En-Suite Renovation

[Stu]

Originally Posted by parisdisneyfan

We have just replaced all our doors with Howdens Holdenby Oak doors, very luckily got them 1/2 price so about £50 a door Had to oil them myself but actually quite enjoyed it, or maybe that was the fumes off the oil Anyway our builder really liked them and said buying the heavier ones really made a difference, he usually fits the lighter styles.

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did you order the Howdens doors yourself or did your tradesman order them for you. I have been looking for a Howdens supplier as I would like the same doors that I have downstairs but can't find a non trade supplier.

[parisdisneyfan]

Originally Posted by Stu

did you order the Howdens doors yourself or did your tradesman order them for you. I have been looking for a Howdens supplier as I would like the same doors that I have downstairs but can't find a non trade supplier.

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Tricky, I had a builder that was going to do work for me but hadn’t started! I paid for them when I ordered them but it went through his account and balanced it off. So I suppose I could have cancelled him and kept the doors, effectively used his name and gave him the Howdens version of loyalty points!

[jdouds]

Great job

[ClaireNJ]

Originally Posted by Stu

Tiling and fitting shower door is the next task.

For the shower door I thought, select the one I want, order it and fit it, same as I have done with a previous house. No such luck!
I hadn't realised that shower doors only come in certain heights, mainly 1800 as a minimum. Due to the sloping ceiling cutting across part of the shower cubicle meant I needed a 1700 height door.

Trying to find a shower door of 1700 high was a nightmare. Eventually I found a company that supply windows and shower screens to boats and they could make a bespoke door to my measurements.

Ideally I would have finished the en-suite tiling then measured the space where the door was going and then order a door to fit. But due to the current pandemic, supply and delivery dates were all up in the air. So I opted to order the door before I started the renovation.

Knowing the door width that I had ordered I was mindful of this when tiling as tolerance was going to be tight.

When the door arrived I found it wouldn't fit on checking the measurements I found they had actually made a mistake and made the door 10mm wider than I'd specified

I could have got them to collect and remake to what I had specified but that would have added an 8 to 10 week delay!

I opted to remove the tiles, luckily I hadn't grouted yet and fit the door to the wall and tile up to the door rather than preferable original plan to fit the door on top of the tiles.

So that probably cost me two days extra work!

Fitted and plumbed in the vanity/sink.

Then laid the flooring, we used Amtico Smart Click which is waterproof and comes with built in insulation backing layer so can just be cut and fitted quite easily.

Then it was just finishing off, I fitted some tongue and groove panelling before fixing the toilet and radiator in place along with a wall cabinet above the sink.

Some final touches and it's finished apart from changing the light switches and we will be changing the door to an oak door when we can get a delivery slot for it, will also be changing the velux blind.

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Well done looks great love the tiles 😍

[lesley1960]

Originally Posted by parisdisneyfan

Wow, but pleased to see tat others are as bonkers as us buying houses that have stagnated for years😂. Dh contemplated doing ours himself but he decided it just wasn’t worth the risk! Pleased he didn’t as we needed to have a whole wall knocked out and rebuilt! Good luck!

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Ours has been a 30 money pit project , we have had 3 extensions , now most of kids have left home we have a few spare rooms , just started converting one to an en suite and walk in wardrobe for our bedroom

Its really not my idea of fun
we then have to gut the existing bathroom , its going to be a very long few months

[Stu]

Eventually replaced the window blind and the door, also changed a noisy pull cord for the extractor fan to a wireless silent switch.

[Taffy1959]

Originally Posted by Stu

Eventually replaced the window blind and the door, also changed a noisy pull cord for the extractor fan to a wireless silent switch.

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It looks lovely

[Mr Tom Morrow]

Stu. The door sets it off nicely. Blends well with the white units and other colours in the room.
Nice to see you used 3 hinges not 2 as a lot do.

[Stu]

The original door had only two hinges, however that was just a hollow door with litttle weight to it. The new door is actually the one I mentioned from Wickes. It's a solid and very heavy door so thought it better to have three 'ball bearing' hinges. The annoying thing is hinges seem to come only in pairs so had to buy two pairs!

The thing I'm most impressed with is the wireless switch. It has no electrical connections or batteries to the actual switch. So the switch can be placed anywhere without the need to drill holes or run wiring. It generates its own small electrical signal when you press the switch. I was expecting it to have a noise but it's silent.

The receiver is just a very small box that can be fitted in place of the original light switch. In my case I removed the pull cord housing and pulled the wires up in to the loft then fitted the receiver to those wires and made good the hole in the ceiling.

[Mr Tom Morrow]

Originally Posted by Stu

The original door had only two hinges, however that was just a hollow door with litttle weight to it. The new door is actually the one I mentioned from Wickes. It's a solid and very heavy door so thought it better to have three 'ball bearing' hinges. The annoying thing is hinges seem to come only in pairs so had to buy two pairs!

The thing I'm most impressed with is the wireless switch. It has no electrical connections or batteries to the actual switch. So the switch can be placed anywhere without the need to drill holes or run wiring. It generates its own small electrical signal when you press the switch. I was expecting it to have a noise but it's silent.

The receiver is just a very small box that can be fitted in place of the light switch. In my case I removed the pull cord housing and pulled the wires up in to the loft then fitted the receiver to those wires and made good the hole in the ceiling.

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Stu. Excellent idea.

Not my Trade so I leave that to my Mates to sort out. We are going to gut the bathroom next year and the Electrician had a glance at it when he was wiring for the new boiler a few Months ago.

Pull cord certainly going and I wanted a switch on the landing to control the spots and fan, however your idea sounds much better I must say.

The next 10 years are going to be so interesting as stuff develops. Probably all light switches will go I suspect.