Trial By Bathroom

[TheRealRobG]

I had a seemingly never-ending bathroom DIY experience which lasted several weeks from planning to (almost) completion. My first ever bathroom installation and tiling job - and probably my last for a good few years, too!
I couldn't have done it without the generous advice I got from this forum, so thanks to everyone here for kind help and guidance. It made all the difference!

Took a few piccies while I was doing it, and thought I might share them on here. I don't get much appreciation from the wife about what's involved anyway...

As you can see, it started off as a pretty hideous 1980s style bathroom with corroded gold finish fittings and a nasty green carpet. I thought the tiles were salvageable, but the wife thought otherwise, so rip 'em all out I did!

Unfortunately off with the tiles came most of the plasterboard, so I had to replace that, which took - bloody ages! I decided to use Aquapanel for most of the critical sections around the bath, toilet and shower.

For the shower I ran a sheet of polythene behind the Aquapanel and ran that down into the tray in front of the upstand to catch any stray moisture. I had to construct a basin support and toilet cistern box from scratch. I used a Geberit WC frame for the suspended toilet.

 

[mikethetile]

Rob

thats a job anyone would be pleased to have done themselves or have had done for them, you say it took a long time but it didnt really as you were doing it in your own time.

every where you look you can see the thought and attention to detail that has gone into this job

well done , enjoy your achievements and be proud of what you have achieved

mike

 

[jay]

nice work

 

[Gazzer]

Cracking job Grommit

 

[united]

Wow you should be really proud, that is some great work. Lovely finish and great prep work

 

[stevee]

looks great bud

 

[TheRealRobG]

Thanks everyone - I really appreciate the kind comments.

 

[Ken Bruty]

Beautiful job Rob, I would be very pleased with that if I had done it.:hurray:

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

For a first attempt mate very good, tell your wife to read the above comments. She should be impressed

 

[merlecollins]

Hey Rob, I'm proud of you my boy:lol:

For a first bathroom undertaking you have without doubt dived in at the deep end with great success mate

 

[Scott]

Great job there mate, you can tell theres an engineer in there somewhere