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Bathroom installation in Torfaen
Designed and fitted by plumbers based in Cwmbran — so the shower works, which is where most new bathrooms disappoint.
We design and install bathrooms across Torfaen. The single most common complaint about a new bathroom is a weak shower, and that is almost never the shower itself — it is pressure, the boiler, or a cylinder that cannot keep up.
Pressure in older Torfaen houses
A lot of the terraces here still run gravity-fed hot water from a loft tank. That gives you very little pressure upstairs, and fitting a large rainfall head to it produces a dribble. The answer is either a pump, or converting the hot water system — and it is a decision that belongs at design stage, not after the tiling is done.
What we handle
Strip out, first fix, tiling, second fix and making good. Plumbing and heating are ours; for electrics and plastering we bring in people we have used for years.
Timescales
Usually one to two weeks for a full bathroom. You will have a schedule before we start and you will know which days you are without it.
Qualified for the hot water
G3 for unvented cylinders, WRAS approved, Gas Safe 630601. Two-year workmanship guarantee.
Call 07476 272447.
Frequently asked questions
How long does a bathroom installation take?
One to two weeks for a full bathroom, and the older Torfaen terraces land at the longer end more often than not. Walls out of square, timber floors that need levelling and solid walls that have to be chased for pipework all add days a newer house does not. The schedule comes before we start, so the days without a bathroom are planned rather than sprung on you.
How much does a bathroom installation cost?
The usual UK range for a full bathroom is £4,000 to £8,000 fitted. In the older housing here the item that catches people out is hot water: if the house runs off a gravity-fed loft tank and you want a proper shower, a pump or a change to the system has to be budgeted alongside the tiles. We raise that at survey rather than halfway through.
Do I need a plumber or a bathroom fitter?
If the worry is how it looks, a fitter. If the worry is whether the shower will work, a plumber. In the Pontypool and Blaenavon terraces that question is settled by the water system rather than the layout, and it needs answering before anything is ordered. We do the plumbing and heating ourselves and bring in trades we have used for years for electrics and plastering.
Why has my hot water stopped working?
In a bathroom on a gravity-fed system, no hot water usually means the cylinder rather than the boiler: a motorised valve that has stopped opening, a cylinder thermostat, or an immersion element that has gone. On a combi it is more often the diverter valve. Check whether the heating still works, because that one answer narrows it down considerably.