What work / cost to add a toilet?

[BasementIdeas]

Hi

How much work is it to add a small downstairs toilet (sink and toilet only) to a hallway? I assume plumbing / soil pipes are the biggest issue - would this involve digging up floorboards in other rooms?

For context, hallway is in a semi- detached house and adjacent to next door, so presumably soil pipes would need to be laid across other rooms? It would be immediately below a bathroom if that makes any difference for pipes etc?

Any approximate costs?

Thanks x

Hopeful bump….

Would also like an idea of how difficult it would be to add utility room to basement

Would it be under the stairs? It would all depend on the existing soil pipe and water pipes. Where does the soil pipe from the bathroom above, go into the drain? Also is there the electric fuse box and intake under the stairs?
A plan would be helpful

Saniflo is your answer

Hi

It’s this property: www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/110973998#/?channel=RES_BUY

I would want to add a WC to either the front of the hallway (behind the front door) or under the stairs. I would also ideally want to relocate the utility room to either the basement (wine cellar) or the garage, then open up the space to the side of the kitchen currently labelled snug/pantry

I’m sure the is a silly question, but even with a saniflo how disruptive is it to add the pipes for the water inlets and the soil waste? Would they just feed under floorboards or would it require lifting floors in adjacent rooms?

Anything I should be looking out for when viewing the property?

Many thanks

Will check under stairs cupboard for an electricity box, thanks

Am I correct that there already is a toilet on that floor next to the utility. Why have another or are you planning of removing that one completely?

We are in the process of adding a downstairs toilet. Its a tiny space, so we got a toilet/sink combo, similar to the pic. Its was about £200 for the toilet/sink alone, but apparently that is good for a combo one. Do check it has both a hot and cold water connection thought. A pocket/sliding door also saves space, whereas a regular door takes up 1m of floor space. Soil pipe, water pipes etc will really depend on how far it needs to be moved and the costing in your area.

Yes, but I would prefer to move it as

1. It’s off the kitchen area, which I personally don’t like

1. I would like to move the current WC and utility room, then extend the “pantry/snug” back to the garage to have a lot more space there

That combo toilet / sink looks very hand my and space saving!

*handy

it will be easier if you have a wooden floor with a void beneath.

Walk round your house looking for drains and manhole covers to see what the route is.

Rather than a Saniflow, consider digging a hole in the garden and using a bucket.

@PigletJohn

it will be easier if you have a wooden floor with a void beneath.

Walk round your house looking for drains and manhole covers to see what the route is.

Rather than a Saniflow, consider digging a hole in the garden and using a bucket.

I'm sorry but

if you put it next to the front door, you can lay the pipe in a trench in the front garden.

A friend of ours had a saniflo malfunction - upstairs loo - floor collapsed and he ended up covered in shit while he was sitting on the sofa watching TV - being told the story is not something you ever forget - nevermind living through it!😂

Gorgeous house OP

You should be fine adding a small cloakroom under the stairs in that house. As the bathroom is almost directly above it, you may be able to connect to the same soil pipe.

A decent toilet and sink can be bought for £500, and you may only require tiling around the sink, if any. Labour is what will cost you, so I'd budget a further £1,000 for that, to include any other peripherals. Even though it shouldn't take more than a couple of days, you might have to pay over the odds to actually get someone to do it, as it's quite a small job.

I agree - lovely house but the kitchen layout is a little awkward - I can see why you want to move the utility and loo

Depends where the waste pipe is. If it's on the wall the toilet will be on or next to it's not a big job. We had a toilet installed in a under stairs cupboard and it was £500

I don't know if this is an unsolvable problem nowadays but years ago we couldn't move the utility into the cellar as the drainage was too complicated as we were below the drains if that makes sense?

We had a house with a Saniflow - we made it a liquids only toilet as didn't want to risk a literal shit shower in the event of a malfunction, however a guest disregarded that and blocked it....reader it was not good, so I concur with PigletJohn.

@BasementIdeas

Will check under stairs cupboard for an electricity box, thanks

the electrical regulations for bathrooms apply to rooms that contain a fixed bath or shower.

A WC and a handbasin are not a bath or shower so the bathroom regulations do not apply.

I would put it under the stairs. It would be such a shame to budge up that lovely hallway with a WC cubicle.

I agree that putting water down to the wine cellar, and getting it back out, is potentially a bigger consideration. I would get the advice of a professional before you buy if this is essential.

Do you want to go up and down with washing etc?

How badly do you need the back part of the garage? Might that be used?

Thanks so much for all the comments

More than happy to use back of garage for utility. Could also install a sink there to use for washing muddy boots etc without going in house

@BasementIdeas

Thanks so much for all the comments

More than happy to use back of garage for utility. Could also install a sink there to use for washing muddy boots etc without going in house

a long shower tray is handy for hosing off dogs. A thermostatic shower mixer, set low, will prevent scalds.

you will need a yard gulley or large trap that you can easily empty, to prevent mud, stones etc getting into the drainsp