Bathroom Refurbishment in Witham
Refurbishment of a well-used family bathroom in Witham, Essex: a full strip-out, a re-plumbed and re-wired layout, and a fully reboarded and replastered room, finished with a suite and tiles the client chose themselves.
The Client's Vision
The BriefWhat the client wanted
The client’s family bathroom in Witham had seen years of daily use and needed a complete overhaul. As well as a like-for-like refresh, they wanted the layout changed, which meant moving plumbing and electrical feeds rather than simply refitting around the existing pipework.
They had already chosen their own suite, tiles and flooring, and wanted a builder to take care of everything else: the strip-out, the first fix, all of the building materials, and the installation around the pieces they had picked.
What we delivered
We stripped the bathroom back to bare plaster and subfloor, renewed the plumbing and electrical feeds to suit the new layout, and reboarded and replastered the room throughout. Every building material was supplied by us, including the plasterboard, plaster, adhesive and fixings, with the client providing only the suite, tiles and flooring they had chosen. The finished bathroom was handed over within two weeks.
Project Highlights
Complete strip-out of a dated, heavily used family bathroom
Plumbing and electrics renewed throughout to support a new room layout
Fully reboarded and replastered ahead of the new suite and tiles
All building materials supplied by us, with the client sourcing only the suite, tiles and flooring
Completed in a 2-week programme
The Transformation
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Before & After
Same room, stripped back to bare plaster and finished two weeks later.
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- Before
What We Delivered
This refurbishment covered every stage from strip-out to finishing, with a layout change carried through the plumbing and electrics.
Scope of WorksStrip-Out
- Existing bathroom fully stripped back to bare plaster and subfloor
- Old suite, tiling and fittings removed
First Fix: Plumbing & Electrics
- Plumbing and electrical feeds renewed to suit the new room layout
- First-fix work completed before walls closed
Boarding & Plastering
- Walls and ceiling reboarded and replastered throughout, ready for the new suite and finishes
- Plasterboard, plaster, adhesive and fixings all supplied by us
Suite Installation
- Client-supplied bath, shower screen, WC and vanity unit installed
Tiling & Flooring
- Client-supplied tiles fitted to the shower/bath surround
- Client-supplied flooring laid throughout
Finishing
- Heated towel rail and fittings finished off
- Room signed off and handed back within the 2-week programme
Specifications & Materials
Key DetailsLayout & First Fix
Plumbing and electrical feeds fully renewed to support the new bathroom layout
Boarding & Plastering
Full reboard and replaster of walls and ceiling ahead of the new suite, with the plasterboard, plaster, adhesive and fixings all supplied by us
Suite
Client-supplied bath with glass shower screen, close-coupled WC, and a vanity unit with twin countertop basins and backlit LED mirror
Tiling
Client-supplied marble-effect tiling to the shower/bath surround
Flooring
Client-supplied herringbone wood-effect tiled flooring
Finishing
Chrome heated towel rail and full sign-off within the 2-week programme
Outcome
The ResultThe result is a family bathroom that finally works for how the household actually uses it: a new layout, freshly boarded and plastered throughout, and finished with a suite and tiles the client chose themselves. Because the room came out of a full strip-out with all-new first fix, there’s nothing hidden behind the new surfaces waiting to cause a problem in a few years.
The whole job, strip-out to finished suite, ran to a 2-week programme, agreed and held to from the outset.
Witham is one of our busiest areas for bathroom and kitchen refurbishments; see more of our bathroom renovation work or find out more about what we do in Witham.
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