Quote for bathroom and shower room renovation

leachi

Hello, I don't come on these forums very often but noticed this board and I would be really grateful for opinions on this quote to refurbish my smallish bathroom and also my shower room. I live in Brighton and this company have very high feedback on Checkatrade.These quotes don't include the bathroom suite/showers/tiles.

Shower room
As discussed, this will include:
• Remove existing suite, tiles & flooring
• Reboard and plaster where necessary
• Replumb where necessary
• Box in pipework where necessary and possible
• Plumb for 1000 x 800 offset quadrant shower enclosure
• Install shower enclosure
• Install thermostatic shower
• Install vanity basin
• Install new WC
• Install existing towel radiator after tiling
• Tile all walls in bathroom (assumes travertine or natural stone tile)
• Box in pipework where possible – tile accordingly
• Prep floor – inc laying cement board
• Supply and fit underfloor heating, inc 7 day programmable timer
• Tile floor
• Includes the cost of adhesive and grout – but not tiles or tile trim
• Supply and install 4 spotlights and extractor fan
• Decorate bathroom inc cost of Dulux paint
• Install up to 4 accessories (mirror, toilet roll holder etc)
• Finish bathroom as necessary
• Remove all waste using registered carrier
£3350

Bathroom
As discussed this will include
• Remove existing suite, tiles & flooring
• Move doorway over to incorporate a shower bath. !Includes cost of door lining and architrave, but not door itself.
• Reboard and plaster where necessary
• Replumb where necessary
• Box in pipework where necessary and possible
• Install new shower bath (spa bath please add extra £80 for wiring)
• Install thermostatic shower
• Install vanity basin
• Install new WC
• Install existing towel radiator after tiling
• Tile all walls in bathroom (assumes travertine or natural stone tile)
• Box in pipework where possible – tile accordingly
• Prep floor – inc laying cement board
• Tile floor
• Includes the cost of adhesive and grout – but not tiles or tile trim
• Supply and install 4 spotlights and fan
• Decorate bathroom inc cost of Dulux paint
• Install up to 4 accessories (mirror, toilet roll holder etc)
• Finish bathroom as necessary
• Remove all waste using registered carrier
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£3450

Total
£6800+VAT

Payment terms are as follows:​ 33% payable on day one, 25% on day 10 and the balance paid on completion day.

Many thanks
!

andyhop

Prices are what i would charge , Seems fair enough

Heavy Travertine or stone tiles on Plaster is a no no

I would ask for Tanking aswell

leachi

Thanks for your reply Andy. What surface should stone tiles go on then? The company should,hopefully, know what they are doing as have good reputation locally. Also what is tanking?! Thanks!

andyhop

Travertine can be fitted to plasterboard as long as it is left unskimmed. This applies to 10mm/12mm thickness

Some premium Travs need cement board or Wedi which can take 40kg+ per sqm

Tanking

Do i search for Homelux wall matting or Dura Ci, Any decent installer should always tank as grout and adhesive does not form a water tight barrier

leachi

Thanks for the advice, I will investigate!

tpt

to expand on andyhops answer a bit - its the weight of the trav that makes it unsuitable for fixing to plaster. You need to know the weight of the tile per m2 (whatever it is) and then deduct 4kg m2 for adhesive.

Plasterboard (unskimmed) can take a max weight of 32kg m2, most backerboards such as wedi/no more ply can take 50kg.

You only need to tank if you use plasterboard - its to waterproof the area as even waterproof grouts\adhesives let water through, they just dont degrade.

They should be using a powdered, cement based adhesive for anything greater than 300x300 not ready mixed tub stuff. if you use trav, make sure its white not grey.

Watch out when you source the trav (if you use it) theres a lot of crap out there, get a sample and turn it over - make sure its not full of voids or more filler than travertine.

Andys reply is bang on, just thought a bit of depth may help you some more.

leachi

Many thanks for the advice guys. I have to say I'm beginning to worry about getting travertine at all if it's so much potential trouble, it does look nice though!

broughton

am interested as also getting quotes for my shower room. does these quotes include supply of shower tray, screen etc or are you sourcing those yourself?

rustyboy21

leachi wrote: »

Many thanks for the advice guys. I have to say I'm beginning to worry about getting travertine at all if it's so much potential trouble, it does look nice though!

Know what you mean though. It looks lovely, but unless it is sealed properley it can stain.

My OH's sister got travertine in her kitchen, she is sorry the day she did, forever scrubbing at them to keep them clean.

Have you not thought of travertine looking ceramic instead? Travertine is also very fragile/chalky too. In Fireplaces it is backed with hessian and resin to make it stronger. Fitters were going out with fireplaces, when they first started coming into the country and were coming back to me with bits in their hands. At least ceramic would be coated/sealed