Bathroom refit

I suppose, Franbern it will cost pretty much what your budget will stretch to.

My lovely friends put in a "new" bathroom years ago - it was probably in the 1990s.
They found all the ceramic stuff in skips and so on - many different colours of fitments from the 1970s? A pale orangey colour, a creamy/yellow shade, pale pink and I think a green. They had a pale blue toilet so kept that as the design was actually the same as the other odd things!
They bought cheap taps and a cheap shower and because they were super imaginative they created a fabulous bathroom out of nothing.

The husband can turn his hand to anything though.
And of course he was younger and fitter then.
I can't remember what they did with the tiles but there were definitely not all the same.

I couldn't do all the necessary work but I have done some si.ple tiling years ago.

Definitely get a seat in the shower - ours is attached to the wall and can pull down. (Pull it up up against the wall when not in use.) The seat was a Godsend after Mr.1968 had leg surgery! (Also very handy when washing your feet.) I advise having at least one handrail in the shower and another by the loo - another safety feature which can be a benefit for any user - even children.

Exactly nonspaghetti, which is why it is not really possible to make proper comparisons between what different people paid.

I managed to get my large wall tiles in the winter sale, and that reduced the price of those, However, my floor tiles (not a large area), were very expensive, but look great and are totally non-slip. I had two 'grab railes' in the shower, one of them is part of the corner holder for shower items. Also had a overhead 'raindrop' shower as well as the normal one in that area. Decided against having a very costly folding down shower chair, as my old free standing stool fitted in there. I also had the door changed for a bi-fold one, making it safer should ever have a fall, etc in that room, I would not be blocking the doorway.

I also get VAT off the actual items as I am register disabled, which helped a little, Could maybe have cut a a couple of grand off the cost by using cheaper items, etc. and easily added on several more grand by going the other way.

However ,it all looks lovely, and is wonderful to use, and as easy as possible to keep clean.

I think it's often the details that alter the cost. So, for example on one website alone you can buy a perfectly acceptable exposed-type mixer shower from £79.99... or you can spend £749 on their most expensive Grohe one.
Same job really.

It's the same with tiles. Cheapest are pennies a tile - the impractical mosaic ones I liked best were £3,000 a square metre!

Ours took a week.

Took out old bath and disposed of it
Re plumbed the pipes under the bath
Sealant layer under huge shower tray
Installed sliding shower door
Built stud wall
Built alcove for bottles
Retiled the shower
installed the new basin ina new place, so drilled new waste water outlet and replumbed
Installed grab rails

Also changed the kitchen taps, and replumbed a little basin in one of the bedrooms.

Work was done in a week with two men, for 5K.

I had a personal recommendation for this team.

They hoovered everything and left it spotless when finished.

Wow shocking

£5000 for ours. Tiny bathroom certainly. Ripped out all fittings and removed all the tiles from the walls. New bath, WC , vanity unit, over bath shower, shower screen and radiator installed. Walls and floor fully tiled and a large mirror fitted. Local plumber did it all last year and I am delighted with it.

In April this year I had my en-suite completely re-done. Floor to ceiling tiling removed, and new put in. Amtico tiled non-slip floor. Rimless, Comfort height loo, storage cupboards, double shower heads in shower. Lovely bathroom cupboard over sink unit which lights up (with a wave of my hand) all around this mirror. This mirror is also treated in some way, so tha when i get out of the shower it does not mist up. Being all fitted, it is so easy to keep clean and enough units to hide everything away, including toothbrush charging inside that over the sink cupboard. As the layout was altered from what had been there, it involved electrical work and new plumbing. Also require new fan, (internal room), as the old one was far too noisy - have a 'whisper' one in there now.

For all the items and all the work it cost about £9,500 - which still seems to be a large amount of money for that small room, but seems to be in line with what others pay.

Must say I do love it the way it has been done, and it really does look so nice

I did spend nearly 12 months visiting bathroom showrooms and collecting brochures, looking for what I wanted, and then booked to have it all done last January, to get the work carried out in April.

Thanks. We had three quotes, and they were all around the sum we are paying, give or take. As I say, it was a shock, but I assumed that it must just be what things cost nowadays.

Doodledog

Can I ask how long yours took, Dee?

I was shocked at the cost of mine - I expected it to be about half of what it's turned out to be - and when I hear of people getting theirs for so much less, I do wonder if we've been overcharged. It's too late now, but I'd like to know why it's so expensive. They are going to take 2 weeks, so I'm assuming most of the charge is labour, and but even so. Ours is a local firm too, and we aren't in the SE.

Doodledog Mine took a week....I was actually amazed at how quick it was!

I had two men for the first couple of days, and then one man completed it all.
I'm in the North East.

In Germany it is quite common ro have a loo with a shelf to check your poo.

👍 Calendargirl 🙂

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elliemaeUK7

What’s a comfort toilet?

It’s a higher than normal loo. Doesn’t really look much different, but as you get older, so much easier and far more attractive than those plastic attachments you attach to an ordinary loo to ‘raise you up’ a bit.

elliemaeUK7

What’s a comfort toilet?

They’re higher than normal, so easier to get up from.

Oh boy I would drop dead at spending £20k on a bathroom. Ours was done abt 8 years ago, large shower in place of bath, loo, floating basin, radiator that is both heated from CH as well as electric, extractor, fully tiled and floored. Total about £6k.

My glorious new kitchen (good size with quality electrical stuff and flooring) done about the same time was £18k.

North Derbyshire so perhaps not so expensive here as some areas. That said, not so many tradespeople to choose from either.

Our neighbours had their bathroom changed to an accessible wet room and it cost £10,000. We are waiting for planning permission to have half the garage converted to an accessible wet room for my disabled OH. We are expecting the cost to be £20,000

What’s a comfort toilet?

Vykk

I should also add: Non-slip shower tray is a must 👌

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Ours is a block, not a tray. Impossible to slip, but I am still careful to rinse conditioner off well before I move to get out.

Ours took nearly 3 weeks, but part of that was waiting for the wall mirror company to take laser measurements and return to fit.

Ours cost £10K which included taking out the old suite, tiles and flooring but it is worth every £.

Took out the corner bath and put a standard one in, it ment we could fit a large walk in shower (didn't want to get rid of the bath completely) which is brilliant.
We also fitted a floating sink with built in drawers.

We didn't go for ceramic tiles but composite panels that look like large tiles instead and although they cost pretty much the same as tiles, they're a lot easier to keep clean (no grout)

Had a small dining room with a small WC next door converted into utility and shower room 2 years ago. DH knocked down and rebuilt the wall and did all the tiling. Shower, loo and washbasin unit all from B&Q and plumber to connect everything. £4000.

I should also add: Non-slip shower tray is a must 👌

Three pieces of advice, if I may, having recently had mine completely replaced. 1. Whatever you've been quoted and chosen, add two grand !
2. Get the biggest possible shower cubicle your bathroom will take. Feels like such a luxury.
3. Have a long grab-bar in it. You can get really funky ones these days ! Recommend you Google some.
I found it all a very wearing process, but oh boy is it worth it in the end !!
Good luck

Can I ask how long yours took, Dee?

I was shocked at the cost of mine - I expected it to be about half of what it's turned out to be - and when I hear of people getting theirs for so much less, I do wonder if we've been overcharged. It's too late now, but I'd like to know why it's so expensive. They are going to take 2 weeks, so I'm assuming most of the charge is labour, and but even so. Ours is a local firm too, and we aren't in the SE.

Had mine done early last year...bath out and a large walk in shower, new toilet, sink / vanity unit etc. I also had tiling and flooring relaid.

Mine was in the region of 5k - I used a recommended local tradesman.
Really happy with it all.