Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - Changing a laundry area into a half bath?
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remmizl
08-30-05, 03:20 PM
Hi all,
I'm new here. I'm in the process of deciding whether fiance & I will be able to make do with my existing house after we marry. We like the location, but one thing that we don't like about my existing house is the lack of basement bathroom. The laundry room is currently in the basement, & we are contemplating building an addition that would include a main floor or 2nd floor laundry room.
Can the existing plumbing for a basement laundry room be modified to work for a basement bathroom, in place of roughed in plumbing, which I don't have?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
I'm new here. I'm in the process of deciding whether fiance & I will be able to make do with my existing house after we marry. We like the location, but one thing that we don't like about my existing house is the lack of basement bathroom. The laundry room is currently in the basement, & we are contemplating building an addition that would include a main floor or 2nd floor laundry room.
Can the existing plumbing for a basement laundry room be modified to work for a basement bathroom, in place of roughed in plumbing, which I don't have?
Thanks in advance for any replies.
thezster
08-30-05, 05:03 PM
Probably/possibly not... you've probably got a 1 1/2 or 2 inch drain for the laundry room.... You need a 3 or 4 inch line for a toilet. On the other hand, it's possible you've a "stub" already roughed in somewhere in the room - under a cabinet maybe.... it's standard to rough in a line for a toilet, sink, and tub when pouring a basement floor - if the owner wants one....
If not - you'll have to do some minor excavating of the floor to find the main line and hook into it. Not impossible, but not for the faint of heart (inexperienced) either.... (Just finished doing it myself last month).
Do some exploring in your laundry room - and let us know what kinds of piping you can find/identify. We'll go from there....
If not - you'll have to do some minor excavating of the floor to find the main line and hook into it. Not impossible, but not for the faint of heart (inexperienced) either.... (Just finished doing it myself last month).
Do some exploring in your laundry room - and let us know what kinds of piping you can find/identify. We'll go from there....
remmizl
09-02-05, 05:26 PM
The drain for the laundry is a large pipe about 3 inches in diameter that sticks up about waist high from the floor. The hot & cold connections for the washer are directly above it. The main basement drain is only about 3-4 feet away from it.
It's unlikely that anything else was run by the original owners, since these are also the morons who got a raised slab rather than a full basement under the family room that is adjacent to the walkout basement sliding door. (See my too-weird-to-answer question in the basements thread.)
It's unlikely that anything else was run by the original owners, since these are also the morons who got a raised slab rather than a full basement under the family room that is adjacent to the walkout basement sliding door. (See my too-weird-to-answer question in the basements thread.)
thezster
09-02-05, 06:28 PM
The drain for the laundry is a large pipe about 3 inches in diameter that sticks up about waist high from the floor. The hot & cold connections for the washer are directly above it. The main basement drain is only about 3-4 feet away from it.
It's unlikely that anything else was run by the original owners, since these are also the morons who got a raised slab rather than a full basement under the family room that is adjacent to the walkout basement sliding door. (See my too-weird-to-answer question in the basements thread.)
I'm assuming that 3 inch drain is in the wall?? If so, it's too bad.. if it were 12 inches from the wall.... voila - a toilet stub....
Sounds as if you've the basis for installing everything you need. Unfortunately, it's probably going to require excavating some concrete. It's difficult to tell based on what little I've read so far.
If I were you... I'd get a plumbing company in to give you a quote to do what you want to do..... While they're there... ask lots of questions... and request a fairly itemized quote... as in - what are you going to do, specifically... You don't have to buy it... but you might learn a lot...
It's unlikely that anything else was run by the original owners, since these are also the morons who got a raised slab rather than a full basement under the family room that is adjacent to the walkout basement sliding door. (See my too-weird-to-answer question in the basements thread.)
I'm assuming that 3 inch drain is in the wall?? If so, it's too bad.. if it were 12 inches from the wall.... voila - a toilet stub....
Sounds as if you've the basis for installing everything you need. Unfortunately, it's probably going to require excavating some concrete. It's difficult to tell based on what little I've read so far.
If I were you... I'd get a plumbing company in to give you a quote to do what you want to do..... While they're there... ask lots of questions... and request a fairly itemized quote... as in - what are you going to do, specifically... You don't have to buy it... but you might learn a lot...