Moving a toilet?

[Dogdays200]

Just moved house and there are two rooms downstairs next to each other. One is smaller (the perfect width for a toilet) the other is three times the size and currently houses the toilet. This is annoying because there is nowhere for a utility room unless washing machine and tumble dryer are stacked on top of each other.

I would like to move the toilet into the smaller adjoining room, however the soil pipe goes into the floor. Theres a sewerage drain right outside the wall.

Has anyone had this done? How much can we expect it to cost?

Can you put the WM and TD in with the large toilet?

No because the toilet is (stupidly) slap bang in the middle leaving insufficient space either side also because of the sink placement.

What do you mean by "a sewerage drain?"

I suppose the floors are concrete?

Can you knock down the dividing wall and have a larger laundry/cloakroom/loo?

Yes we moved the toilet from a tiny room into the bathroom next door and made toilet room into a brill cupboard with shelves

This was upstairs

The plumber just put a collection of sewage pipes from the toilet room to the bathroom

They kind of link together and are sealed and then it is boxed in along the wall iyswim

I guess if it it downstairs go under floor or above then boxed in

If this is a new built it's probably so the toilet is wheelchair friendly as is part of design improvements to make our homes accessible for all.

Sorry - didn't answer your question - depends on who's doing it and how easy job will be - best to get some quotes in for moving the loo and adding a laundry /utility... good luck with it all !

That's everyone :)

Yes floor is concrete, what I mean is outside the toilet is a square drain that the pipe from the toilet currently goes into. I cannot remove the middle wall (this was plan A) because the electric meter is on it and I've had a quote to move that literally a meter to the next wall which is £1000 from the electric company.

I've had one company in to quote but I've not had a figure back yet, the guy who came out seemed to think it would be 'very expensive' but couldn't put a figure until talking to his manager - so I'm still none the wiser.

As we intend for this to be our forever family home, and I really want a separate toilet/utility, I wouldn't mind paying £1000 ish but I've still no idea on cost.

I can't picture this. Can you post a pic of the outside drain and any pipes, and a floorplan of the rooms and drain?

How old is the house? you may have two drainage systems (one for rainwater only)