Not
the most enticing site for a bathroom. This area of
the house had never been used. Beyond the rear wall
was a large empty area above the kitchen bread oven,
so no floor and no ceilings - you could see straight
up to the rafters.Additionally, the bathroom would have
to be built around the existing chimney which made design
a little complicated - however it does form a magnificent
feature and seperates the bathroom into distinct areas.
With
fhe wall removed, you can now see the outline of the
chimney on the left, which wound its way up the main
central wall of the house. The next stage was to repair
and strengthen the exterior walls which had never been
touched. The joist running across the rear wall is studded
through the wall to provide additional strength. Because
the bread oven is underneath the bathroom area there
is a 1 metre gap under the floor - this enabled us to
plan in a sunken bath - luxury!
Joists
installed for the attic bedroom conversion and the floor
laid in water resistant chipboard flooring. The other
doorway now has a large window installed. In the corner
the other old doorway has been blocked off, the walls
remortared, and the preformed shower tray inserted into
the floor. This is a fairly expensive item, but is preformed
to enable it to be directly tiled and to take the wastepipe
grill in the centre for the shower water. It was mounted
so that the final floor tiling would be flush. Just
walk straight under the shower and switch on. Around
the chimney to the left and not visible here is the
sunken bath.
