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Location: Whitefield, Gtr Manchester, Lancs
Date: July-Aug 2009
Description: We were originally asked if we could replace just the appliances in this bathroom and we said ‘of course we would.’ When we arrived to view the job it turned out that the home owner had already removed the bathtub and flooring and another builder had added some velux windows. The job was to relocate the tub from the left side of the room to the right side so that a mixer shower could be added. We would also add a shower screen, new basin, toilet, radiator and add a towel warmer, extractor, new lights and a razor point. With that in mind we went away while the home owner purchased the bits they liked.
When the new bathroom arrived we scheduled some time and got stuck in. The addition of the shower was easy but we found problems with the existing waste pipe work which had been plumbed ‘uphill’ and had been leaking for some time and leaking into the kitchen extractor electrics too! We also uncovered a long tie leak from the central heating pipe work which had to be sorted out. The electrics were in a bad way with the previous ‘electrican’ having installed a new consumer unit without adding the upstairs bathroom, downstairs bathroom/utility room or kitchen to an RCD protected spur. We also took care of those safety issues before starting into our own work.
Once the first fix was completed we went away an awaited a callback from the homeowner who wanted to use his own builder to make repairs to the walls and skim the room. We received a callback that the builder couldn’t do the job so we had our team look after it. Once completed it was finally time to get onto the tiling, hanging the towel warmer and new radiator, dressing of the shower unit and then finally grouting, sealing and hanging the shower door. The homeowners provided the decorating skills themselves and as can be seen the room turned out looking fantastic even though there were many other issues to sort out during the refurbishment.