Bathroom Renovation on Broadway Earlsdon Coventry

A bathroom renovation is more involved than just removing an old bathroom suite and fitting another. After removing the suite next are the wall tiles. When bathroom wall tiles are removed they take part of the material they are attached to with them. In early built houses like this house on Broadway Earlsdon, the plaster will come away exposing the brick on exterior walls, while the plaster will come away from the lath on internal walls. The plaster being old may be lose (dead plaster) and fall away from the walls

When carrying out any bathroom renovation we follow exact protocols and they include

  • Remove the original bathroom suite and wall tiles.
  • If necessary remove remaining wall plaster and plaster and lath
    Board and plaster the bathroom ceiling
  • Remove as much old water, heating and waste pipes as possible
  • Move where possible any water, heating and waste pipe under the floor
  • Board the walls creating a flat surface for tiling

Images of the bathroom before renovation began

The image below is a view of the bathroom from the doorway. The bath is on the left with the basin between the bath and the window wall. The toilet is on the window wall with the towel warmer on the right hand wall.

Old Bathroom on Broadway Earlsdon Coventry

Bath and Basin in Old Bathroom on Broadway Earlsdon Coventry

Bathroom Ceiling Broadway Earlsdon Coventry

Images of the bathroom during the early renovation stages

Bathroom lath, plaster and bricks exposed during bathroom renovation

Bathroom wall boarded

During the first fit plumbing. Hot and cold water feeds are fitted in the correct positions and isolation valves fitted to allow for each water feed to be closed individually. The image below shows the hot and cold water feeds for the bath and shower each with isolation valves.

Bathroom hot and cold water feeds with isolation valves

The image below shows the shower fixing plate with the hot and cold feed entering it with in the wall cavity. This will be boarded and tiled before the chrome shower thermostatic bar is fitted to it.

150mm centre wall mounted shower fixing plate

Images of the bathroom after wall boarded and ceiling plastered

Bathroom walls fully boarded  Broadway Earlsdon Coventry

Bathroom walls fully boarded and ceiling plasterd  Broadway Earlsdon Coventry

The floor has been strengthened ready for the floor tiles. Using marine ply screwed to the floor at every 15cm

Bathroom floor ply with 15cm Centres

The position of the toilet has moved. The wall has been cored to allow the soil pipe to come through the all and connect to the toilet in the new position. The water feeds for the toilet and basin come from the floor.

Bathroom wall cored out for new soil pipe. Toilet and Basin water feeds coming from the floor.

Bathroom radiator pipes fitted up the wall and come out of the wall into the position of the towel warmer.

Bathroom radiator pipes fitted up the wall and come out of the wall into the position of the towel warmer

The water feeds for the bath and thermostatic shower run below the bath and into the wall space to the shower area above the bath.

Trojan cast bath fitted with water and shower feeds

Bathroom walls boarded ready for the tiles. The bath fitted and silicon sealed to the wall to create a water tight seal.

Bathroom walls boarded ready for the tiles. The bath fitted and silicon sealed to the wall to create a water tight seal.

All pipe work is hidden. In the case of the water feeds for the shower, they are placed behind the boards and come out of the wall at the correct shower height.

Shower water feeds behind the tiles in a bathroom wall

Images of the completed Bathroom

Bathroom Renovation on Broadway Earlsdon

Bathroom Renovation on Broadway Earlsdon

BCT18734 HD Parallel Light Beige Wall 248mm x 498mm

Tavistock Strike Basin Mixer Tap

Chrome Towel Warmer

Chrome Towel Warmer Valve