Fitted bathrooms, are they tricky to fit?

lindos90

We are about to renovate the loo under our stairs and I would really like a semi recessed sink at one side like this..

http://www.wickes.co.uk/vienna-slimline-vanity-unit/invt/148662/

and a 'back to wall' loo the other side like this...

http://www.wickes.co.uk/vermont-slimline-wc-unit/invt/148663/ (slimline units due to space)

Has anyone had any experiences with fitting these?
Are they much more arkward than fitting standard sinks and loos?
Are there any tips/considerations/advice you could gave me?
Currently Considering wickes/B&Q (or a combination of both, depending on reviews!)

Hopefully my OH is going to have a try at fitting. He has fitted a bathroom before (including moving the position of the loo and sink, and fitting a bath and installing a shower, so he's fairly handy...with supervision;))

Hope someone has had experience with them and can give me a few tips!

ormus

if hes done a bathroom before, i dont see any great problem fitting those items.
maybe slightly more fiddly than a standard suite, but no big deal.

googler

I found the back-to-wall WC allied with one of these units to be a pain to fit, especially when you mix units from different manufacturers.

If you're short of space, you won't gain any storage with the unit behind the WC, as that will be filled with the cistern, and there's no shelving. If you have a conventional WC, you have the space around the cistern available to use. I'd only consider one of these units if it was included in run of matching units, not as a stand-alone.

With conventional units, you have room to swing a wrench when installing - with these, you always have the unit in the way.

For a confined space, I'd go for slim conventional WC and basin.

lindos90

googler wrote: »

I found the back-to-wall WC allied with one of these units to be a pain to fit, especially when you mix units from different manufacturers.

If you're short of space, you won't gain any storage with the unit behind the WC, as that will be filled with the cistern, and there's no shelving. If you have a conventional WC, you have the space around the cistern available to use. I'd only consider one of these units if it was included in run of matching units, not as a stand-alone.

With conventional units, you have room to swing a wrench when installing - with these, you always have the unit in the way.

For a confined space, I'd go for slim conventional WC and basin.

Totally take your point, especially about the loo side. The sink unit would give us some storage (well, for about 10 loo rolls!) The loo side is currently a maze of bad pipework, which although my OH can hopefully simplify, would still need a fair amount of boxing in behind the loo the width of the room..I just thought a unit that side too would mean it matches the sink side, and avoid needing to do any plastering and 'home made' boxing in.

I might just mark it out on the floor and see if the floor space would be too small with a unit either end though!

Sounds that generally 'fitted' units like this are slightly more fiddly to install, but hopefully doable then for someone whos fitted ordinary bathroom stuff, so thats possitive!

If he doesnt make a hash of it I might even let him loose on the en-suite next!:)

phill99

Googler makes some valid points, although I wouldn't necessarily agree with all of them. I've fitted a number now and find them quite straightforward to fit. However, if you are working in a limited space, they could be a pain. Also remember that the depth of the unit plus pan is greater than a standard
WC and cistern, and that space may be critical in a small environment. If you have a lot of pipes to hide, they certainly deal with this problem. If it is a well finished job with nice tiling, there is a bit of a wow factor when its all done.

lindos90

phill99 wrote: »

Also remember that the depth of the unit plus pan is greater than a standard

Hopefully we are going to get a 'short projection' pan to overcome this. The main problem though is when looking on websites, its really difficult to see details of the style of the pan, they all look very similar on the pc!

diable

I don't think those units will fit under the stairs you may be better of concealing the units in the walls/partition.

diable

Also where will you fir the bath in the "fitted bathroom" ;o)))

keystone

diable wrote: »

Also where will you fir the bath in the "fitted bathroom" ;o)))

Be needing some of this I guess.


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