Property types
Bathroom and plumbing work in a park home
Common mistakes to avoid
The lightweight partition walls common in park homes will not take a heavy cast frame or a full-height tiled wall without additional bracing behind the panel.
The short answer
Park homes are built on a chassis with services routed underneath in a way that a house-based plumber will not automatically assume, and pipework is far more exposed to frost than in a conventional building. Waste connections run to a single point beneath the home rather than through solid floor drainage, so any change to fixture position affects the whole under-floor run.
Property-specific points
Supply and waste pipes running in the void beneath the home need lagging and, in exposed pitches, trace heating to avoid freezing in cold snaps.
The lightweight partition walls common in park homes will not take a heavy cast frame or a full-height tiled wall without additional bracing behind the panel.
Because everything routes to one point below the floor, moving a WC or shower more than a short distance usually means re-running waste along the underside of the chassis rather than simply through a wall.
Common questions
Can a shower be upgraded to mains pressure in a park home?
It depends on the incoming supply and the hot water unit fitted; many park homes run on a combination boiler or unvented cylinder that can support it, but the supply pipe size needs checking first.
What causes damp smells under the floor after plumbing work?
Usually a poorly resealed joint in the under-floor void, which is harder to spot than a leak in a house because there is no visible ceiling below to show a stain.
Ready to get the room measured up?
Photos of the existing room and the position of the soil stack help enormously before a visit.