The job: This is a continuation of last week’s article about a major attic conversion we conducted over the summer.
The project was to create a new room for an award-winning local nursery, and our challenge was to finish before the children returned from their holidays.
Our last job was to build the new upstairs cloakroom.
Our approach: Much of the preparations for the cloakroom had already been made during the works we described last week. Our plumbers had installed new pipework which ran behind the new bespoke steel staircase and up under the chipboard we'd laid as the first layer of new upstairs flooring.
The under-stair section was double-protected with both fireline board and a shaft wall. This meant that in the event of a fire, heat travelling through the pipes could never endanger or damage the stairwell.
The fire-proof wall we’d constructed earlier to create a safe space for the staircase, extended all the way up to the eaves and provided the walls for the new cloakroom.
When all was done upstairs, we installed the toilets and sinks, positioning them at the right height for our little customers.
Our plumbers then connected the pipework up to the supply for the disabled washroom downstairs, where we also added a layer of ceiling fire-proofing to protect the new room above.
Finally our change works manager sat down with the staff to choose colours for the toilet cubicles from a brochure. These were then manufactured and installed. As you can see from the picture above, the staff made a superb choice!
So were we done in time for the new arrivals? Of course (but only just!)!
What one of our Facebook followers said:
Everyone that was involved in this transformation did a fantastic job! The children are loving their new room! And staff too!
