New bathroom time

[mogga]

Looked at B&Q but their back to wall loos get bad reviews

(Looking at basin and loo in a cupboardy thing - can't for the life of me remmeber what they're called.)

[Tim Watts]

I got my bits from Bathstore - seems pretty decent stuff.

The high level flush cistern and bog are the best I've ever seen in my life with respect to being unblockable, despite the modern small volume flush.

Basin had pretty decent and convincing ali brackets and the acrylic bath is pretty smart, despite being acrylic.

[The Natural Philosopher]

'seems'

Its utter crap actually.

Nothing I got from there proved really staisfactory, and it was moere expensive (though stylish) than the builders merchant..

and highly flexible.. mine has more bits of MDF and car body filler in it than my 1962 mini had..

and it still is impossible to read a book in it.

[Tim Watts]

Surprisingly, not.

It has one heavy baseboard encased in the fibreglass underneath (as in you cannot see the board, only the thick lump where it is).

Sure - there is a tiny bit of flex compared to an iron bath, but it is barely moves when I step into it and I'm a lardball.

This is why I was extolling Bathstore - it does seem to be quite well made.

The only issue I had was I had to diamond file the holes out in the back of the bog cistern slighty - the glaze had blobbed inside and as that cistern only hangs on the two bolt holes (the brackets are stated as decorative only adn I did not bother with them) I wanted the biggest bit of SS stud (8mm) that I could get in, the stud being resin mortared 3" into some cheeseblock wall.

Cheers

Tim

[NT]

based (the cupboards, not the basins!). And over time water and chip just arent compatible.

NT

[Dean Heighington]

Top tip here...

Whenever installing a chipboard (or MDF) built vanity unit, washstand or other cabinet into a bathroom (or kitchen AAMOF) I always paint any exposed edges (usually rear and base of unit) with either silicone or PVA to add that little extra protection from spilled water onto the floor or down the back as well as a bead around those perimeters if applicable (sometimes customer doesn't want it!)

It's not a guarantee but a belts and braces tactic that helps prevent the museli sucking up moisture. I first did it on my own, my dad didn't (his went all puffy at the base) ;)

[Mark]

Very true. Mine lasted less than 6 months of light use.

[sm_jamieson]

I got a "carronite bath" which is encased in an extra layer of something black and hard (patented or whatever). On the advert they parked the 4 wheels of a truck onto 4 such baths. I got it since I realised I could almost see my hand through a standard acrylic fibreglass bath. The bath is supported on its leg / cradle thing and also around the rim by a 2x4 frame. They whole thing is rock solid. I didn't fill with water before sealing because I did not need to. Simon.