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Re: Comments?
I would not tell them to relocate the toilets.
Their location is not the problem, besides, even if new construction, they are where they most likely have to be.
So, the alternative, and, to me, the best recommendation would be to have a structural engineer design appropriate repairs for the floor system, have those repairs made, then have the structural engineer provide a letter stating that the repairs were made in accordance with the engineered design.
Is a structural engineer over kill? Probably, but if you do not use a structural engineer, you may get a contractor who knows what they are doing and can 'do the job right', or one who does not know, or care, what they are doing and does 'whatever', then, either way, you end up with a repair and no one to back up its integrity - hence the need for the structural engineer anyway.
How would you like it if someone came in to inspect your house and said "you've got to move your toilets"? You would probably respond with something like 'Where in H#ll should I put them? In the friggin' tub? Get real!', and, well, you would be right to say something like that, and the seller would be right to say something like that to anyone who says they have to relocate the toilets.
The toilet location is not the problem, the structure is - address the problem.
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