Using loft conversion as a bathroom

Hoploz

You might want to check whether it complies with building regs to be used as a bedroom - you might need to make a few changes when you're in, perhaps if/when you do decide to add a bathroom in the loft. Just to ensure fire safety for your family.

G_M

Come on people! Just keep a bedpan under the bed for night-time use.

Going up to the bathroom for showers is no hardship. My 86-year-old mother does it every week.

teddysmum

Would the upstairs ceiling take the concentrated weight of a full bath and its occupant ? (The daft story in Corrie, some years ago, comes to mind.)

G_M

teddysmum wrote: »

Would the upstairs ceiling take the concentrated weight of a full bath and its occupant ? (The daft story in Corrie, some years ago, comes to mind.)

Yes - provided the original conversion was done to Building Regulations standards.

That why they matter.

Cakeguts

So it looks as if the loft conversion isn't up to the standards that allows it to be used as a bedroom. If you want to use it as a bedroom you will have to finish the conversion.

Make sure that you find out if the loft conversion can be used as a bedroom because if it can't then you have bought a house with extra storage. As long as you are paying for a house with extra storage that is fine but you don't want to pay for a house with a loft conversion only to find that you can't use it for anything other than playing pool or other games.