What we do
The parts nobody sees are the parts that fail
A bathroom looks finished the day the tiling is grouted. Whether it stays finished depends on things you will never look at again: how the waste is fallen, whether the shower tray was bedded properly, whether the wall behind the tiles was tanked or just painted with something optimistic.
That is the part we care about, because we are the ones who get called back if it leaks into the room below. We would rather spend an extra half day on the substrate than come back in eighteen months.
Included in a typical fit
- Strip out and disposal of the old bathroom
- Altering hot, cold and waste pipework to suit the new layout
- Baths, shower trays, enclosures and wet room formers
- Basins, vanity units, toilets and concealed cisterns
- Showers, including pumped and thermostatic mixers
- Heated towel rails, plumbed into the heating or run electrically
- Waterproofing, tiling, sealing and making good
- Extraction, because a bathroom without decent ventilation grows mould
Before you buy anything
Three things worth checking first
People usually choose the suite before they check whether their house can run it. It is worth doing in the other order.
Your water pressure
That rainfall shower head needs flow to work. On a combi boiler in a top floor flat it can end up as a disappointing drizzle. We measure before you buy, not after.
Where the waste can go
Moving a toilet across a room sounds simple and is often the most expensive line on the quote, because the waste needs a fall to the stack. Sometimes a small layout change saves a lot.
What is under the floor
In older London terraces we sometimes find joists cut through by previous work. Better to know that before a bath full of water sits on them.
How the job runs
You will be without a bathroom for a while. We will tell you how long.
A straightforward bathroom in a London flat, same layout, no surprises, is usually around a week to ten days including tiling and drying time. Moving the layout, replacing floors, or a full wet room takes longer.
What we will not do is start on Monday, disappear on Wednesday to another job, and leave you washing at the kitchen sink for a month. If we start your bathroom, we are on your bathroom.
We will also tell you honestly which bits you could get done cheaper elsewhere. If all you need is a new shower valve and a fresh silicone, say so, and we will price that instead of talking you into a full refit.
Common questions
Bathroom questions we get asked
Do you supply the bathroom or do I?
Either. Plenty of people enjoy choosing their own suite and tiles, and we are happy to fit what you have bought. If you would rather not, tell us the budget and the look and we will put a specification together.
Can you turn a bathroom into a wet room?
Often yes, but it depends on the floor construction and how much fall you can get to the waste. Concrete floors and timber floors behave very differently. We will tell you after looking rather than guess from a photo.
Do I need an electrician as well?
Bathroom electrics are tightly regulated for obvious reasons. Lighting, shaver sockets, extraction and electric towel rails or showers all need doing correctly and certified. Tell us what you want and we will confirm what is involved for your specific job.
My shower has gone weak. Is that a refit job?
Usually not. It is often a blocked head, a failing thermostatic cartridge, or a pump on its way out. All of them are far cheaper than a new bathroom, and we will say so.
Do you fit bathrooms in rented property?
Yes, and we understand the difference. In a rental you want hard wearing, easy to replace fittings that a tenant cannot easily break, not a delicate suite with parts nobody stocks. We will spec accordingly if you tell us it is a let.
Thinking about a new bathroom?
Send us a photo of the room as it is and a rough idea of what you want. We will tell you what is realistic and what it costs.