Neptune Property Service

In what order is a bathroom installed?

This can vary depending upon the new bathroom design, the repairs works that maybe necessary to any damage such as rotten floors etc and plastered or paneled ceiling. As a general idea, day 1 will be rip out, day 2 or more depending upon the extent of the work will be repairs. Then the timescale depends upon number of personal on a job, initial plumbing amendments if any, new subfloor, shower tray or bath install and plumbing test, ceiling panel installation, light installation, install wall tile backer boards or wet wall panels, waterproofing of the tile backer boards, tiling, grouting and siliconing, finished floor installation either tiles or luxury vinyl, installation of the units and shower, more siliconing, testing the final plumbing of the taps, shower, toilet. It takes time to have a good quality job done.

What is the best design layout for a small bathroom?

The main issue here that controls the layout of the bathroom is the existing and potential amendments that can be made to the drainage and soil pipe in accordance with the building regulations without too much work. There are regulations that dictate the maximum size holes that can be drilled into joists for waste pipes and in most cases there is not much that can be done moving soil pipe from one location to another so it becomes impractical to relocate the toilet to the other side of the room. This therefore dictates that the layout must remain as before but with newer units, perhaps wall hung sinks etc. In this case keep it simple do not go elaborate, keep the colours of the panels or tiles neutral or light coloured.

What is the best type of flooring for a bathroom?

In our opinion the only options are Luxury Vinyl which is far nicer than the old fashioned vinyl, or tiles. Both are hygienic and provided they are installed properly easy maintenance. Regardless of whichever is installed the subfloor if timber based that they go on to must be waterproofed. Grout is not waterproof and despite what the manufacturers of luxury vinyl state it is not waterproof either water will get between the joints. Left over years the subfloor can rot potentially resulting in very expensive repairs if joists are destroyed. Either use a tanking compound on the floor or one of the waterproofing membranes.