New bathroom suite

Lally

bridiej wrote:

What's wrong with B&Q bathroom suites?

We got one from B&Q home delivered and installed it ourselves. They turned up at the agreed time, were very helpful and everything was intact with no damage.
Couldnt fault them...
By the way, ours has a "button" and you get used to it after a while - neither of us were keen but we had limited choice as needed a smaller than normal bath.

Im not sure myself, its just that ive seen quite a few people on this board complain about them a few times?

calleyw

What about Travis perkins.

Bought a steel bath. It was not a full size bath and what they call a cube. Of a loo (with handle flush) and sink. Cost £200 with delivery. We some how got free delivery.

The sink and loo are very classic style. Better than what a cheapie range from B&Q would have been with the tacky shells on it. And it is very hard to get a smaller than usual bath. And it was steel as that was cheaper than acrylic yes I know. Makes no sense. And it was the twyford brand

When it arrived the loo was smashed. The returned with a replacement later that day :T Good service.

Another reason for a steel bath was I am on the heavy side and just did not feel safe in arcylic bath. As I am sure the bottom move to much for my liking.

And when I replace the bathroom suite in my next house. Will use travis perkins again.



Yours

Calley

cool_hand

I can recommend "armacast" baths by Armitage Shanks.
They're a good compromise between a cast iron bath and plastic ones.
At 10mm thick they are much more rigid than standard plastic baths, but don't loose heat as quickly as metal ones.
Prices vary as there are a few "models" to choose from

(ps I don't work for Armigage Shanks)

bunking_off

Lally wrote:

What I have noticed about most bathroom suites nowadays is the toilet. It has one of those stupid buttins you press, as opposed to pulling the lever to flsh it.

Whenever I see reasonably priced suites in the paper thats the first thing I look for. If it has the button then its a No No!!

OK, I'll bite....what's the problem with toilets with buttons on them? We have them on all of our toilets, with no problems....and on a house with a water meter the "half flush" function is great for number 1s....

heatherw_01

Anyone had B&Q install a suite?

Lally

bunking_off wrote:

OK, I'll bite....what's the problem with toilets with buttons on them? We have them on all of our toilets, with no problems....and on a house with a water meter the "half flush" function is great for number 1s....

Just a personal choice, but I dont like them!

plumb1_2

cool_hand wrote:

I can recommend "armacast" baths by Armitage Shanks.
They're a good compromise between a cast iron bath and plastic ones.
At 10mm thick they are much more rigid than standard plastic baths, but don't loose heat as quickly as metal ones.
Prices vary as there are a few "models" to choose from

(ps I don't work for Armigage Shanks)

Agree Armacast are good quality baths

gromituk

You may not like toilets with buttons if they have a conventional syphonic flush, because the button will be hard to press. But continental-style flush systems (which have a "plug") are now approved for UK use and are much easier to trigger.

I'm not sure that metal baths lose heat any more quickly than plastic ones - but they do have a greater thermal mass, so will initially take more heat out of the water than plastic ones as they warm up. No amount of loft insulation will change this.