wondered if someone could give me some advice on the bathroom

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=zu10nq&s=4

hole from old cistern overflow waste pipe which the plasterer informed
me i no longer needed, after plastering the walls! the hole goes right
through to a cupboard, how best to fill this??

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=dm8o49&s=4
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=20gmo05&s=4

currently just have toilet basin, removed sink and cistern, bath and
shower still in place and in use
the various pipes some i have cut off and fitted iso valves to, new
suite will be in the same position, is there anything i should do with
the pipe work before trying to fit a new suite? any ideas on boxing
in the piping? i looked into cupboards under the sink and a boxed in
toilet but the price is a lot more than a standard £200 suite.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=11l08dd&s=4

removed old radiator, plan to get a towel rad, so the pipes will need
to be closer together, is this something i can do quite easily?


thanks for all comments

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
benpost wrote:

wondered if someone could give me some advice on the bathroom

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=zu10nq&s=4

hole from old cistern overflow waste pipe which the plasterer informed
me i no longer needed, after plastering the walls! the hole goes right
through to a cupboard, how best to fill this??

It's not clear from the pic whether it's a solid wall or a stud partition
covered in plasterboard. If solid, stuff some newspaper in to within about
an inch of the surface and then fill what's left with Pollyfilla, and smooth
off when set. If hollow, you need to wangle a strip of wood - a bit longer
that the hole diameter through the hole, with Gripfill on the ends and a bit
of string in the middle. Pull on the string so that the Gripfill sticks the
wood to the back of the plasterboard, covering the hole. Once stuck firmly,
fill with Pollyfilla, as above.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=dm8o49&s=4
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=20gmo05&s=4

currently just have toilet basin, removed sink and cistern, bath and
shower still in place and in use
the various pipes some i have cut off and fitted iso valves to, new
suite will be in the same position, is there anything i should do with
the pipe work before trying to fit a new suite? any ideas on boxing
in the piping? i looked into cupboards under the sink and a boxed in
toilet but the price is a lot more than a standard £200 suite.

It's easy enough to box in pipework like that, using 1 x 1 battens on the
wall and floor, and plywood or MDF for the upright and top. Paint or tile it
when complete.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=11l08dd&s=4

removed old radiator, plan to get a towel rad, so the pipes will need
to be closer together, is this something i can do quite easily?


Depends on your plumbing skills - but yes, in principle. You'll need to
shorten the pipe which goes to the RHS - or lengthen the one on the LHS - or
both. Before cutting the pipes you'll need to partially drain the system
such that nothing comes out when you open each of the valves in turn.
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Roger Mills wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
benpost wrote:

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=20gmo05&s=4

currently just have toilet basin, removed sink and cistern, bath and
shower still in place and in use
the various pipes some i have cut off and fitted iso valves to, new
suite will be in the same position, is there anything i should do with
the pipe work before trying to fit a new suite? any ideas on boxing
in the piping? i looked into cupboards under the sink and a boxed in
toilet but the price is a lot more than a standard £200 suite.

I agree with Roger's reply; but what's the horizontal pipework with the
stopcock doing halfway up the wall?

Can't that be dropped down to the level of the other pipework near the
ground to get it out of the way?

David

On 19 Sep, 17:56, benpost wrote:
wondered if someone could give me some advice on the bathroom

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=zu10nq&s=4

hole from old cistern overflow waste pipe which the plasterer informed
me i no longer needed, after plastering the walls! the hole goes right
through to a cupboard, how best to fill this??

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=dm8o...ic=20gmo05&s=4

currently just have toilet basin, removed sink and cistern, bath and
shower still in place and in use
the various pipes some i have cut off and fitted iso valves to, new
suite will be in the same position, is there anything i should do with
the pipe work before trying to fit *a new suite? *any ideas on boxing
in the piping? i looked into cupboards under the sink and a boxed in
toilet but the price is a lot more than a standard £200 suite.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=11l08dd&s=4

removed old radiator, plan to get a towel rad, so the pipes will need
to be closer together, is this something i can do quite easily?

thanks for all comments


This looks similar to my bathroom.
I have boxed in the pipes up to the height of the bath - so there is a
narrow ledge about 3" wide which runs from the bath along to the
toilet, under the sink (and behind the sink pedestal). When it comes
along to meet the toilet, I profiled the woodwork to fit nicley around
the cistern. The whole lot was then tiled over using the same tiles I
have on the walls.

The ledge is handy for storing things on, and shaft of the shut-off
valves prortudes from the boxed-in part a few inches from the floor.

Mark,

thanks for the replies, the wall is solid construction so your
newspaper tip i will try. thanks roger. the pipework i can do whatever
needs doing, yeah i thought that pipe could be moved down with the
others, i think i'll need to chisel out some of the wall for the
shower pipes as currently they just hang across the wall, so would not
work with a shower screen, plus dont look good like that. anyone know
if those plastic shower pipes can just be put in the wall or do they
need any more protection against the sand/cement and plastering. i
like the ledge idea, people keep suggesting to me get built in
cupboards for the sink and wc but the cost is way too far above a
basic suite. the ledge / boxing sounds ideal as i dont have a lot of
stuff anyway to store. thanks again i'll start work on it next weekend
before my week off !

so to fill the hole scrumple up a sheet or two of newspaper then fill
on top. would expanding foam be any better, as it might be more solid?

benpost wrote:
so to fill the hole scrumple up a sheet or two of newspaper then fill
on top. would expanding foam be any better, as it might be more solid?

Whatever you have lying around. I used some spare Rockwool insulation to
fill an old ventilation grill the other day.
A load of scrunched up plastic bags?
Polystyrene packaging from your latest tv?