Bathroom
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Planning Bathroom Suites
When you are talking about bathroom suites, there are many places where you could start. However, the most important thing that you need to start off with is how much room you have to work with. This is going to play a big factor in what you can include in your bathroom. Next, you need to know the style that you are going for. Do you want a more modern or a traditional style?
Planning the ideal Bathroom and Suite layout:
- Here are just some of the services we offer:
- Installation of your new Bathroom or Suite
- Wall tiling and Floor tiling
- Installation of bathroom cabinets, bath panels, work surfaces
- Installation of power showers
- Heated towel radiators
- Under floor heating
- Extractor fans
- Lighting
- Plastering, plaster board stud walls
Luxury Bathroom Design
If you're single, or don't have children, you have the opportunity to create the designer bathroom of your dreams. Why have a boring, basic room when you can really go to town with the latest luxury fittings? Try these for size:
An all-in-one sauna/steam room/shower will give you hours of bliss as you relax and detox your body. The result is feeling and looking younger, healthier and more beautiful.
Indulge in a whirlpool bath so you can soak away your stress and ease any aches and pains.
Choose a fabulous power shower with multiple jets that will simultaneously cleanse and massage your body.
Relax in an overflow bath that allows you to wallow in hot water up to your neck. Fit waterproof speakers into your ceiling so you can chill to your favourite music as you luxuriate.
Bathroom design is a personal choice in the end, but whether you opt for a practical or luxurious surround, you are sure to be spoilt for choice. Get inspired by design magazines and TV shows, and pay a visit to your local bathroom showroom for a consultation.
Bathroom Design Flooring
Getting the flooring right in your bathroom is essential to create a designer look.
Bathroom design experts will all tell you the same thing - get the flooring wrong and you're doomed. Not just to regretting your choice in terms of style, but to practical headaches such as durability and cleanability. Avoid these hassles by doing your research into bathroom flooring and choose the correct materials for your home:
Hard Flooring Designs for Bathrooms
Granite
This is a coarse-grained rock with a crystalline appearance that is exceptionally hard (and hard-wearing), highly water-resistant, and can withstand wear and chemicals. The downside of granite as a bathroom flooring material is polished types can be very slippery when wet, so opt for designs in rougher textures or paving stones.
Limestone
A favourite for modern bathroom designs, limestone is softer than granite and comes in light tones, from warm shades of oatmeal and cloudy white to dappled blue, green and grey. This is a stone that adds elegance and class to a bathroom, especially when laid in large, even flagstones. It is porous though, so do treat it to prevent staining, and beware of the harder types which get slippery.
Marble
For the ultimate in luxury (and expense) opt for marble designs on your bathroom floor. Create a lavish effect with its subtle patterning, veining and vivid colours, ideally in a classic black and white tiled effect. Marble is hard-wearing, and its surface slipperiness depends on surface texture. A honed finish will give a better grip than polished types.
Ceramic Tiles
These are made from refined clay that is ground and pressed into moulds before being fired at a high temperature. Tiles are highly durable, and come in many different sizes, colours and designs -black and white tiling is a bathroom classic. Their downside is they are extremely slippery, but you can now buy non-slip versions containing silicon carbide and ones with ribbed, ridged or studded textures.
Soft Flooring Designs for Bathrooms
Cork
Cork is a practical flooring material for bathrooms, and whilst lacking design appeal, makes up for it in the comfort stakes. Stepping out of the bath onto cork is like stepping onto a large, absorbent bath mat, and it is quiet and comfortable to walk across. It is naturally resilient, and can be used unsealed in the bathroom, but may eventually require sealing to prevent dirt from becoming ingrained.
Rubber
Modern bathroom designers love rubber for its tough, industrial look and its qualities of being hard-wearing, water-resistant, burn-resistant and resilient as well quiet and warm. Studded rubber is the best option for bathrooms to prevent the smooth finish from becoming slippery.
Vinyl
One of the most popular mainstream flooring designs for bathrooms, vinyl is non-allergenic, easy to maintain and is long-lasting. As a waterproof material it has great appeal, especially to families, and can come in a vast variety of colours and designs, from black and white chequers to metallic finishes and funky patterns.
