Why Mains Pressure Dictates Bathroom Design
A great bathroom needs strong, consistent flow. Mains below 1.5 bar struggles with thermostatic showers and won't run two outlets at once. We measure your incoming mains before specifying — a pump, accumulator or unvented cylinder is often the right answer for sub-2-bar homes.
Where Bathroom Budgets Actually Go
Typical breakdown of a £12,000 bathroom: £3,000 sanitaryware/brassware, £2,500 tiling/materials, £4,500 labour (plumber, electrician, tiler, plasterer), £1,000 contingency, £1,000 extras (heated rails, lighting, ventilation). Quotes that omit contingency or skim labour are always too low — and you pay later.
Common Bathroom Project Pitfalls
Most overruns trace to: wrong drainage falls (water pools), inadequate ventilation (leads to mould within 12 months), under-specified brassware (cartridges fail in 18 months), tiling started before plumbing first-fix is signed off (re-tiling required), and zero contingency for hidden issues. We design out every one of these.