moving the kitchen plumbing

jvpari

i want to relocate the sink and washing machine to across the room. I know there are a lot of things this depends upon, but I was wondering whether it is likely to be super dooper expensive or just expensive to do this? Does anyone have any experience of this as I don't even know if it's worth persuing. Thanks

ariba10

You will have to have access to hot and cold water and drainage.

If that is available in the area you want to move to it is possible

jvpari

the cold water valve is on the wall I want to move it to, as is the boiler. But the drainage pipe is on the original wall.

DVardysShadow

As you have cold and probably hot on the wall you require, the question is can you get drainage around the wall to the new palce without crossing doorways or open spece.

jvpari

can it run along the joists in the floor? if not, then it would have to cross a doorway so i guess it couldn't be done.

keystone

Is your proposed location for the new sink on an outside wall? If so run it round the outside. There is no reason whatsoever why you shouldn't be able to clip it to the side of a joist under the follor. Under NO circumstances should you notch or drill a joist for it though. Its too big a diameter pipe for that and could lead to structural problems.

Whether its inside or outside you need to have a fall on the pipe and the further you go away from the current location the smaller thats going to get.

jvpari

ok, thank you very much. I will look into it then as it's definitely the best layout for the room. We are in a first floor flat so no outside wall unfortunately.