home improvemtents- ensuite

[SoulKiss]

Why bother?

Unless you have a lot of people in the house I cant see the need.

Put the 5 grand onto your mortgage payments and pay the house off that bit quicker.

Or is it just that "everyone else has an en-suite"?

[Spiderman]

Adds value to a degree and adds to the sell-ability when the time comes too so a home improvment along the lines of a big coservatory.

Dont buy a plastic shower tray, spend an extra few quid and make sure you get a stone one. Have a look on ebay for the parts, some great stuff on there much cheaper that bathstore.com etc.

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by james160987

it wouldnt be anything fancy, power shower would be nice, in farness b&q shwer base etc will be fine, and the cheapest sink and toilet i can find, id be getting someone in to most of it, and friends with various skills for others, , i know a electrain but not a plumber etc

I've not looked at B&Q shower enclosures for a while but from what I remember they weren't that cheap!
The standard ones I fit cost about £260 and that's a acrylic capped resin stone tray with upstands (helps a bit with the waterproofing) and a silver framed enclosure. A cheapy toilet, basin and pedestal costs me about £80. A power shower will set you back anything from £100 to £600

Also don't forget about the other bits and pieces like taps, again you get what you pay for.

Originally Posted by Kilted Ginger

theres one or two plumbers joiners etc on here, where are you based, as well keeping it in the family

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

better quality than B&Q but cheap prices for those items that seem to be in a permanent sale.

http://www.bathstore.com/

I can't complain at my suite

Have fitted a few bits from bathstore and they're not too bad

Originally Posted by specialone

I use water resistant plasterboard (green board) and clear silicone every joint on the board prior to tiling then water will struggle to penetrate.

That's my weapon of choice as well, although my brother (a plasterer) prefers the cement/concrete sheets

Originally Posted by bris

Have a look on ebay for the parts, some great stuff on there much cheaper that bathstore.com etc.

Also a lot of rubbish stuff on there too and if you don't know what you're looking for you may get caught out.

Originally Posted by dirtydog

although my brother (a plasterer) prefers the cement/concrete sheets

That stuffs running at about £80 a sheet at the moment.
Masterboard is bloody expensive stuff.
Normal plasterboard is fine, if your really that worried about moisture getting to it, wash it over with a pva mix and allow to dry before you tile it.

[Spiderman]

We specified Weidi board at work but its not that cheap.

For taps try www.crosswater.co.uk they have some stunning taps that come with a 10yr guarantee!!, we used to sell lots of their stuff. Some of it is horrendously expensive but some ranges are fairly reasonable.

[dirtydog]

I was on a job a few months ago where the customer had bought all the taps and shower valves from crosswater, bath taps were £400 a set!! I think I worked it out that he had spent over £3k on taps, shower valves, shower heads, bottle traps and wastes for 2 bathrooms and a WC!!!!

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by dirtydog

I was on a job a few months ago where the customer had bought all the taps and shower valves from crosswater, bath taps were £400 a set!! I think I worked it out that he had spent over £3k on taps, shower valves, shower heads, bottle traps and wastes for 2 bathrooms and a WC!!!!

Pah i wouldn't have let them get away with less than £5ks worth of goods for both rooms. £6k if i could have sold them crosswaters sanitayrware for the wc too but thats pricey for what it is.

Some of the Crosswater catalogue sells itself, its pure blingy bathroom porn at its best. You can request a catalogue from their webisite if you aint thumbed one yet. Trade deals are good too if you can setup an account with them

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by Spiderman

Pah i wouldn't have let them get away with less than £5ks worth of goods for both rooms. £6k if i could have sold them crosswaters sanitayrware for the wc too but thats pricey for what it is.

Some of the Crosswater catalogue sells itself, its pure blingy bathroom porn at its best. You can request a catalogue from their webisite if you aint thumbed one yet. Trade deals are good too if you can setup an account with them

lol. Can't remember where he got the toilets from but they were £300 each as well and took 2 of us to carry the bloody things upstairs. even then they were'nt that good as you couldn't get them to sit flush against the wall

Oh yeah lots of bathroom blingyness, I quite like the black taps they do.

[Spiderman]

Oh yeh, matt black is the new chrome, Sexy as hell. mmmmmm.