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Bathrooms
Replacing your bathroom? Let us help you make the right decision
Your bathroom is probably one of the places that you haven't thought about updating for years, but is one of the rooms that people will look closely at if you are ever looking to sell your home.
Complete bathrooms these days (bath, toilet, sink and taps) can be relatively cheap if you look around, in fact can be as little as £250, so the cost might not be as much as you thought. It's up to you really how much you want to spend and what type of fittings you would like, rather than would need.
Taps for instance can be bought quite cheaply from the Internet, but look at the quality of what you are buying too and the guarantees that might be provided. Even something as simple as a sink could cost as little as £50 or could be as much as several hundred pounds, but remember you shouldn't really just think about price, but the quality of what you are buying too. Very low cost sinks and toilets may mark, chip or crack easily and you won't be just thinking about the cost of replacing that item if it gets damaged, but the cost of the installation too and any new tiling that might need to be done.
You need to choose wisely and it helps to have an expert to talk to
A bathroom is also a place where you have many options available for each of the items:
- baths with wastes in the centre or end, that have plugs on chains, that pop-up or flip over
- toilet seats that are made of plastic, wood or polypropylene; are round, oval or square; are self-close or manual. You can even get ones that incorporate a bidet with a heated seat and warm water spray and believe it or not a blow dryer for the ultimate in cleanliness and comfort!
- basins that sit on a counter, pedestal or are inset into your units - there are even ones today that go in a corner
- taps that mix the hot and cold water as it is delivered rather than separate for hot and cold water; those that sit on the counter rather than the sink, or even come out of the wall or stand on the floor.
A toilet is not just a toilet..
For the majority of the time the toilet you chose (if you don't want to go into major works), is governed by the position of the soil pipe, the pipe that removes the waste from the toilet. The soil pipe can be either directly behind where you are going to install the toilet, to the left or right of the toilet or straight out of the ground. There are basically three types of toilet:
Close Coupled
A close coupled toilet consists of two pieces of sanitary ware - the toilet and the cistern. It's called close coupled as usually the cistern (water tank) sits directly on the toilet and flushes the water from the cistern directly into the toilet without a connecting pipe. These types of toilet tend to take up less space.
Back to the Wall / Wall Hung
Back to the wall toilets have a separate cistern which is normally concealed within a wall or cabinet. However, when considering one of these toilets don't fall down the trap of not building access into the wall or cabinet you encounter any problems. We've seen houses where people have had to knock holes in walls or destroy cabinets when they have to access a leaking cistern!
Low Level & High Level
Both again have a separate toilet and cistern. You may want to consider a high level cistern if you're looking for a more powerful flush as the force is stronger or it might just be that you're looking for a Victorian type of appearance.
So, what we are saying is that you have lots of options on price and the type of bathroom fitting you are going to buy, and it's probably going to be a major purchase by the time it's installed and any tiling and electrical work has been completed.
These are some of the reasons that we recommend you seek our assistance when installing a complete new bathroom or single item, even if you want to acquire the items yourself we can give you the help and advice to make sure you make the right decisions, then come and fit the items professionally for you.
