The New Ensuite Bathroom

We had been talking about refurbishing the ensuite bathroom for ages. After twenty two years of constant use, everything was looking it's age, particularly the tiling where the grouting behind the bath was pretty awful. We showered every day in the bath, so we wanted a dedicated shower room. The bath in the family bathroom would do when we wanted a soak.

We stated looking in the Spring at places like B&Q, but when we contacted our first prospective installer, he insisted he would not want to be involved with any product from a DIY store due to past unhappy experiences. He advised we go to Grant and Stone and look at some quality products in their showroom. We were glad we took his advice. The showroom in High Wycombe was fabulous and they had on display exactly what we wanted.

So we decided on the Merlyn shower enclosure, the Aqualisa digital powered shower (one overhead and one hand shower, plus remote control - see the button in above photo), Utopia bathroom cabinets and worktop with built in Duravit sanitary ware.

KCP Bathrooms provided a plan and a digital simulation together with a price for every item they would supply (cheaper than the prices listed by the manufacturers even with KCP's mark up) and a separate price for installation by Clark Bathrooms. We placed our order in early November and installation started over two weeks ago.

Spencer Clark was with us for two weeks and two days. We could not have wished for a better workman. He was neat, tidy and extremely hard working. Worth every penny. He co-ordinated two visits from the electrician ( down lighters required a new boarded ceiling plus a new fan and heated towel rail), one for the plasterers to finish the ceiling (the only room now not to have horrible Artex) and the floor layer for the new Amtico tiles.

The end result is just what we hoped for. All that is left is for the walls and skirting to be painted and possibly a new blind. And the summer will probably see a new cloakroom now that Alison is working again. We shall not be going anywhere else than KCP and Clark Bathrooms.