New En-suite

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We moved house in June 2013, the en-suite was the only room with the original fittings and it badly needed replacing. It was so poor that we haven’t used it since moving in.

So, this week it’s all being replaced with the following items.

- Granite Stardust Quartz Black tiles (60x60)
- Underfloor heating
- Modern toilet and sink
- Waterfall tap
- Chrome Thermostatic Shower Panel
- Shower pump
- Vistelle high gloss shower panels x3
- Half Wall tiled
- Heated Towel Rail
- LED Spot lights
- LED Extractor fan
- LED wall mirror

This is how it was when we moved in.

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Day 1: Everything removed

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It's quite small

This was my rough floor plan. The dotted area is an option we were considering to extend the room by moving a wall back into the bedroom but we decided against it in the end.

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That looked fine as it was, apart from the toilet seat :p.

Like the sound of the black quartz tiles though.
 
Got to agree with your decision to rip it out and start again. Liveable, but not nice.

What happened to the vinyl floor around the sink?! Looks all creased? Really not a fan of the wall colour and the mirror above the sink is a bit silly. Old fashioned furniture too.

Looking forward to seeing the after pics. Are you doing any of it yourself? I really want to do our ensuite myself and while it's not as bad as that, the gimps didn't run a hot feed to the shower meaning I'd have to rip up the floor and the wall if I want anything better than electric.
 
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I have tiles very similar to the original picture (not the boarder ones) and I don't blame you for ripping them out. We've lived with ours for 10 years and I'm getting to the point of doing what you are!
 
Day 2 : Tiling & fitting the shower pump and pipes to shower.

Removed the radiator by the window as the underfloor heating and towel radiator will provide enough heat.

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The new floor will be level with the wooden batons at the base of the tiles.

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Big tiles are seriously in vogue, have been for a while. Surface has to be dead flat though.

How did they get the height of the batten that the floor will come up to SDK? Presumably you're putting down compound so what do you do, compound to the top of the batten then tile to wall tiles?
 
Day 3: Shower Pump fully fitted

The shower pump has been fitted on the other side of the house in the airing cupboard by the hot water tank. Then further pipes through the ceiling, into the loft and over to the en-suite room.

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Big tiles are seriously in vogue, have been for a while. Surface has to be dead flat though.

How did they get the height of the batten that the floor will come up to SDK? Presumably you're putting down compound so what do you do, compound to the top of the batten then tile to wall tiles?
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When we used to do it, we'd measure out the tiles to the height of the room (taking into account any deviation), work out how best to lay them out so we had decent sized cuts/full tiles in convenient places. If there was a bath or a shower tray, we'd lay that in place so we could gauge it against that.

At that point you can measure where the bottom of the last full tile will be and draw a level line. Just extend that level around the floor, batten to it, fit all the tiles. We then fitted the floor tiles. The batten is then removed, and you put the final cut in at the bottom. Gives a good finish and saves certain headaches later on.
 
Day 4 : Lots of progress made today

- Underfloor heating insulation and mat laid down.
- Shower enclosure completed
- Wall tiling completed
- First coat of paint on walls and ceiling done.

It's starting to take shape now :)

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I don't expect you'll answer this since you've ignored all my other questions :'(, but which company is doing this work? I live in Studley, so somewhere that serves Redditch would cover me too, and I'm after someone to do our bathroom.
 
Sorry

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What happened to the vinyl floor around the sink?! Looks all creased? Really not a fan of the wall colour and the mirror above the sink is a bit silly.
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The vinyl floor was just thrown in, not fixed down so it moved around.

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How did they get the height of the batten that the floor will come up to SDK? Presumably you're putting down compound so what do you do, compound to the top of the batten then tile to wall tiles?
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They ended up putting another set of cut tiles along the bottom area to complete the gap.

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I don't expect you'll answer this since you've ignored all my other questions :'(, but which company is doing this work? I live in Studley, so somewhere that serves Redditch would cover me too, and I'm after someone to do our bathroom.
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I found them on one of the Rated People / Trader websites. They had 50+ great reviews so got them in for a quote.

Styler Plumbing



This is a breakdown of the labour costs. I'll cover all of the other costs in detail once it's all done.

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