Bathroom renovation

jdsimmons3

Hi everyone were buying our first home and everything is great except the bathroom. We're going to rip everything out and start from scratch. We're both confident with DIY and I'm just browsing for everything we need so we can have an idea of costs. Can anyone advise if I'm missing anything? 

Suit (bath toilet sink)
Taps 
Shower

Shower door

Bath waste

Sink waste

Pan connector

Sanitary wear tape

Bath panel front and end.
Silicone.

We're also tiling the walls and floor so we have tile adhesive & grout.

It's an old house so we may need to board up the walls and replaster 
If needed.

Everything is staying in the same place so won't need to change plumbing etc.


Thank you everyone.

FreeBear

jdsimmons3 said: We're also tiling the walls and floor so we have tile adhesive & grout.

It's an old house so we may need to board up the walls and replaster If needed.

How old is the house ?

If it is solid wall construction (heck, even cavity wall), consider insulating any external walls. You can get a number of different insulated cement boards (Marmox, ProWarm, Jackson, etc) that can be fixed directly to the wall and then tiled over (after skimming with a thinset). Alternatively, use a warm batten method and use cement board where the tiles are going, and moisture resistant plasterboard for the rest..

Tip - Do not use PVA as a primer under the tile cement. Instead, use a proper primer such as Weber AD250 or BAL Prime APD.

Jeepers_Creepers

And give some serious thought as to the type of tile used on the floor. I'd be seriously tempted to go LVT - they'll look almost identical, and will be nicer underfoot and not risk grout cracks. 

jdsimmons3

FreeBear said:

jdsimmons3 said: We're also tiling the walls and floor so we have tile adhesive & grout.

It's an old house so we may need to board up the walls and replaster If needed.

How old is the house ?

If it is solid wall construction (heck, even cavity wall), consider insulating any external walls. You can get a number of different insulated cement boards (Marmox, ProWarm, Jackson, etc) that can be fixed directly to the wall and then tiled over (after skimming with a thinset). Alternatively, use a warm batten method and use cement board where the tiles are going, and moisture resistant plasterboard for the rest..

Tip - Do not use PVA as a primer under the tile cement. Instead, use a proper primer such as Weber AD250 or BAL Prime APD.

Thank you! Built 1920. Worried what we'll find underneath the tiles!! Im sure it's been rennovate since as it's not terrible condition, just not our style. Thanks for advice on the walls my dad will be doing on this for us as it's his job, just got to wait too see what the condition is like

tacpot12

I would also consider waterproofing the area under the bath and shower so that if anything leaks (at they always do), the water has a route out of the bathroom to a drain. The drain should have a waterless trap such as this one: https://www.screwfix.com/p/mcalpine-macvalve-1-self-closing-waste-valve-white-32mm/1616V

jdsimmons3

Jeepers_Creepers said:

And give some serious thought as to the type of tile used on the floor. I'd be seriously tempted to go LVT - they'll look almost identical, and will be nicer underfoot and not risk grout cracks. 

Thank you, I will look in lvt flooring!

FreeBear

jdsimmons3 said:  Built 1920. Worried what we'll find underneath the tiles!!

Most probably find lime plaster under the tiles. A pretty good chance that it will fall off the walls as soon as you start taking the tiles out. If this house is typical of many inter-war builds, it may well be cavity on the ground floor and solid brick on the upper half with a pebbledash render on the outside. A giveaway is the upstairs windowsills being ~150mm deep, whilst the downstairs are ~200mm. Regardless of the wall construction, well worth putting insulation on the exterior walls. I'm slowly doing the walls here on my 1929 semi and I can already notice the difference after having done just one room.

jdsimmons3

FreeBear said:

jdsimmons3 said:  Built 1920. Worried what we'll find underneath the tiles!!

Most probably find lime plaster under the tiles. A pretty good chance that it will fall off the walls as soon as you start taking the tiles out. If this house is typical of many inter-war builds, it may well be cavity on the ground floor and solid brick on the upper half with a pebbledash render on the outside. A giveaway is the upstairs windowsills being ~150mm deep, whilst the downstairs are ~200mm. Regardless of the wall construction, well worth putting insulation on the exterior walls. I'm slowly doing the walls here on my 1929 semi and I can already notice the difference after having done just one room.

Brilliant thank you for all the advise!