Cloakroom renovation
A cloakroom is a bathroom with no room for error. Every cut is visible, every line is short, and there is nowhere for a mistake to hide.
Before and after.
Cloakroom, from dated to plain.
What we found
- White tiles with a patterned border
- Old pan and basin
- Exposed pipework
What we did
- Large light-format tiles
- Wall-hung black pan, black basin
- Wall-mounted tap and recesses set into the tiling
What we do.
- Strip-out and removal
- Pan, basin and tiling out, back to the substrate, so what is underneath can actually be seen.
- Pipework and the soil connection
- Checked before anything is ordered. Moving a pan even half a metre means touching the soil stack, and that decision belongs at the start, not halfway through.
- Waterproofing and tiling
- The same standard as a full bathroom. A small room is not a reason to skip the layer that keeps water out of the floor.
- Fitting and sealing
- Wall-hung where the wall allows it, and a frame that is fixed to something that will hold it.
- indirect lighting
- wall-hung pan
- concealed flush plate
- light wall tiles
- wall-hung WC
- lit recess
- cloakroom basin
- wall-hung pan
Why it works this way.
Small room, no margin
In a bathroom a slightly off cut disappears behind a door. In a cloakroom you look straight at it from a metre away, every day.
The soil stack decides the price, not the suite
People choose a pan and then ask what it costs to move it. It is worth asking in the other order, because the plumbing is usually the larger number.
It is the cheapest room to get right
A cloakroom is the smallest space in the house and the one guests use. Done properly it is the least expensive room you will ever be pleased with.
Questions everyone asks.
What does a bathroom cost?
It depends on what is behind your walls, which is the honest answer and the reason we look before quoting. The costs page shows how to build the figure up yourself so you can price any quote you are holding.
Where do I wash while the bathroom is out?
Most people use a cloakroom or a neighbour for the two to three weeks. We tell you at the survey exactly which days the water is off rather than leaving you to find out.
How do I know my bathroom was waterproofed properly?
You cannot see it once it is tiled, which is the problem. The self-checks on this page are the closest you get without opening anything up.
How long does a bathroom renovation take?
Two to three weeks. That is drying time, not slowness. Anyone promising it inside a week is compressing stage eight.
What guarantee do I get?
Five years on installation and fitting, one year on grouting and sealant, in writing. The market gives one to three years and sometimes nothing at all.
Is it better at my house or online?
At your house, every time. The whole value of the survey is somebody looking at the thing, and nobody can assess a substrate through a phone screen.
Am I committed to anything?
No. You get the report either way and you can take it to anyone. That is the point of it.
What if there is nothing wrong?
Then that is what the report says, and you have a written record that your room is sound. That is a perfectly good outcome.
Is your question not here? Ask it here and you will have an answer within 24 hours.
We come and look before a single tile comes off.
At your house or online, your choice. We go through all of it: the floor, the grout, the sealant, the falls, the waste. After that you know exactly what is going on and what will work in your room.
The bathroom survey normally costs
£169
We cover it.
What you get
- a written report of everything we find
- a quote for your room, with everything in it
- an honest answer. If you have got years left in it, we will just tell you that
Still comparing?
A reply within 24 hours. No obligation, just a clear answer on what is needed and what it costs.