.. The house is on a slab. Toilet is seperate room and won’t move location.
We are thinking to get rid of the bath(will add one in ensuite) put the vanity where the shower is, and walk in shower over back wall where vanity is currently.
My question is, with changing plumbing around etc, it’s swapping things into spots where existing pipes are any help? (Eg vanity going where shower is currently). Or big job either way?
We are new to this so just wanting to gather as much info as possible before I get a quote from a plumber! Thanks
We moved around the plumbing in the slab, including the toilet. Our toilet was also in a seperate room but we took out the diving wall and made a much bigger bathroom. It just meant that slab had to be cut up and Jack hammered out before the junior apprentice took our barrow loads of soil. It certainly added on cost but worth every cent to get the layout right. Search the group for my name to see all the before and after photos of our bathroom and laundry reno.
Yes it does help with plumbing. That’s what I did. My shower became the basin and bath became the shower. I have brick walls so I had a plinth made to run the length of my bathroom and that’s where I had the plumbing run so that I could move things exactly where I wanted and not be limited due to brick walls.
I’d keep the bath in main bathroom and do walk in shower in your ensuite. Better for resale and for families. If you’re moving the layout I’d look at the wet area design - flip the bath under the window on that back wall, then walk in shower and then vanity where you’re planning it where the shower is now.
Sorry firstly I would highly recommend re thinking the plan and not putting the shower over the window I know it’s hard working with small spaces we are tilers by trade and licensed renovators and this is just our biggest no no. Moving around plumbing is always going to be the biggest expense when renovating, being that the pipes are near the new fixtures it will help but will still be a bigger expense. reach out to your plumbers and get them out for some quotes and walk through your ideas with them it will be the biggest help and they can tell you exactly what your up for and what is and isn’t achievable.
If you are able to keep the existing drainage on the floor you will save a lot of money. You can definitely use the one in the bath for a shower if you're happy with placement. The taps and mixers in the walls are much easier and cheaper to move where needed. Big cost is moving pipes in slab.
It’s not a big or a hard job to move plumbing. Even easier if you have timber stud walls. It costs a little more in labour and materials but nowhere near the cost of other parts of the project like tiles, vanity or tapware.
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