I really hate doing bathrooms...

[jonny round boy]

...but I've finally got this one finished. Almost, anyway.

I don't do many bathrooms, and only agreed to do this one because it's for a family member (and they have another bathroom they could use until it was done). I started it on 13th October, and got it to this stage yesterday, 13th November. It took that long for a variety of reasons; firstly, I started it whilst my van was still in the garage, so struggled to get materials to site. Secondly, I turned up a few times to do various jobs only to realise the tool I needed was still in the van, at the garage. Thirdly, I went on holiday during the fit (I tried to delay starting until I'd got back off holiday and got the van back, but he was having none of that!). Lastly, I did all the painting & decorating too, which I normally would avoid completely.

The room was completely gutted, and it's had a new sub-floor, new ceiling, new plasterwork, room door was reduced from 30" to 27" to give more room for the bath, etc. Also the layout has been changed, so all new pipework, reworking of the soil stack, etc too.

Flooring is Karndean, panelling is MR MDF T&G, bath panel & sink unit are built from scratch by me to suit.













I've still got to go back & put a second coat of paint on the back of the room door, and the front of the doors on the sink cupboard, but other than that it's done.

This job really has been the bane of my life for the last month, and I'm glad to see the back of it! It's definitely strengthened my resolve to say "no" to any other bathrooms in the future!!!

[wjskitchens]

Nice job Jonny


This was my Saturday morning job.

Fix a leak on a wc pan which was a pain the pan was glued down so I was unable to remove it. The screws in the cistern we snapped off and the the customer said could you replace the rad.

Only problem the was a corner basin fitted over it.
Got it done with out removing the basin as the screws holding the brackets on just came out of the wall so that was a bonus

[snezza]

Overall, it looks a nice finish Jonny,......BUT!.....my one criticism would be the choice of that Basin with that type & style of cabinet that you built.

It just looks wrong, like the basin was an afterthought IMHO!

Quality work though mate.

Like you, I hate doing Bathrooms. They just seem to take so long and by the end of it, you're sick of the sight of the job.

[jonny round boy]

Overall, it looks a nice finish Jonny,......BUT!.....my one criticism would be the choice of that Basin with that type & style of cabinet that you built.

It just looks wrong, like the basin was an afterthought IMHO!

In what way? What style of basin would you have gone for? TBH, it was an afterthought, in that he didn't order the sink until the rest of the bathroom was in as he was concerned about how much space there would be between the cupboard and the corner of the bath. I then built the cupboard to suit the depth of the sink.

[snezza]

I am assuming the cabinet you made is about 700 to 800mm wide ?????, in which case I would have suggested one of these.




It would have been the full width of the cabinet, and had a lower profile. To me, the basin the guy has picked looks too tall for the footprint and width of the cabinet you made.

[jonny round boy]

The cabinet is just under 600 wide.

[Fmonster]

The cabinet is just under 600 wide.

That would explain why I was thinking the tap looks really big compared to the sink.

[andy5405]

I have said yes to so many bathrooms when I know I don't want to do them and have always regretted it. I just say no now and don't even price them The next time I do a website upgrade I'm taking bathrooms off my website completely.

[ulinka]

well done!