Help with bathroom refit

We also have a pressurised hot water system, and have just had a full scale bathroom refurb. You shouldn't have to go without hot water and heating during all this time. I only remember our plumber turning off the water for a couple of short periods. Modern plumbing connectors mean that pipes can be left unconnected but will not leak. Our chap was only working for us at the weekends, so there were long periods where nothing was installed and connected, but we still had hot and cold water. Have you discussed it with your bathroom fitter?

My new bathroom took 3 weeks but we only had odd periods of an hour or so occasionally without water or hot water.

Walk in shower. Is just brilliant

Ours took a week and we only had short periods of the water being switched off. Talk to the workmen before they get started. Ours were very helpful and I'm sure you will find yours will do their best to minimise the disruption. It's in their interest to be pleasant to the paying customer.

Agreed, aggie!

Ours was done in less than a week. I don't remember the water being off for any length of time at all. It all went very well indeed. The workmen were very nice. Only snag was the tiler's singing!

Same as above but I did have a back up plan with neighbours?

Hi, thanks for taking time to reply.

It's been just over 2 weeks since he came to look at the bathroom, he's not given me a quote yet, how long do you wait for a quote? I'm beginning to wonder if he wants the job.

We got a new bathroom 6 months ago. We were given the cost there and then when the salesman came out, apart from the tiles, as we had to choose those.
The water wasn't off for any length of. The heating system did need drained, as were were getting a new radiator fitted, but that didn't take long at all.

Astra I think a week is plenty of time for an estimate to be made up once the plumber has made all the costings etc,remember to get 2 more quotes and reviews of their work from other customer before you decide.

Easier said than done unfortunately glamma! Just finding a plumber with time for a new job is extremely difficult far less finding 3!

Ours needs updating but there is very little room to make any major changes. A new suite tiles etc and choosing between a bath or a walk in shower. Anything else upstairs would reduce us to being three bedrooms instead of four.

We managed to fit a shower as well as bath etc in our bathroom by making sure everything curved on the corner; a quadrant shower, The bath fitted into a corner and the fourth corner was a quadrant shape as well. The vanitory uit and wash basin are both circular. Everything is compact and there are no corners to bump ourselves on, We are surprised ourselves how well it has worked

Having spent seemingly the best part of the summer trawling round bathroom showrooms and plumbers merchants and perusing enough catalogues to prop up a three legged table, I am amazed at the number of configurations of equipment there are now that will fit virtually any available space!

I love my shower- I had to give up my bath but it is so worth it.

I cannot remember too much disruption as somebody said, the water had to be drained so that the new towel radiator could be fitted. I also got a quote when the fellow came to look at the bathroom.

You need to get in touch with him asap.

My main worry was not being able to use the toilet, but, bless him, he kept reconnecting it for us! Took about 3 weeks altogether.

callgirl, count your blessings!. We have a holiday home in France and needed to have a new septic tank system installed. On day one the workmen turned up, disconnected the old system, put the new pipes from house to the site of the new system and then went off for three days.

Fortunately our house is very rural and there was a very big supermarket with all facilities a few miles away...........

When we wanted our bathroom totally refitted, we contacted several fitters. Some never came round to have a look, several others came, measured up, promised a quote then apparently disappeared off the face of the earth. The way we finally got it done was by buying the goods from the bathroom suppliers in town and using their own pet workmen. Probably more expensive but we couldn't take any more stress.

When we had our bathrooms changed we picked a local company that advertised in a posh glossy magazine. We probably did pay a little more than Joe Bloggs would have charged but the service was second to none.
They gave great advice on fittings and fixtures and completed one bathroom before starting on the next so that we always had a working bathroom. One suggestion we did turn down was the wall hung toilet, DH insisted it was firmly floor planted.
Our estimate was drawn up from a floor plan of the house and given there and then, he also created a picture of what the bathroom would like in colour and printed it out on the computer. The finished job was exactly the same as the picture he created.

I think you would be very lucky to have a complete refit in a few days. We’ve had 2 new bathrooms fitted and it took nearly 5 weeks. Just like Greyduster I spent hours and hours choosing paint, tiles and all the fittings and it was exhausting.
Your chap isn’t exactly rushing to take on this work.!. You should always get a few quotes so if I were you I would do that. Was this person recommended to you?. I always go by recommendations. The bathroom places usually have a list of plumbers so why don’t you ask there.

I agree astra, best to get more than one quote and if at all possible ask to speak to previous customers. Our (only) bathroom re-fit took two working weeks. All sanitary ware was replaced and the shower moved. Floors and walls were tiled. The tiling took the longest. At one point the toilet came out at 8am, was stationed in the front garden as that was the nearest exit then went back at 4pm. We went out a lot and got to know the toilets in the local pub and supermarket very well. Our neighbours also kindly offered use of their bathroom. We used a shower at our daughter in laws home, a 20 minute drive. The water supply to the rest of our home was rarely off. I’d suggest waiting until the Spring if you can. These things are easier in warmer weather. Our plumber was meticulous, took his time, checked that his understanding was correct before he did anything that couldn’t be undone. It was well worth it, don’t worry too much, but do get more than one quote and go for someone with understanding of working in a home, rather than someone used to a building site.

I rather fancied a wall hung toilet, harri but, even though I knew it was hung on a frame inside the wall, I couldn’t take that leap of faith! The walls in this house don’t support a lot of hanging weight. Even putting pictures up is dodgy! DD has two wall hung toilets and they really look nice.

Thanks to everyone for your replies,
I phoned 4 bathroom fitters and not one returned my call I also said I was willing to wait if they were busy.

So decided to go to well known bathroom store and they did a rough estimate but the total amount was too much.
They then recommended this fitter, will carry on looking just hope I don't run out of workmen.

5weeks to fit a bathroom. I had my two storey extension built and whole house fitted out in ten weeks. I suppose it depends on how many men were working on the project.