Alf's Home Improvements

Installing a new bathroom is an exciting prospect. There is nothing like a new bathroom to make one feel happy and content in their home, but this can also be a daunting project to embark on if you are not properly prepared. With proper planning and a good, solid idea of what you want your bathroom to look like and how you want it to function, this job can be a lot easier.

When planning your new bathroom, list all the things you want and need your bathroom to have. This can mean bigger bathroom units such as a shower or double basin to the smallest details such as mirrors and under basin storage. Once you know what you want to have inside your bathroom you can sit down with a bathroom designer or your building contractor to decide the layout of your new bathroom. This stage is very important because you need to be sure that everything will fit while leaving you comfortable room to move around. Sometimes you may not need to move the position of your exisiting plumbing services such as where the toilet, basin and bath sit but in other instances you may need a complete reshuffle of these. When you are planning your new bathroom take into account that you will want good ventilation and light, so lighting, windows and heating needs to be factored in with your designs.

Having a new bathroom installed is so much more than just choosing the colour of your tiles or having a double shower installed. With a plan that covers all areas such as use, future use, foot traffic through your bathroom, fit of all the fittings and fixtures as well as the beneath the surface plumbing issues in place, you will find your bathroom installation is a breeze. With a professional and completely reliable plumber and building contractor you will find that a new bathroom is not only possible, but fun too.

Howard Gulley runs a firm of  bathroom fitters in Bristol and his help in the creation of this page was much appreciated.