Day 343 - Bathroom roundup

The en-suite shower is working!  I know you can't exactly see that in the picture - but just take my word for it!

And the lovely rust proof but expensive chrome plated brass storage got fitted



The above mirror lights have been moved so they're at the same level (don't ask)


The loo roll holders have been fitted (using the special water cooled drill to cut through the tiles)



And we have a flush on the toilet!

Day 280 - Downstairs Loo

When they were tiling the main bathroom I got a call from Shaun saying they'd run out tiles so could we order some more? We were a little surprised as we thought we'd measured/calculated correctly but ordered some more.

So it turned out that the builders had 'mislaid' some of the tiles somewhere in the house and thought they'd run out. Of course the tiles turned up so we have some excess.

Thanks to a comment from my lovely Sister about the 'wipeability' of the downstairs loo we decided we needed something to the side of the loo, enter the mislaid tiles, which have also made the splashback.

 
 

Apologies for the crappy photos, my beloved Fujifilm camera has developed a problem with the lens cover so these were taken with my Blackberry camera.

Day 74 - Pootility Room?

One of the things we considered last weekend was the downstairs loo. On the plans it leads off the hall and the door is directly opposite the front door, not ideal. Also we were worried that the hall would be rather long and twisty, an unfortunate consequence of moving the front door to the front of the house!



We've decided to get rid of the coat cupboard - it protrudes too far into the hall, a coat rack will have to suffice.

Then Ern came up with the bright idea of moving the loo door into the utility. We discussed the pros and cons and decided to go for it, if it was possible.

I spoke to Shaun and he agreed it should be possible if we moved the hand basin under the window but also came up with a new possibility - cutting off the corner of the loo with a diagonal wall and putting the door in there, the access would still be off the hall but the door wouldn't directly face the front door.

After more debate we decided we loved the diagonal wall idea but still wanted the access off the utility, but could we have the loo hanging off the diagonal wall?

The diagonal wall would also give us more space in the hall and hopefully a better flow. And an interesting diagonal wall! The downstairs loo is pretty spacious so it wouldn't make much difference to the space in there.

This week I met with the brickie and he laid the blocks out to give us an idea how it will look





We're pleased, it definitely makes a difference to the flow of the hallway, it seems to flow rather than the previous abrupt left turn. Plus the guys think it should be fine to hang the pan off the diagonal wall which will add interest to the downstairs loo.

And the blog post title? Several years back my folks modified their kitchen/downstairs loo area so that what had been a cupboard off the kitchen became an extension to the downstairs loo and space to stack the washing machine and tumble dryer. At one of their infamous November fireworks parties some wag, no doubt under the influence of the notorious mulled wine, dubbed it the pootility room, a lovely juxtaposition of toilet and utility room.

Day 57 - Skip Life - a still life in redundant plumbing equipment

Day 52 - Openplan ensuite anyone?

The toilet door gets blocked up




and the wall between the toilet and lounge comes down


and a strange hole appears in the hall