{"id":6132,"date":"2019-08-20T23:41:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T13:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nuflow.net\/help-my-plumber-wants-to-dig-up-my-bathroom\/"},"modified":"2019-08-20T23:41:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T13:41:00","slug":"help-my-plumber-wants-to-dig-up-my-bathroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nuflow.net\/help-my-plumber-wants-to-dig-up-my-bathroom\/","title":{"rendered":"HELP! My Plumber wants to dig up bathroom pipes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Help! My plumber wants to dig up my bathroom pipes! A week without my bathroom? You’d have to be joking!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Call me precious, but if there’s one thing I simply can’t live without it’s a functioning bathroom. In fact, I might even go so far as to say that just being without my own private little ensuite for a night hastens my heart a few panicked beats. As a kid it was nothing to have to traipse off down the hall and up a couple of shag-pile-covered steps to the family bathroom in the middle of the night, but the older I grew the more acutely aware I became of the need to keep your friends close and your ablution amenities closer.<\/p>\n

So it came as no surprise to hear that when Sunshine Coast homeowner, Marion, was told by her plumber that she would have to use her neighbour’s bathroom for at least a week whilst he dug up and repaired a broken drain pipe under her slab she simply refused.<\/p>\n

It’s a sad fact, but true, that just like those pipes that have been buried under the retro-orange tiles in your bathroom for 40 years, the human body’s own pipes simply don’t work as efficiently at 70 as they did at age 30. As a result, having quick and easy access to the privacy of your own bathroom as you grow older is more a necessity than a luxury.<\/p>\n

Marion made it clear to the plumber that being without her bathroom whilst the pipes were fixed was simply unacceptable. As she explained to him, it wasn’t just about the extra effort or planning that would have to go into every aspect of her day, she was worried about potential embarrassments and what she’d do at 3am if nature called.<\/p>\n

So reluctantly, he agreed to investigate other options.<\/p>\n

Repairing bathroom pipes under a slab<\/h2>\n

Avoiding blocked or broken drain pipes in the bathroom may take a little ongoing maintenance (see our article on Simple ways to keep your bathroom pipes working properly), but it’s worth it when one considers the potential stress and costs associated with repairs.<\/p>\n

Essentially there are two ways to repair broken or damaged drainage pipes in your bathroom. These are:<\/p>\n