Hexx wrote:pjbetman wrote:Hexx wrote:I don't have damp/rot in the kitchen floorboards/under timber
It's just (another) place that when they've put central heating pipes in years ago they've cut the floorboards/insulation to put in and never replaced back. They're just "bending" slightly after years and no supported in right places as they don't fit together as well.
Annoying (and not easily fixable as you'd have to redo the entire floor, including under units, as it's all interlinked) but not a big expensive issue
(They did however basically say the bathroom is old, strawberry floated and leaking. Needs resealing everywhere, but even around the fittings can leak when shower sprays on them. So maybe a new bathroom would be easier. I've never done/sorted that.)
Sounds like they're just after some lucrative work fitting you a new bathroom. Minimum 2k, but more like 3-4k, depending on spec. The builder will want a minimum of 1k to fit a bathroom and tile it. Which area are you in?
Gloucestershire.
It was a surveyor, so they wouldn't actually do the bathroom
It's need to doing (it's old and manky in places), so it's not a big surprise.
What I've been idly thinking is - bath?
It's a small bathroom (3 bed house which is really 2 decent bedrooms and a computer room) - square room with bath(with shower), toilet, sink in and space to stand/move.
I never have a bath - so just putting a shower in would be great (nice big walk in) - but obviously that might put of people if I sell in future
Your options are:-
- normal shower tray, which is about 6 inches tall. Usually found in flats with concrete floors, because they cant lower the waste water pipes anymore than they already are due to the concrete. Probably the cheapest, but less attractive look.
- a lowered/low profile shower tray, which is about 1-2" tall. Only found in houses/flats with wooden floors, as the waste pipes need to be lowered a few inches to recess them. They look good, fairly modern. Commonly called a walk in shower, due to the low profile.
- a wet room. Which is a completely sunken shower tray, level with the existing floorboards. This is then tiled over, and the whole room is tiled - floor and walls. Ultra modern, but very expensive - 5k plus. The kit is about 2.5-3k at trade prices.
I wouldn't let the resale put you off, as many people like them. And, a bath can be fitted in the shower's place, if they really want a bath.