Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Sep 22, 2013 8:43 pm Hello, I am looking at adding a new bathroom to my house in a space that is currently a study. The house is on brick foundations with wood floor joists and hard wood floors. The builder is talking about "dropping the bathroom floor" by cutting the existing wooden joists and supporting the ends of the remaining joists with metal supports set on poured concrete footings. New joists would be installed under the bathroom that are lower than the existing joists so that the floor of the bathroom will end up at the same height as the current wood floors. Those new joists would be supported by the existing brick foundations after one row of bricks is removed from them. This sounds like a complex procedure. Is this a common way to install a new bathroom in and existing house? Can anyone point me to some information about the pros and cons of this approach? Thanks. --David Re: "Dropping" a new bathroom floor 2Sep 25, 2013 7:12 pm Certainly nothing wrong with it if done right, which by the sounds of it the builder knows what they are talking about. Not overly complex either. The advantage is in your original post, which is the finished floor height will match the rest of the house, so no step up. They may also put the shower down lower again, meaning no step but still maintaining a drop into the drain. Re: "Dropping" a new bathroom floor 3Sep 29, 2013 4:27 pm Agree with AJW's comments. We've done it a number of times for clients and if the builder knows what he/she is doing then you end up with a superior job than the all too common 50mm toe-breaking step up to a new bathroom. Stewie Possibly both depending on the sizing. Idea of working from the centre is that you dont have a 20mm thin tile at one end and a 400mm at the other end. A quick search on… 3 8417 This is a very tight fit, I'm not sure if you'll be able to achieve what you've described. Would you consider accessing the separate toilet from the laundry? If so maybe… 1 11253 Have had a few issues with out recently done bathroom floor. Probably around 18 months old First there has been been a crack running through a grout line which I put… 0 2178 |