how big a job is it to fit an upstairs wc when there is not one?
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It's a fairly big job. If you've got some basic plumbing skills, allow a weekend. If you haven't, this is probably not the ideal job for you.
Fitting the wc itself is fairly straightforward. If the underneath of the pan is hollow, fill it with nearly dry sand and cement mix. This makes it much stonger. The wc usually comes as a set.
The hard part is running the waste. This would normally be through a 4 inch soil pipe running into the sewer, with a manhole so you can get at the junction. If you don't have a convenient sewer to attach to, you need a professional.
There is a type of wc that uses a pulveriser to chop up the waste and pumps it to the sewer down a 35 mm pipe (the size used for sink wastes). These are much easier to fit, but not so useful.
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Quite a big job with all the plumbing. If you haven't done it before, I would recommending leaving it to the experts & saving yourself the grief.
Quite a big job with all the plumbing. If you haven't done it before, I would recommending leaving it to the experts & saving yourself the grief.
depends on what you mean by "wc". Do you mean water closet (for holding a water heater) or do you mean a bathroom? Do you mean stairs? can't answer without specifics
This depends on a lot of things.
The first question is are you adding it directly above an existing wet room (wc or kitchen). If not, then complications will occur.
You need three basic things; a water supply (hot and cold), drains, and drain vents.
Supply is actually the easiest since the water is under pressure and can run in any direction.
Vents are also easy as they can run in any direction once they are above the drain level.
Drains have to run down.
A lot also has to do with your wall, floor, and ceiling construction. If you are uncomfortable opening all the above-mentioned, then forget it!
It can be a big job depending where it is to be sited. the main problem is to be able to get accass to the sewer pipe for an additionaol connection which needs to be a100mm pipe.It may be you have to take the pipe out to the external wall to connect to the sewer pipe or down through the floor to the lower room and down into the foundation level and box in the pipe to obtain a finish. Water supply can be obtained from the attic or and adjacent bathroom/kitchen. Good luck.
. . . it's a really big job if there isn't an upstairs . . .
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you would need to get an expert in mainly to organise the waste system as it need to feed into your household drains. You could bget one of those Saniflo systems, they use a much smaller waste pipe and ahve a digestor system.
The biggest question is "how far is a drain stack from where you want to put the commode?" If it is very close then this is not such a big job. You will need to cut the wall to access the drain and to run water supply. Some room under the floor will be needed for the commode drain.