A new bathroom is one of the bigger jobs most people have done in their house, and it is easy to go into the quote visit with a head full of pictures and no clear idea of what you actually want. A bit of thinking beforehand makes for a clearer quote, fewer changes halfway through and a room that works for you.
Who uses the room, and how?
Start with the people rather than the tiles. A family bathroom with young children needs a bath. A couple who only ever shower might rather have a big walk-in shower. If anyone in the house finds it hard to step over a bath, or might do in a few years, a level-access shower or a wetroom could save another refit later.
Bath, shower or both?
- Bath with a shower over it: the most flexible in a small room.
- Separate bath and shower: lovely if there is room, but it needs space.
- Walk-in shower or shower room: easier to get in and out of, and quicker to clean.
- Wetroom: the whole floor is waterproofed and the shower drains through it, with no tray to step over.
What stays where it is?
Keeping the toilet, basin and bath or shower roughly where they are now is usually the simplest and least disruptive option, because the pipes and the waste are already there. Moving the toilet in particular can mean lifting floors or changing the soil pipe. That does not mean it cannot be done, just that it is worth knowing what you would like before the visit so it can be priced properly.
What about the hot water and the shower?
The kind of shower you can have depends on the hot water system you have. A combi boiler feeds a shower straight from the mains. A hot water cylinder may need a pump for a good shower, or an electric shower may make more sense. If you are not sure what you have, that is fine: it is one of the things we look at on the visit.
Storage, light and heat
- Where will the towels, toiletries and cleaning things go?
- Do you want a heated towel rail, and does it need to heat the room too?
- Is the extractor fan up to the job? Steam with nowhere to go turns into mould.
- Is there enough light by the mirror?
Collect a few pictures
Save photos of bathrooms you like, and ones you do not. It is much easier to talk about a style with something to point at, and it helps when choosing a suite, tiles and taps.
Have a rough budget in mind
You do not need an exact figure, but knowing roughly what you want to spend helps us suggest what will work, and where it is worth spending more or less.
On the day of the visit
We come out, measure up, look at the pipework and talk through what you would like. Then we follow up with a quote. Read more about our bathroom installations, or book a design and quote visit online.
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