complete new bathroom!!

ollyk

Listen, with bathrooms & kitchens you get what you pay for - I have worked in the trade and can tell you most 'do it all' fitters are crap - and I mean crap! they are jack of all trades they are not great plumbers, they are not great builders and most of them sure as hell are not good tilers!
Go to a local tile shop or plumbers merchent and ask who they would recomend. That is the only way to guarentee a reasonable, value for money job in my opinion.

Saying that if you are buying cheap pottery and tiles then by all means go with the DIA navies otherwise bring seperate trades in.

jockettuk

thanks for all.. we have dolphin coming round but not to buy really just to get a idea of what we can do with the bathroom lol.. Ive had separate trades men in for other jobs both here and in my old house and ive been living in a building site for what seems like years.. we going to get a extention soon but the bathroom not affected by that... I just want a job that is done from top to bottom that will be done in less than a week and wont be left half done or will come back tomorrow mrs or that there mate will come and finish it etc etc.. If separate tradesmen could coordinate themselves round getting it finished great but I dont want a half finished bathroom hanging around.. Im prepared to pay a decent price just want a decent job done

ollyk

jockettuk wrote:

thanks for all.. we have dolphin coming round but not to buy really just to get a idea of what we can do with the bathroom lol.. Ive had separate trades men in for other jobs both here and in my old house and ive been living in a building site for what seems like years.. we going to get a extention soon but the bathroom not affected by that... I just want a job that is done from top to bottom that will be done in less than a week and wont be left half done or will come back tomorrow mrs or that there mate will come and finish it etc etc.. If separate tradesmen could coordinate themselves round getting it finished great but I dont want a half finished bathroom hanging around.. Im prepared to pay a decent price just want a decent job done

well you just said you want a decent job so go to some tile shops and small bathroom suppliers and ask who they advise and how it would normally work.
You may find some plumbers work with a particular tiler so they can organise themselves but other than that oragnising the job will be down to you really.

I really can't stress how important it is to get a 'real' tiler though they might be fussy, they might ask you to pull the old walls down and they may demand you fully tank the shower / bath area and they also might charge a bit more (sometimes not much more caus they are generally much quicker hence more efficient) but they will do a fine job designed to last.

Eff

moriarty888 wrote:

I'm in the same position. I need to get a shower fitted, but have been told that I need to get electrics run into the bathroom from the main fuse board, which is on another floor, then the bath would have to be turned round and fitted anew (i.e. new bath), then the whole bathroom tiled, as it is internal, plus the floor is grotty carpet.

Basically, I need the whole lot done by one firm, as I haven't got the time to co-ordinate an electrician, plumber, tiler, floor and ceiling person! So if you find anyone who can do it for under £2000 in North London, let me know :beer:

About 4 years ago we had an electric shower fitted by Southern Electric who were our suppliers. It was about £400 on easy terms but they did all the pipework and electric supply from downstairs meter. It was only a shower above the bath not a cubicle, but perhaps they would quote you. You could leave the tiling till last and get a tiler, I think that would be cheaper.

loskie

Justine_M wrote: »

Hi

I'm thinking about a whole bathroom too and did get Dolphin Bathrooms round. The 'designer' spent 3 hours with us, we chose a really simple bathroom and funnily enough it was quoted as £9300. BUT more expensive if we didn't take out finance (GMAC). (£10,600 ish)

We really felt that he was a finance salesman with a 'cover' of providing a bathroom, to get us to sign up to £200+/month for 10 years ! We walked away.:eek:

We still don't have a bathroom though - if you find a good way please let us know!
Thanks !

Is this practice not a breach of the consumer credit act. It's quite a hazy memory from my college days but it would seem so.

BettyBee

we're just away to start putting in our bathroom that we've been buying bits and peices for the last 4 months, by saving and grabbing various bargains (and calling in a few favours) we've managed to get it done including a new suite plus additional shower cubicle for about £1000!!!! not bad, plus under floor heating which is a must with ceramic tiles, in Scotland anyway!!

mentat72

Spent the last 4 months trying to get the bathroom installed by Dolphin properly finished. Wrote a 6 page letter of complaint and posted it today to their Customer Services Director, citing issues with quality, finishing and communication. My experience of them is overpriced vastly and reprehensible Project Management - we have 14 separate issues, some resolved, some not.

Unless you can watch them all day every day, then avoid them if possible, you need to tell them what's wrong, they will not perform any level of quality control.

I would not use them again.

MylesBetter

Recommend visiting B&Q just had the full bathroom works from them and the job is quality!

Go for a shower running off your Combi and get a space saving toilet as it makes the bathroom look bigger.

i_love_it

I've just arranged for Dolphin to come around, I like their website but feared all the discounts/sale offers and download vouchers were a sign of huge overpricing and hard sell.
I may cancel it, has anyone had a good experience with them I wonder, they market themselves as the UK Leader? How does that work then, I wonder?

plumb1_2

i_love_it wrote: »

huge overpricing and hard sell.

Got it in 1.
When he phones up to ask his boss for further discount, as you are a realy nice person, and would love to offer you a great deal, if you sign the contract today.