Changing the Hallway into a WC??

[tony1851]

Surely you will be doing a full plans submission, and the plans will be drawn up by someone competent?

What actual work would be detailed on plans which a plumber could not aciheve without plans?

Dimensions are not critical; there's a 4" pipe to connect to the existing drain via a small chamber; a waste pipe from the wash basin, a fan linked to the light switch.
Toilet-roll holders, soap racks and door locks don't come under building regs as far as I am aware.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

It's not a question of whether a plumber could put it all together with or without plans.

It's a choice between

Either describing to LABC, and therefore knowing in advance, how the work will be done, and being told by them that it will be OK to do it like that

or

Just telling them you're going to do it, starting, and hoping that when they come to look at it you've not got anything wrong.

The latter is OK if you really know what you are doing, but if not, given that it doesn't cost any more, I suggest that the former is much more sensible.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Hope this isn't seen as a hijack - it's something I want to know, but I do think it's relevant to the topic.

Assuming it's a public sewer, does connecting a new WC to it count as a connection (in terms of the Water Industry acts), for which an application has to be made to the sewerage undertaker? Does it make a difference if the new WC connects to the existing soil pipe before the junction with the sewer?

 

[jamesessex]

Hope this isn't seen as a hijack - it's something I want to know, but I do think it's relevant to the topic.

Assuming it's a public sewer, does connecting a new WC to it count as a connection (in terms of the Water Industry acts), for which an application has to be made to the sewerage undertaker? Does it make a difference if the new WC connects to the existing soil pipe before the junction with the sewer?

Only counts as a connection if you're making a connection to the actual sewer. If you're adding it before your soil pipe joins the sewer then as far as I can see you don't need to alert the relevant water company.

 

[noseall]

Either describing to LABC, and therefore knowing in advance, how the work will be done, and being told by them that it will be OK to do it like that

or

Just telling them you're going to do it, starting, and hoping that when they come to look at it you've not got anything wrong.

The latter is OK if you really know what you are doing, but if not, given that it doesn't cost any more, I suggest that the former is much more sensible.

There is nothing wrong in requesting a visit from B.C. purely for a consultation.

Obviously it wouldn't hurt to have some excavation work already done and the lid removed from the inspection chamber etc.

Whilst I agree with you Ban insofar as drawings and some projects are concerned, but the fuss element in this particular job is minimal. You would need to be a blind ape to get it wrong or get the instructions wrong.

Irrespective of whether you are armed with a set of architects drawings or a set of instructions from B.C., an idiot will still get it wrong.