bathroom advice

[woj]

Looking to fit a new bathroom, gonna do a few small adjustments but wanna know if it is ok/right?

its a small bathrrom, 6ft x 6 ft with bath down left side then sink next to it and toilet, all wastes run into soil pipe which is in the room next to bathroom (my bedroom)

i wanna know if i can put my bath and basin waste outside into my guttering instead of into the soil pipe as currently the wastes run above the floorboards, which i dont want with the new bathroom?

 

[Alastairreid]

hi, you cant run the waste from your basin and bath into your guttering ........though you can branch into the rainwater downpipe from your guttering creating a separate waste from your toilet.

 

[woj]

thats what i meant, just a crap explanation!
I thought i could do it, just wanted to check that it didnt have to go out through my soil pipe!

 

[Alastairreid]

i did know what you meant, but just making sure...........this is the way my own bathroom plumbing is configured.

 

[Rico99]

Hi there,

This all depends pn whether you have combined rain / foul water drains.

If you have then no probs go ahead as planned.

If they are separate the you CANNOT run your foul water (bath/basin) into your rain water drains.

Rico

 

[Richard C]

Hi Andy

Hi there,

This all depends pn whether you have combined rain / foul water drains.

If you have then no probs go ahead as planned.

If they are separate the you CANNOT run your foul water (bath/basin) into your rain water drains.

Rico

& running surface water into the foul drain is usually only allowed as a last resort now as well; in most cases there are also by-laws prohibiting it! If you have a soak away for the surface water, I also think it would be a bad idea to dump your bath & basin waste into it; it’s almost certainly not sized or designed to cope with the water volume & you could eventually clog it up with all the soap, bodily by-products & hair that end up going down the plug holes!