How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

:'-D

What do you find to be the advantage?

Sometimes it's cheaper to order from places that charge for the full m³ rather than buy what you use.
Have you considered a small hardstanding area for bins to up your usage to nearer the full 1m³?

My wife can come and faff about outside the door putting a wash on every time I go to the bathroom for a good sit down.

Thanks, I'll have a think about that

the manifold will need to have its own dedicated flow (but a common return)

This means nothing to me so yeah, not going to be able to do it myself. Also time etc as I've a baby to look after.

It’s very time consuming to batten and notch all the joists etc.

I figured I was going to have to insulate anyway so as I had the floor up, it made sense. I possibly wouldn’t have bothered in hindsight if I’d known the levels of hassle. Radiators do a pretty good job.

It’s worth putting it in on a solid floor; suspended floors not so much.

You can get ufh that sits on top of the joists though -

Anyone used something like this?

We considered that but we’d have ended up lifting the floor height beyond where we wanted it to meet existing doors going outside etc.

Noob kitchen question. Do I need a service void behind a run of units if they are just storage, no services? It's a narrow utility room, only about 142 cm wide. I'm hoping to fit an L shaped layout where the long side of the L is 30 cm deep units, so adding a 13cm void behind the 30cm units is a significant change.

No, you can put them against the wall if you want

Someone on here had dark greeny large format tiles (swirled/stone pattern not plain) in their bathroom and posted picturew in this thread. Possibly in a loft conversion. Can't find it for the life of me though - any ideas?

Something like these
https://www.mystonefloor.com/product/onyx-smoked-green-stone-effect-porcelain-tiles/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAgP6PBhDmARIsAPWMq6nfpBWZMmpD8SYM1XpEmZeJ-Zb0f1_6A914T4m6ax8gJ1WzJTbILhwaAhhzEALw_wcB

Probably me? Mandarin Stone Jade Onyx.

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It was, thanks! Do you have any other pictures?

One here, a few more on my phone somewhere I imagine. What do you want to see?

That's perfect! I could see it in my mind's eye but wanted something to show my partner who has a hard time visualising how things will look.

Thanks for the bother.

Got a quote to do my bathroom. Sadly seems way out of reach practically. The room is about 3 square metres and the quotes start at 10k. Not saying it's a dodgy quote, but frustrating as I basically can't afford it.

Small awkwardly shaped bathrooms seem to cost more to refurbish per square metre due to awkwardness and bespokeness.

Got time to DIY it?

Also get more quotes.

Got two quotes like for like and they're both similar.

Suppose I could DIY it but there's some awkward stuff which is probably beyond my capabilities if I'm honest.

10k seems a lot. do you have a breakdown ? what's adding the most cost ? tiling ?

I don't have a breakdown but can ask for more information as the person organising the quote is back in tomorrow to service the boiler. That said, the request was a ballpark quote to see if I could afford it and the answer is currently "no" and a requirement to take 50% off the cost in order to proceed.

I think the cost is driven by an awkward layout, waste connections that can't be easily moved, no opportunities to take down walls etc (tenement flat).

Edit: this design from 5 months ago, that's how long it's taken to get two quotes. £13k and £14k. (The 10k is a ballpark for refurbishing within changing the layout)

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so you're not moving the waste, or taking down any walls... not sure what's adding expense then. looks like you're slightly changing the design (moving bath, toilet etc) - presumably working round the limitations of the waste etc is adding cost when trying to move these elements. can you not just keep the current footprint/design and freshen up the suite ?

appreciate there's probably an element of 'edinburgh tax' + 'high demand' but even still those figures seem barmy, unless you're using v high end finishes

Realistically if the bath gets replaced we would need to remove all the tiles and plaster and re-do, as it's in poor condition. And the basin is not great as the space is so limited, thus it's a DIY vanity/base...

We've also included in the scope for removing the old water tank (in a dropped ceiling above the current bathroom) which may add to costs.

Tbh I'd need it to be £6-7k for a complete gutting and refurb, otherwise it's not worth doing anything. Currently it works, it's just not very 'nice'.

I don't have a breakdown but can ask for more information as the person organising the quote is back in tomorrow to service the boiler. That said, the request was a ballpark quote to see if I could afford it

Alarm bells. Get a bunch of proper bathroom fitters to look at it. Get on your local groups and ask around for fitters and recommendations.

Has anyone bought a deep soaking tub? The ones my girlfriend has found are fibre glass and about £700+ and it would be nice to know if there are better options available.