New Bathroom

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As much as I would like to be able to take some credit for even a tiny bit of this, I can't

Well, that's a slight lie - I painted the ceiling !

Before

During (well after strip out)

After (competed today) and over the moon with it

 

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Thanks

It was "ok" but the original tiler hadn't done s great job, Mrs TB never liked the grout colour

We're over the moon with it and love the halo ceiling and gesture controls on the mirror lighting

Can't wait to test the plumbing in there

 

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Was like that's nice and then it became even nicerer

As a massive fan of lighting and angles I have to say that is pretty impressive.

Cheers mate

 

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What kinda ballpark figure does something like this cost? Looks great

Thank you

All in it was around 16k which I was quite honestly shocked at but when broken down it was

Tiles about 2.8k (c£77/m2)

Fixtures and fittings 5.2k Inc shower tray, screen, shower, wc, vanity unit, mirror, lights, and coving

Labour and materials 7.9k which was a full strip out to
bare walls / studs and joists, all new pipework and wastes, framing out, flooring, boarding the walls and over boarding the ceiling, waterproofing, tiling, grouting, resin and silicone, the LED strips and driver.

A good 1200 of that was to have all of the edges mitred, filled and polished so there is no trim anywhere and the joints between the tiles are colour matched with resin and polished to give a smooth edge and "continuous" finish

All prices are inc VAT

It's a lot of money but the main downstairs bathroom and the finish is fantastic

There's a lot of tiles (about 40m2) and the fixtures and fittings are in the higher end / price, but we didn't want to scrimp

The fitter was, honestly, an absolute star, his knowledge, attention to detail, passion and pride in his work was phenomenal and the quality shows that

 

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Cheers for the informative post. To be honest for a finish of that standard the price isn't too horrendous. Obviously it's a lot of money but it's clearly a nice job.

I'm currently waiting on starting work on our current utility room, partitioning it and adding a downstairs loo, and also making a storage area under stairs with access door etc. That's gonna be about ten grand and it's certainly not going to be fancy like yours lol.

No problem at all mate

This is about 1/2 of the original (only) bathroom when we first moved in. We split it in two and the other part is now a utility.

To be fair with the way prices of everything are at the moment it not bad (mine or yours)

Good luck and post uom- always interested to see people's conversations and transformations!

 

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Looks much better now. The before image just looks like standard brick tiles and black grout, pretty horrible IMO

Thanks and ha, yes, the Mrs never liked it from the day it went in

It was never the finished product so we went cheap and cheerful when we had the work done to split into a utility room and downstairs bathroom (when we had the loft conversion done)

The quality want great and threw ideas together. Getting someone who knows what they're doing with the design, spec and install makes the world of difference!

 

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Is that £20-25k these days?

I could have done it for £10k but it would have taken 5 years and multiple broken shower trays.

Looks really good (if a little dark?) I like how they've done the tiling cuts.

Edit: just read the thread properly.

Yes stay away from the shower tray

There is no natural light as a fully internal space but the photos are deceptive. It's quite bright. The LEDs and mirror lights are adjustable in terms of "warmth" and the LEDs can be adjusted for brightness also

It is (for us) a nice balance of warmth without being too dark, we may adjust the brightness and warmth levels at some point but it's a world of difference to the harsh clinical brightness of the "before" with the ceiling spots

 

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Looks awesome mate enjoy.

Cheers matey

 

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I think £16k is a very good price in this day and age, especially for high quality work. Did you get many quotes before it? People are demanding all sorts currently.

I seem to recall you're up norf? I'm sure that's a £20k job down south.

Im in Cheshire so sort of north

We got 4 prices for the fitter (with the tiles, fixtures and fittings from the tile / bathroom shop we went to) and there was about a 20%/30% difference across them.

The fitter we used was recommended by the tiling shop and was middle to lower end of the quotes but certainly hit the jackpot!

Even "extras" were minimal and all discussed / agreed before he went ahead. Couldn't have been better if I'm honest

I'm in the construction game myself so know prices have rocketed and good trades and contractors are pricey and hard to come by, which has, unfortunately, given rise to the "not so good" ones also starting to price out of line with their ability !

 

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The before photos look very much like our top floor ensuite. Biggest mistake I made was going with those metro tiles and dark grout. Never again!

Last year we had our daughters ensuite done which was around the £8k mark IIRC, and this year we were supposed to be doing the main bathroom but not sure at the min.

Yours look fantastic and given us a few ideas. We wanted something cream coloured like your tiles.

Thanks

This now shows up the upstairs bathroom and our ensute but will be a while before we get them done!

Yeah, it didn't help the metro tiles were textured and the previous guy got the grout into the textured finish and it wouldn't clean out. It wasn't overtly noticable but once you did it was all you could see.

Acid wash, soaking, scraping, nothing would shift it

 

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The only thing that concerns me with modern stuff is all the hidden pipework/flushers.

Yeah, me too although the flush on the WC is serviceable, to a degree, through the flush plate once removed

 

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If you want a good job doing, it costs money. I've cheaped out before and regretted it.

This was £8k and we're really pleased with it. I'm expecting the bathroom to be a lot more.

You're right and us too!

Looks fab - great job

 

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at least your tiler didn't get epoxy graphite grey grout on every wall, ceiling, floor, kitchen cupboard, door handles, mugs and glasses like ours did......then spent the entire weekend scrubbing before admitting defeat.

Oh wow!

 

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Nice finish


rimless toilet flush is as good as rimmed now, from relation install - I guess that's what you have.

I prefer a direct light onto you face & beneath, for shaving, with either extendable mag mirror, or another mirror w/o basin beneath;
shower - having ability to position non-rainfall one at shoulder level for most of time when don't wash hair is another must have (relations mirra digital has vertical water tube from celing that, that, runs on)

Thanks !

I have a shaving mirror at head hight in front of a window in our ensuite form shaving

The sowers in the other bathroom and ensuite are adjustable and removable - this being a fixed head we opted for the hand attachment as well which is demountable and flexible

If they went as far as ripping the floor up how come you still have a step into the shower?

To help with the "framing" of the shower (along with the contrasting / feature tiles) area- there is also the drop bulkhead to compliment it

It was a design decision

Damn that looks great!

Thanks !

I think we have similar tastes.

Very nice !

No bog roll holder?

Believe it or not it was an "essential" on the Mrs' list as there isn't one in the other two and hadn't been one in the old bathroom

I used t pyramid stack them and have a few in the go at aoce, which drove her mad

I have to buy two more and we got the bathroom fitter to put them in the other two rooms in his last day

 

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Just seems like a trip hazard to me! Aren't walk-in showers all the rage these days? I suppose the lip does help keep the water in.

The one I've built is stepped too and it annoys me but the alternative was to tear half the house down and that's just not going to happen.

I think they are but you then have the potential for water coming into the main bathroom area

The fitter showed us some walking examples he'd done and some he'd even cut and angled tiles to avoid a tray all together but the designer and Mrs TB decided on the step

I am experienced enough to know when to keep schtum, nod and agree. I really wasn't precious either way and, in the event of any future "discussion", it wasn't my decision

 

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I actually think thats a good price for what you got.

I’m still in shock when people try and get a similar set up done and say oh that shouldn’t cost anywhere near £5k let alone £10k

Thanks and agree, when you break it down it's not "cheap" but easy to see where the money goes

 

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Thanks and yes they are surprisingly effective !

As above they are adjustable in terms of warmth and brightness and they are nowhere near full brightness in the pics

 

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Love the lights in the coving, very smart.

You’re a brave man having black fixtures, hard water here would wreck them in no time at all.

Thanks and it's not too bad here (crosses fingers!)