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When my place was done they had to lift the hallway floor (which was laminate and they did pretty neatly so it could be put back down again) to get access to the pipes going to the bathroom and central heating. Kitchen and bathroom floors were undisturbed. Boiler was in the kitchen too.
I'd definitely have an ensuite if you can.
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When I looked into doing something similar it was the waste that was the issue above the hot water feed in.
Slightly different as I wasn't doing a new loft conversion but rather looking at the possibility of an en-suite to the existing top floor of a 3 storey house.
The only real viable solution was to drop the ceiling on part of the middle (or ground - I don't remember) floor with the waste going firstly downwards and then out and along in a false ceiling gap to the existing drain at the back of the house.
I ended up sacking it off as was part of a much larger project but maybe worth considering if you have the ceiling height to accommodate?
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Loft conversion planning application has been submitted, which is very exciting.
However, I'm suddenly having second thoughts about an ensuite. Mostly because I can't see how water is gonna get up there without tearing up either the kitchen or bathroom floors.
See attached. I know HW goes from the boiler under the kitchen sink cos the pipes get warm when running the taps in the bathroom. Also have no recollection of water (other than CH) pipes under the hall when I've had those boards up in the past. Toilet is adjacent to the bathroom.
The ensuite isn't necessarily something I need, but despite the additional expense thought it worthwhile in terms of selling (also like the idea of contingency if/when the existing bathroom needs a refurb). Suddenly wondering whether it might involve too much short term hassle.
My place seems fairly typical for a converted terrace so presumably this must be a pretty common issue. How's it usually dealt with?
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