Can anyone give me some advice?

Question

I want to replace my old bathroom suite with a one? Can any give me tips? I've heard that it is very easy to do.

Answer 1

With no offense meant at all; I haven't heard the word Suite used for a bathroom in many years. what exactly are you looking to do? Toilet is a word I recognize, as is Vanity,Sink, Bathtub, Shower.

Have you room enough for a lounge? Or other pieces to accesorize with? A garden tub perhaps or Jacuzzi? A Bidet?

The Plumber offers some great suggestions, and without a few details it might be difficult to give you exact answers. I've remodeled a lot of bathrooms in my time; but most often it's a personal thing with the customer stating what they'd prefer.

Steven Wolf

Answer 2

Firstly, I notice that you have not mentioned how much you are prepared to pay for a New Bathroom Suite (we all know what you mean; Bath, Pedestal Wash basin & W.C.)
They range from say £200-1000. We all know plumbers charge too much but you have to set this against getting into a mess by being a novice and possibly being without the use of the items.
Most modern bathrooms are too small so to remove and install the bath you have to remove the the other items first.
A proper plumber would do the job in a day and would charge, I suggest, £400 for labour only. Therefore step 1 is to ask two or three plumbers to give you a quote for installing the items which you are buying.
When you have the figures you can start pondering.
Also do you have all the tools? Do you know what tools you need?
Now you also have to consider this:- the person who installed the bathroom items you now have may not have done such a good job after all. In the copper pipework some of the soldered joints may have been defective and when you start moving items around the solder loosens and that will mean leaking.
I would advise you to remember this; no skilled man calls a job easy. Whatever the job is it has to be done properly and this is where he uses his skill.
I am a lifetime DIY man and I am currently fitting out a replacement bathroom in my own property. I have all the tools necessary but my project involves walls, ceiling and flooring. My advice to you is to forget it because there are too many possible pitfalls - you will have them in your existing bathroom - lets call them "a can of worms" they are waiting for you to discover them.
I am not a Jonah but do beg you to heed my advice.

Answer 3

It is very easy, for me anyway, I have been fitting them for over 20 years, but I can usually tell the difference when I see a bathroom whether it was a professional or diy job, giveaways are usually visible pipework up to the sink with no uniformity, taps not straight, w/c cistern not back to the wall and the gap filled somehow, and tiles not evenly cut both sides, top and bottom (mark centre then work out cuts and fit the bottom cuts first, get them level and work from centre out to the edges. Then make sure the grout is even.

Answer 4

I fit bathroom full-time, Yes its easy to do it wrong.
To fit one well, that's a skilled job. Plus you need to know all the water regulations / earth bonding requirements / Etc.
Around half the job I undertake involve ripping out rotten floorboard or / and stud-walls due to diy jobs that have been leaking unknown to the occupier for years. Mostly poorly fitted baths with above the bath showers are the main culprit. plumbers can spot a diy job a mile off.

Answer 5

it is fairly easy.. just rip out the old , after you have turned off both hot and cold water, put new one in and reconnect water and waste, make sure u get the angle of the bath ok or the water will not flow away, you may need to retile, touch up etc with silicon sealer, if u dont know plumbing , get an expert in and dont fiddle with summat u dont know about , tradesmen do courses which cost a lot of money and takes years of experience if in any doubt whatsoever get a plumber! or you WILL be dissappointed!! lol

Answer 6

Fill bath with water and seal around it, when seal dries empty bath.