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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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Cheers. I've since realised that the room between the kitchen and bathroom is floorboards, so that may offer a way to get at the pipes and make junctions into the hallway without disturbing kitchen or bathroom floors. How did they route the pipework between floors?
Incidentally, I'm also planning to have a new pediment which wasn't retained whenever the roof was replaced. Remember you saying in the past that it wasn't a particularly useful space, but I noticed that the ones on Allison aren't the full height of the roof as they are on other streets.
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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?