Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire
Bathroom renovation in Newton Mearns
Houses in Newton Mearns usually have more than one bathroom, and that changes the job. You are rarely without facilities while we work, which means a higher specification and a slightly longer programme is a far easier decision to make than it is for someone with a single bathroom.
Doing them in the right order
Where there is a family bathroom and an en-suite, we will normally do one and then the other rather than opening both up at once. It takes a little longer overall and it means the house stays livable throughout. It also lets you see the first one finished before committing to identical choices in the second, which people are often glad of.
Where the extra budget actually shows
If you are spending above a basic refit, the things that read as expensive are concealed cisterns and frame systems, wall-hung sanitaryware, a decent shower valve with proper flow, recessed and lit niches instead of a hanging basket, and brassware that matches across every fitting in the room. Large-format tiling with fewer grout lines does more than an unusual tile does.
Underfloor heating is worth mentioning here because it is far cheaper to install while the floor is already up than as a separate job later, and in a tiled bathroom it removes the need for a radiator taking up wall space.
Water pressure
Larger houses on this side of the city sometimes have pressure issues on the upper floor, particularly with an older gravity-fed system. There is no point specifying a rainfall head that will dribble. We check what the system can actually deliver before the shower is chosen, and bring in the plumber early if a pump or a system change is needed.