Firstly, we had to get the stopcock moved, as it would have been in the bathroom once the new wall was in. Which is odd, as we were putting the wall back to its original position, so the stopcock must have been moved at some point inthe past.
One the wall and stopcock were moved it was a while before I gotta chance to get the rest moved. Once I did however, things got messy again. This was mostly due to moving the toilet and shower wastes. Now the shower was easy, simple 40mm pipework, but the toilet was in 4" and was a right pain, especially when your working in a crawl space under the house! It took me a lot longer than I thought it would and was a lot harder! However it is all done and dusted and more importantly its water tight.
New toilet position, the old one can be seen sticking out the wall on the left.
My work space, I quite often get told off for the mess! I just have a habit of just shifting the rubbish around the room to which ever corner I'm not using!
The next stage of the build was sorting out the woodwork. This mostly involved building the frame for the shower/cupboard space ( below). This was simple and easy and took very little time to build.
It got more complex when I started on the door area. This area was a mess of different surfaces, with lots of steps in the plaster boards. The idea was to smooth it out and build up the area around the door to make the recess for the door more snug and less makeshift. Unfortunately, things didn't got to plan. The stairs needed some repair, mainly replacing the screws with bigger better ones but the top step needed a lot more. For some reason it was build using 2 pieces and there was some movement in the structure. It took a lot of work to remove the movement, and to be honest, its still not perfect. I will replace the two bits with a single board when we redo the upstairs landing, but for the moment, this will have to suffice.
The wood work under the stairs. Not pretty but it works!
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