New bathroom log

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So, finally about to do the last job on our house - after 9 years living here.

I present to you, the horrendous sight of - the family bathroom!

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Yes, that is wooden cladding on the wall! We only really use it to bath the kids as we've got a nice en suite for the master bedroom, which is why we've been able to live with it for so long. But no more - so we're spending another chunk of my voluntary redundancy money to finally sort it.

So, plan is:-

Looking from the door -1800x800 bath along the back wall under the window. Taps on the left hand side with shower screen and rainfall shower head with thermostatic wall mounted bar mixer. On the right hand side will be a small 40cm shelf level with the top of the bath. On the right hand side will be a combined sink/vanity/wc unit/ On the left hand side we're putting in a huge heated towel rail and replacing the existing small radiator with it.

For the tiling were going full tiles on the left hand and "window" wall and half height on the right and "door" wall. Tiles are satin white 20cm x 40cm with 20cm x 10xm accent tiles 2/5ths up the wall. Flooring will be Aqua Comfort slate (like this but slate effect). Ceiling will be simple battone and plastered with recessed hallogen spots.

Loft access is being blocked up in the bathroom and we're cutting a new access hatch over the landing and putting in a new wooden ladder with some boarding for storage up top.

So - that's the plan - skip arrives Monday am and it's time to start ripping the old stuff out - photos to follow - if I remember to take any!
 
your doing all the work yourself? fitting/tiling/plumbing ect?

im about to get a quote in few days time to have my bathroom done and I know im gonna be shocked at the price,really thinking about diy but never tackled a bathroom before

be interesting to see your progress
 
I'm doing everything except the plastering (I can do a little but not on the scale of 4 entire walls and a ceiling).
 
Sounds great :)

Have you considered underfloor heating, we bought a cheapish electric matt from eBay and laid it under tiling, it's great as you can have a nicely toasty bathroom and save heating the rest of the house for a few weeks when it gets cold also it keeps the floor dry which is great for cleanliness and mold.

The new thang at the moment is heated walls and a small single towel rail over. The element is just a loop in the wall behind the tiling.

Similar heated mirror pad that's wired into the lights, no more misty mirrors.

As you're using an acrylic bath pay extra attention to the support and fixing, they flex and break mastic seals which is a pain, we only install steel baths now.

Keep us updated :)
 
maccapacca said:
Have you considered underfloor heating
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No, as all the central heating pipes t-off from under the bathroom floor, so it's always toasty when the central heating is on :-)

maccapacca said:
As you're using an acrylic bath pay extra attention to the support and fixing, they flex and break mastic seals which is a pain, we only install steel baths now.
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Thanks for the heads up :-) It does come with a very beefy steel frame (weighs a ton!) so I'll pay attention to the mounting. I remember the trick about filling the bath up half with water before applying sealant :-)
 
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amigafan2003 said:
No, as all the central heating pipes t-off from under the bathroom floor, so it's always toasty when the central heating is on :-)
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With electric you can just heat the bathroom, which for early morning starts is great, when it gets colder you can not turn your heating on for another month or so as you're not heating a whole house just because the bathroom is cold when you're getting washed and dressed.

I think it's saved us a quite a bit of cash.
 
I tiled my bathroom- floor to ceiling and fitted biggest radiator I could fit in and by heck it's cold on winters morning even with heating on - Best thing I fitted was a 2Kw fan wall heater designed for bathrooms - turn on before getting in shower and come out to a sauna - worth every penny of 26 quid.

Dave
 
maccapacca said:
With electric you can just heat the bathroom, which for early morning starts is great, when it gets colder you can not turn your heating on for another month or so as you're not heating a whole house just because the bathroom is cold when you're getting washed and dressed.

I think it's saved us a quite a bit of cash.
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What kind of wattage do these things eat?
 
150 or 200watt per m2, depending what you go for, looking at 14 - 18p per kw/h, so not too bad at all.

I've seen lesser 100watt per m2 mats, but i can't see the point.

I'm in a similar position myself atm, prob going to fit underfloor heating.
 
Ok - so didn't have to upload as I went a long (and I forgot to take lots of photo's - especially when the fit was being a pain!), so here are the photos from last week - finished on Friday - just a little bit of painting on the plastered parts left to do which I'll do next week.


Monday - removing fixtures, cladding, fixing plasterbaord and started tiling:-

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Stripped cladding off - hmm - that's going to need a lot of plasterbaord!

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More cladding removed.

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Plasterboard going on.

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Tiling started.

Tuesday - finished tiling, plastered remaning parts and ceiling:-

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More tiling - actually quite enjoy tiling.

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Tiling finished and plastered the remains. Started laying down plywood base for flooring.

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Ceiling finsihed - 6 triple led lights, quick whitewash once plaster had gone off.

Wednesday - bath and shower:

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Bath fitted and waste/taps plumbed in. Lets hope the taps never leak with them in that location eh?

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Towel rail fitted.

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Shower screen and shower fitted. Bath half filled ready for sealing. **cookie for anyone spotting the mistake........

Thursday - fit of flooring, vanity unit, toilet:-

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Flooring down.

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Vanity unit and tiolet back unit.

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What an utter PITA this toilet was to fit! The concealed cistern especially.

Friday - loft access:-

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Cut a big hole.

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Just needs abit of plaster now.

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And clean up the mess!


Finished (well apart froma bit of paint):-

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Looks like a very good job - Enjoy!

A word of warning though, if your towel rail is cheap one (i.e. chrome effect coated) then over time it flakes off. Mine did that and when I stood on a piece it was like stamping on a Christmas tree decoration.
 
wazza300 said:
doesn't it need aquasealing around the bath/shower area? or is it ok to tile on bare plaster?
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It's tiled onto bare plasterborad - it's fine :-)

You only need to seal if the tiles are porous (they aren't) and the grouting (mapei ultra colour) is waterproof once dry.
 
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