Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry 1 Oct 16, 2015 7:33 am Hi all, I'm new here and have a couple of quick questions about my upcoming bathroom renovation. I have been planning to redo my bathroom, which involves knocking the wall out between my bathroom and toilet to make 1 big bathroom. I've been slowly collecting the materials I need for the reno (tiles, toilet, vanity) but we were recently hit with a hail storm and have had to evacuate the house due to the ceiling coming down and the insurance company deeming it unliveable. Now I wasn't planning on carrying out the renovation for at least another few months, but because the house is now empty I may as well do it now. My questions are: 1. Is it a massive job to move around the drainage pipes in the concrete slab? I've have varying reports on how big of a job it is. I'm only moving them a small distance this way and that, so that they will line up with our new bath and vanity. 2. Do you have to install the bath before you tile, or can you tile the area, then install the bath? I have yet to purchase the bath, as I wasn't planning on renovating the bathroom for at least a few months. Because of this hail storm, and living in alt accommodation, its really put a drain on the renovating savings, so I was hoping i could tile the bathroom first and come back later and put the bath in. Also its a free standing bath. Any advise would be greatly appreciated, and could also settle some scores I have with my significant other. Re: Reconfiguring plumbing in concrete slab bathroom 2Oct 16, 2015 1:15 pm depends on a variety of factors, If freestanding on legs, of course tile first, if free-standing flush with floor, tile walls, then install bath then tile around bath. As for plumbing, if moving less than ~ 30 cm, its as simple as grinding out and chipping out the slab around the existing waste and adding the elbows / pipe necessary. For a renovation company, this is nothing but they will still charge an arm and a leg for it. For a novice DIYer, this is relatively straight forward but complications can arise with rebar in the concrete getting in the way and also accidental smashing/breaking of pipes. The concreter will take and reuse. In my case I bought structural LVLs and scraped them back and used them as joists. 1 5164 yep, clearly mark where the infloor heating pipes are before drilling or nailing 1 6069 Building Standards; Getting It Right! is this for a residential dwelling or a shed? If its for a dwelling, its out of tolerance and a "mistakes happen" isnt a good enough excuse to just move on. 1 2433 |