Keeping toilet connected overnight during bathroom refit?

ben501

I'm sure there's a few one liners I could use, but it's too early for me to think of any.

Hopefully having a new bathroom fitted soon. The understanding has been that the toilet will be re-connected every night as I only have the one. (I did consider a bucket, but....no)


As a rough guide, how much longer would you expect the job to take (no pun intended) if the fitter has to make the loo usable every night? Are we talking a few minutes every day, or could it be adding days to the work by keeping the area serviceable & making it harder to work around?

The 'toilet wall' is about 1.5m wide, and it will probably need some plastering, or some other work to level it up prior to tiling. The floor, currently boarded & vinyl flooring, is also being tiled, so I'm guessing that would also make it more awkward

I'm considering getting a portable toilet of some sort if it would significantly reduce the amount of time the fitter would need, but not otherwise, as I doubt I'd ever need it again.

(£20-£60 for a loo vs a day's labour :money:)

phill99

Assuming thloo is staying in the same location, it takes very little time to slide the pan on and off of the pan connector. Maybe adds 10 mins each day to the job. But if you want the cistern added as well, thats a different story and a PITA. It's easier to get just the pan connected, no cistern and just pour a bucket of water down the pan to flush it.

However don't expect to have it useable during the day when the guys are working in there.

ben501

phill99 wrote: »

However don't expect to have it useable during the day when the guys are working in there.

Thanks for that. I will be working most of time the job's being done, so daytime is not an issue. I'm happy using a bucket or watering the garden if I need to, and anything more serious can be fixed with a quick trip to the local supermarket, or maybe a neighbour.

A bucket flush is fine for me too, so hopefully no problem there either.

Just need to see what issues the fitter envisages now.

rosie383

As Phill says it's not a big deal sliding the pan on again each evening and flushing with a bucket, but bear in mind that if they are tiling the floor you may not be able to walk in there at all for periods of time.