Bathroom in existing shop

[bgriffin509]

Greetings all experts. I have a question on what options there might be to add plumbing for a toilet/sink in to an existing Red Iron building with existing concrete foundation and footings.

I am trying to minimize expense on this as the lack of a bathroom is what is stalling the sale of the property.

One crazy idea I had involved a rear discharge toilet and building a "plumbing wall" inside the shop, then exiting the wall into a small insulated "dog house" to then connect underground to avoid going under or through the footer as the corner that logically would house the bathroom is elevated about 3 foot from ground level.

Thank you all for any ideas - and I look forward to selling and building a new and even more majestic shop after seeing all the great ideas on this forum.

 

[NUTTSGT]

How big is the building? Any thoughts of leaving it as is but adding a lean to on one side with the bathroom in there.

 

[bgriffin509]

It is a 40 x 60, the lean too might be the easiest option as I think about it.

 

[Dragfluid]

Just use one of these and get on with life.
http://www.menards.com/main/bath/to...4441835572-c-9936.htm?tid=2337260431912583189
There are other styles also, that let you drain a sink, etc into.

 

[Stuart in MN]

Besides the bathroom itself, what are the requirements for supply water and the drain? Is the building near municipal water and sewer connections? Do you have to add a septic tank? All that can cost a fair bit of money as well.

 

[matt_i]

imho the only way to do this "cheap"...with that sort of look is as you described, rear discharge toilet, to a "doghouse" on the back of the building.

Hopefully the building has heat as you don't want the water supply to freeze, hopefully you can tap into existing septic or sewer. I would contact the local building authority to see what kind of rules exist relative to that because there are some strange ones governed by square footage where you need to successfully argue a variance for a large shop occupied by one person non-continuously.

 

[bgriffin509]

it and a house share a property, so I can get to municipal water and sewer once outside the building.


Oh the tangled webs we weave when trying to sell something : )

Thanks everyone.

 

[T_R]

It's not the best looking thing, but my first house had a toilet added on in the garage and it sat up on a platform. It was functional. I suppose whoever did it didn't want to break into the concrete.

 

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[pmiranda]

How thick is the concrete? Could you drill down to dirt and then connect to the trench you'll have to dig anyway?

 

[bgriffin509]

The concrete is at least 6 inches - I did a couple of test drills to see. It appears perhaps the lean to idea might be the quickest and easiest to do if the new perspective owners agree and will sign a contract : )