April 2010 – Our guests will be pleased….. eventually

After little internal work for a couple of years I finally gave in to pressure and started work on the first of the two new bathrooms. This had all been waiting for the fourth side of the chimney to be pointed (by she who will be nameless) and after a littel encouragement it was done:

Before:

 

After:

 

With this (finally!) completed the back of the shower wall was constructed:

The end wall and ceiling plasterboard was then cut and installed (it is so much quickler to type this than to do it!):

 

Two bathrroms will be installed in this space with the dividing wall just the other side of the first Velux window.

Ceiling rafters and plasterboard were fitted:

 

The plumbing was the next challenge but after much investigation, crawling around in the ‘cave’ and drilling through 4 inches of concrete a way was found to get the hot and cold water and grey waste pipes up to the attic. Luckily there is room under the floor to run them from the current shown position!

 

 

The next plumbing challenge will be the soil pipe for the toilets. This is not so simple as it involves a lot of work to the existing downstairs bathroom.

We should have the guest bathroom functional with a sink and shower in time for the ‘season’, however the toilet may take a little longer.