Turning a bedroom into en-suite - how difficult?

Housebuy12345

hazyjo wrote: »

I'd like two bathrooms too - but not at the expense of a bedroom (especially in London where the average bedroom will be costing in the region of £50k+!). If I was that desperate for two, I would buy an already converted house, or a property purpose built with 2 bathrooms.

Would suit a couple

hazyjo

Housebuy12345 wrote: »

Would suit a couple

Indeed. Would suit a variety of people. But not at the expense of a bedroom. Better off buying a property already like that. That was my point.

quantumlobster

babyblade41 wrote: »

My Mum had a saniflow and it was great, no problems and was still in use without a problem for 7 years

I think the bigger problem is knowing that, in your house, you have a device that you fitted for the express purpose of mincing your poo.

You bought and fitted a poo-mincer. Because you wanted one. To mince your poo.

babyblade41

quantumlobster wrote: »

I think the bigger problem is knowing that, in your house, you have a device that you fitted for the express purpose of mincing your poo.

You bought and fitted a poo-mincer. Because you wanted one. To mince your poo.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:..I'd rather not think too much of the concept !!

AdrianC

quantumlobster wrote: »

I think the bigger problem is knowing that, in your house, you have a device that you fitted for the express purpose of mincing your poo.

You bought and fitted a poo-mincer. Because you wanted one. To mince your poo.

...and you're boasting that it still minces poo after five-seven years.

Which means you EXPECT to have to get covered in partially-minced poo semi-regularly...

Slinky

I used to work somewhere were we had a community business based in the back of the building where there was no toilet. So a saniflo had been fitted, with the pipework running up through the ceiling, across about 30-40 feet of loft, and then down into our main toilet's drainage. Oh dear, the trouble we had with that beast. It had to be replaced a couple of times. They were flooded out at least twice, and the plumber had to saw the pipe in the loft to be able to get tools in to scrape a passage through the blockage.


Would I want one in my home, not a chance.

AdrianC

I think you might have forgotten to cross the t in your user name, Slinky.

Slinky

AdrianC wrote: »

I think you might have forgotten to cross the t in your user name, Slinky.

I haven't told you about the smell in our part of the building in the summer. OMG it made your eyes water. We eventually discovered, when a plumber took down a load of panelling at the back of the gents toilet that the end cap off the sewer pipe had been missed off when the drains were laid and we were getting sewer gasses leaking into the building.

Doozergirl

Slinky wrote: »

I haven't told you about the smell in our part of the building in the summer. OMG it made your eyes water. We eventually discovered, when a plumber took down a load of panelling at the back of the gents toilet that the end cap off the sewer pipe had been missed off when the drains were laid and we were getting sewer gasses leaking into the building.

I think that says more about the state of the workmanship than the Saniflo.

I wouldn't want to have one as the sole toilet, and certainly not for a business as people are disgusting and don't care what they put in a toilet or why it might be a problem.

If there's a blockage, it's because someone has put something in there that they really shouldn't have.

Owain_Moneysaver

Slinky wrote: »

So a saniflo had been fitted, with the pipework running up through the ceiling, across about 30-40 feet of loft, and then down into our main toilet's drainage. Oh dear, the trouble we had with that beast. It had to be replaced a couple of times. They were flooded out at least twice, and the plumber had to saw the pipe in the loft to be able to get tools in to scrape a passage through the blockage.

It's not just partially-minced poo.

It's partially-minced poo and whatever else has been put down the loo, pumped under pressure.