Bathoom hatches

[fourstardan]

I have a small bathroom I have renovating and have a potential option to get some storage at the "head" end of the bath where I'll be resting mine when it's all done.

It's not the full width of the bath as I have stack boxing but it's about 400 x 400 so I was thinking about doing a concealed hatch option thats easy to open for the missus to throw whatever bog roll we never have and cleaner etc stored.

This firm do them but they are 100+ quid, feels a bit steep for this, has anyone done anything similar for cheaper?

https://hatchhub.co.uk/product/removable-hatch-und...

[Simpo Two]

Can't help directly but had you considered getting rid of the boxing and stink pipe and use an AAV just below bathtop level?

[Caddyshack]

I guess you would have to not grout it to make it work, if not the gap compared to grouted bits would stick out like a sore thumb

[fourstardan]

Caddyshack said:

I guess you would have to not grout it to make it work, if not the gap compared to grouted bits would stick out like a sore thumb

I was considering just a seal around the grout sections. I've bought matt mapei sealant to colour match the grout.

[fourstardan]

This is the section. It's 2 x 3/4 tiles basically. I was thinking 300 x 300 cut out across the tiles. It will be hidden in direct sight when you walk into the room.

I could do a niche here but would look odd.

It feels.like such a waste of space.

Can't remove stack it's feeding my bog.

[Simpo Two]

fourstardan said:

Can't remove stack it's feeding my bog.

If you mean sewage, that's at ground level - and I doubt there's fresh water coming down a soil stack... just chop the bugger off two feet above the floor and stick an AAV on

- but it looks like you've stuck fancy new tiles on it now.

[arfur]

You can buy bath panels that incorporate sliding doors so you can store under the bath.

I put one in .. works great.. I think I got it from Amazon

hth

[Caddyshack]

Simpo Two said:

fourstardan said:

Can't remove stack it's feeding my bog.

If you mean sewage, that's at ground level - and I doubt there's fresh water coming down a soil stack... just chop the bugger off two feet above the floor and stick an AAV on

- but it looks like you've stuck fancy new tiles on it now.

Expect they don’t know what you mean by AAV

Air Admittance Valve? Maybe it needs a picture of a setup. I used one and saved a load of space.

[fourstardan]

Too late on the AAV, it also supports my downstairs loo.

It's actually being used this box section to eventually take some corner shelfs for my missus to hog with ever hair product on the market.

[Murph7355]

arfur said:

You can buy bath panels that incorporate sliding doors so you can store under the bath.

I put one in .. works great.. I think I got it from Amazon

hth

That's what I'd look for/rig up the end panel so it pops off easily (seemingly not hard as ours feckin does it even when we don't want!).