and felt it. Then you have something for comparison.

Cheers

googler

keystone wrote: »

Why do you continually direct people there when there are people here that are more than capable of giving the correct and specific advice.

Because it's a more specific forum than this one.

Because I've found it useful in the past, and still do.

Because I think it may be useful to the OP.

andertonj

It would be better if you ask plumbers and get some quotes, it will give you an idea to determine average cost. No plumber can predict the exact amount of money as it all depends on material and the work to be done.

John A.