Bathroom refit for best customers ever

[macten]

I get fresh coffee every 30 mins, beer when it gets hot etc.. really nice people and a joy to work for. Makes such a difference when you really get on with them.

Job is a full bathroom and cloak room refit.

Bathroom:

The 2 mirrored niches used to be windows on an external wall but there is now a large extension.


Bath out, won't be replaced, will be putting in a large shower tray

 

[macten]

Ripped everything out (my fave bit) and boarded where possible

 

[mikethetile]

looking good Mac, very clean worksite

 

[macten]

Got very confused with the first fix of plumbing on this one. Had most of the floorboards up in bathroom and landing and it was like spaghetti junction. I would follow a run thinking 'that's the fella' and it would just dead end. Also had a shower pump to fit but was losing confidence due to what looked like 101 pipes. The reason for this was because of the extension. Long story short, I bottled it and got a plumber mate round and we got it sorted in a day and learnt loads - it had him scratching his head a few times.

Boxed the shower and basin feeds with hardibacker and plasterboard.
Shower area beneath window was plaster board and therefore tanked.
Tiles are 60x60 porcs.

Used 20mm ply rather than NMP on this occasion so as to minimise step into shower. Also leant itself well to a full tile from floor.

 

[macten]

 

[macten]

You've gotta love the Rotozip:

 

[Scott]

Looks good Macten

How did you get on with the bathstore stuff?

 

[united]

love it when you do these threads mate great to see your work with step by step process

 

[macten]

Looks good Macten

How did you get on with the bathstore stuff?

Only fitted the shower tray and mixer feeds but no probs on that score. Wasn't involved with price side of things so can't comment on that. Checked every thing over when I got there and the floating basin unit they have got was damaged but was replaced quickly with no fuss. Surprised it was damaged - the bathstore stuff is taking up practically an entire room as every little part is boxed up.

 

[Scott]

The packaging is a nightmare! Thats pretty much all i fit these days and i like it. The shower valves are a pain but at least there is bags of room to tile around it.

Jut incase you havent done one before, leave at least 10mm gap between tile and the valve as there are rings on the back of the face plate and it wont go flush if you dont!

Edit: I just seen you have already tiled it

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

great stuff mate, can,t wait for the final pic's , oh thank's for sharing

 

[macten]

The packaging is a nightmare! Thats pretty much all i fit these days and i like it. The shower valves are a pain but at least there is bags of room to tile around it.

Jut incase you havent done one before, leave at least 10mm gap between tile and the valve as there are rings on the back of the face plate and it wont go flush if you dont!

Edit: I just seen you have already tiled it

Cheers for the heads up!
I dry fitted it all before I cut around it so it should be okay.
Did you recognise Bathstore gear from the shower tray?

 

[macten]

What do you guys think to using the dark tiles in the old window recesses (not the reveals but just the back bit where the mirrors used to be) I reckon it could look good and marry in well with the vertical strip in the shower.

 

[faithhealer]

The worst bath I have ever fitted was from bathstore, if you think B&Q 180 quid bath suites are thin, this was shocking.

 

[Colour Republic]

I didn't mind the bathstore gear to begin with until I went back to a job a year after I had fitted it and noticed all the chrome on the taps and shower valve had started to pit. They weren't cheap either. I know full well the taps were cleaned with nothing more than mild detergent and a soft cloth, the bathroom was always kept immaculate and well ventilated.

And how do I know?.... because it was for the mother-in-law

 

[Scott]

Im suprised at the chrome pitting as i think there plating is second to none! Some of their stuff isnt great and yes Faithhealer some of the acrylic baths are a bit on the thin side .

Macten, yes it was the tray and the shower valve cover

 

[macten]

Get there this morning and customers asked me if it's possible to get rid of the old windows. I know if it was my bathroom I would have done that (less nooks and crannies to clean).
Downside is that the towel rad would have looked better on this wall now but it's a bit late now.

Relaid the electric feeds for the wall lights at equal distance in from each opposite wall. Also made sure the screws for these lights will fall on the grout line:

Primed and a skim of rapid set:

 

[macten]

Ran out of adhesive by dinner so did the down lights, shaver socket and ripped out the downstairs cloakroom.

(the amateur skimming was the old loft hatch)

 

[Scott]

2 beer bottles on the side by lunchtime huh? :8:

 

[macten]

That was yesterday afternoon!!
Worse thing is after uploading the pics last night I reckon I know where the missing bottle of beer went - was sure I hadn't drunk it :lol:

 

[Prem Tiler]

looking good so far.

 

[Scott]

That was yesterday afternoon!!
Worse thing is after uploading the pics last night I reckon I know where the missing bottle of beer went - was sure I hadn't drunk it :lol:

So still behind the boards then?

 

[macten]

Yes

 

[macten]

Pics of some of the plumbing:
Shower pump in

Couldn't use bath waste as surface mounted into soil stack so had to put new in and route it through external wall

 

[macten]

Bathroom all tiled, grouted and siliconed ready for final fix tomorrow.
First fix done for downstairs cloak too.

Floor down: