Looking at buying a house and was wondering how much faff and cost it would be to move pipes for kitchen, bathroom etc, around a bungalow? The whole bloody place is the wrong way round from what we want, but it's where we want and we'd be leaving it empty for a while. Is it worth it?
If If it’s on a raised wooden floor not a great problem if it’s on concrete a bit harder but doable if you don’t mind the dust.
Alt: Single storey building take everything over the top through the loft. Rooch's idea with the wooden floor is best but everything is always dooable (except w*nking over Susan Boyle) Get 3 builders in ask their ideas and get costs.
Plumbing problems.... We have a lot of cold fresh water leaking into the back garden. Plumbers have been several times, but no luck at finding the leak. Northumbrian Water are going to replace the main stopcock outside the property, its leaking a bit, not enough to cause the back garden flood though. We will then probably have to run a new cold water feed into the house... its a concrete floor... if that doesn't work, run more new pipes all over the house. Until the leak stops I get the feeling it is going to take a lot of time and cost a fortune.
If your stop cock is near the house and the leak is before it the problem shouldn’t be yours but the water companies normally also if the leak is in the garden stop worrying about the house plumbing.
If anyone needs a decent builder I know a good lad from Simonside in Shields. He's as mad as a box of frogs but a good lad and knows his shìt. Worth a quote.
if its a timber floor with space below its fairly straightforward, but theres always a domino effect. the current kitchen will have mid-height sockets etc which won't suit whatever that room becomes, and you'll need new kitchen electrics in the new scheme, same with bathroom, so thats a complete re-wire. if you're chasing walls for a rewire may as well do a full replaster etc etc etc heating/ insulation/ roof.... it can just snowball. cost is relative to where you want to stop, but while its empty get as much done as you can afford, so much less future hassle. good luck
Am I right in saying the kitchen is supposed to have its own ring main and the fridge/freezer its own supply?
There's loads of new regs if he's having a rewire, but like I say its better to get it done and dusted now while the house is a shell, and things aren't going to get any cheaper in the coming months/years. also get everything possible certified and inspected as the works progress.
Don’t take on anybody in the trade who can start straight away no matter how tempting because they will be s hit.
