thechurchmanse
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Hi Terry,
we have a 100 year old church manse, which over the years has had many upgrades. However, plumbing is really not one of them. About 3 years ago we had a pipe burst in our upstairs main bathroom. We only have one main bathroom and a 1/2 bathroom downstairs. We had a plumber come and help us fix the problem, but in the meantime wanted to eventually renovate the main bathroom on the second floor so we only did what was necessary, as we are probably going to gut and re-lay out a different design in the main bathroom. Since the 2nd floor bathroom is the only place there is a shower, we have thought that putting a 2nd full bathroom in our 3rd floor attic- with a corner shower, sink and toilet, would be a good idea- not only up grading the house by adding another full bathroom- but helping us out with a bathroom we can use while the renovations to the 2nd floor takes place.
My question is, I was going through your forum and noticed another gentleman is doing somewhat the same idea and you suggested putting in a whole new vent/drain for the attic bathroom. We do not have any venting with the upstairs bathroom or the 1/2 bathroom. We are on a septic system as well as pressurized well. Do we have to consider something the same? Also the vent/drain is a 3" cast iron pipe- and we will have to be going through floor joices about 3 or 4 to connect the pipe to the cast iron drain- how do we ensure that the bathroom in the attic won't collapse- or how do we strengthen those floor joices. I am the wife of a handyman and he is planning on doing this- he has done plenty of plumbing jobs with great success, but this one is making him scratch his head, and when I read your forum, I started to worry that we are getting into more than we bargained for! We have already purchased the shower toilet and sink- our other idea is to put a bathroom into an ajoining bedroom beside the bathroom - would this be an easier project?
Thanks a ton!
excited to hear your ideas!
we have a 100 year old church manse, which over the years has had many upgrades. However, plumbing is really not one of them. About 3 years ago we had a pipe burst in our upstairs main bathroom. We only have one main bathroom and a 1/2 bathroom downstairs. We had a plumber come and help us fix the problem, but in the meantime wanted to eventually renovate the main bathroom on the second floor so we only did what was necessary, as we are probably going to gut and re-lay out a different design in the main bathroom. Since the 2nd floor bathroom is the only place there is a shower, we have thought that putting a 2nd full bathroom in our 3rd floor attic- with a corner shower, sink and toilet, would be a good idea- not only up grading the house by adding another full bathroom- but helping us out with a bathroom we can use while the renovations to the 2nd floor takes place.
My question is, I was going through your forum and noticed another gentleman is doing somewhat the same idea and you suggested putting in a whole new vent/drain for the attic bathroom. We do not have any venting with the upstairs bathroom or the 1/2 bathroom. We are on a septic system as well as pressurized well. Do we have to consider something the same? Also the vent/drain is a 3" cast iron pipe- and we will have to be going through floor joices about 3 or 4 to connect the pipe to the cast iron drain- how do we ensure that the bathroom in the attic won't collapse- or how do we strengthen those floor joices. I am the wife of a handyman and he is planning on doing this- he has done plenty of plumbing jobs with great success, but this one is making him scratch his head, and when I read your forum, I started to worry that we are getting into more than we bargained for! We have already purchased the shower toilet and sink- our other idea is to put a bathroom into an ajoining bedroom beside the bathroom - would this be an easier project?
Thanks a ton!
excited to hear your ideas!