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Bath/Shower Room repair serviceI am transitioning away from full bathroom / Shower room makeovers (apart from the design advisory service explained below) to smaller amounts of work, considering the financial pressure everyone is under. I am offering the following repairs &amp; replacements:-<ul><li>Cut out &amp; replace silicone, anti-mould treat &amp; clean grout joints, shower / bath area</li><li>Partial cut out &amp; replace grout that can not be cleaned</li><li>Replace shower screens, seals, roller fittings, vanity / base units, worktops / basins etc.</li><li>Replace taps, waste outlets, shower valves, hose/head, bath panels, w.c.&#39;s, basin &amp; pedestal, towel rails etc.</li><li>Replace splash back tiling, small areas of tiling, floor vinyl, floor tiles etc</li><li>Possibly replace a bath (its a bigger job than you think)</li></ul> Bathroom Design advisory serviceIf you&#39;re trying to plan your bathroom - where do you start?Well, you actually start with where you can run waste pipes and work backwards to the best possible layout you can have considering the structure of your house.I&#39;ve been doing bathroom makeovers for 19 years. I now offer a fee based &quot;Design Advisory Service&quot;I can visit you to carry out a detailed survey of your plumbing &amp; electrical systems, house/bathroom layout &amp; structure and discuss your requirements. This can cover the following:-<ul><li>Removal / strip out of your existing bathroom and the consequences this has on the walls &amp; floors etc</li><li>Removing or moving partition walls for extra space</li><li>All changes to hot, cold, heating and waste pipes and the consequences on what layout you can - and can&#39;t have.</li><li>The choices of materials that can, and shouldn&#39;t be used, especially in shower / wet areas</li><li>Advice on mould control and ventilation</li><li>How walls &amp; floors should be tiled and what good tiling looks like</li></ul>The bathroom advisory service can take anything from 2 hours ( I once had a 5 hour design discussion), so any booked appointment needs to reflect this in your busy schedule. Electrical Work For 15 of those years I have also been carrying out general household electrical works that comply to Part P of the Building Regulations. The work I am offering is as follows:-<ul><li>Electric showers, extractor fan installation, summertime heating for dual fuel towel rails.</li><li>New light fittings, switches, replace socket outlets, extra sockets, partial re-wire, new circuits.</li><li>New consumer unit, Part P certificate, Electrical Certificate.</li></ul> I&#39;m registered with NAPIT (National Association of Professional Inspectors &amp; Testers) (check out www.napit.org) and I am tested every year on my full compliance. I am also a &quot;Registered Competent Person&quot; see http://www.electricalcompetentperson.co.uk/Search - for electrical work.If you want to see more about my qualifications &amp; background search for me on <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com</a> Please feel free to take a look at my YouTube channel: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu4l6zQI1xG-EZ0cqST5Exw" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu4l6zQI1xG-EZ0cqST5Exw</a>

En-suite shower with "Mexican" clay tiles

Bathroom conversion to a shower room completed, Part 2

Bathroom conversion to a shower room, Part 1

The start of a new bathroom on Dyke Road, Hove

The existing soil pipe was installed uphill?!

The soil pipe now has a "fall" - it flows downhill not uphill!

How waste pipes should be installed through joists

Loft conversion - New plumbing & circuits

Boulder Brighton Replacement showers Pt 1

Boulder Brighton Shower replacement - Pt 2

Silicone & tile joint leaks cause severe water damage

Patcham project - Repairs underway - Pt 1

Patcham Project - major water damage Pt 1

New circuits and consumer unit for a kitchenette

electrical safety -  quarterly testing your RCBO's (RCD's)

Transforming an unused room with no services into a Utility Room, Part 1

Transforming an unused room with no services into a Utility Room, Part 2

Transforming an unused room with no services into a Utility Room, Part 3

The hidden extra work in all of my bathroom projects, part 1 of 3

The hidden extra work in all of my bathroom projects, part 2 of 3

The hidden extra work in all of my bathroom projects, part 3 of 3

Videos

Replaced everything, even re-building the ceiling and repairing holes in the ceiling, getting in a plasterer

New shower room

Stripped out existing floor, replaced wall surfaces, tiled wall & floor, fixed skirting, installed new roll top shower bath.

New tiled floor & roll top bath

Heat mat in the floor, floor tiled, led's in recessed alcoves (1 awaiting delivery)

Main bathroom, see videos "The start of a new bathroom in Dyke Road, Hove"

The customer wanted a roll-top bath with a separate shower area, the floor is tiled with a heat mat under the tiles.

wall mounted basin & vanity, heated mirror with back lit LED's around the circumference.

The customer wanted a recessed alcove in the shower area, the tiles bottom of the alcove is tilted to allow for splash / spray to drain out.

en-suite walk in shower

Electrical supply to heated mirror, c/w shaver outlet & led lights

en-suite shower room

To save space in a small room a cloakroom size basin top and vanity & concealed cistern unit was chosen. 

En-suite shower room

The customer wanted a larger walk in shower than originally planned which meant the towel rail would be over the end of the tray.

Floor & walls tiled. New shower tray & shower, vanity units, basin in worktop, w.c. etc

New shower area

The customer did not want their water tank & cylinder back in the airing cupboard, so the only option left was an instantaneous water heater. I also moved and installed a new Consumer unit (customer to carry out decoration)

Old airing cupboard, now washing machine & service cupboard

The shower tray had to be raised due to the waste pipe needing to "fall" to drain correctly, the flat below prevents it goung into/through the concrete floor.

Completed shower room

My customer asked me to make up a wall "cabinet" from different components - four individual cabinets, mirror, shelf, pelmet(from shelf sections) light fitting.

Made up wall cabinet from many different units.

This "walk-in" shower area is tiled in different tiles

Shower area with different tiles

Made up wall cabinet in total

Be aware that wall hung wall basin units still need the waste pipes to run to the soil stack - thankfully I can hide them in a very small box out.

Wall hung double basin unit

This wall "cabinet" was made up from two small cabinets, a shelf, end panel (from shelf) pelmet (from shelf parts) and a light fitting. Also a shaver socket outlet mounted to achieve the correct electrical IP requirements.

Wall cabinet made from other parts

We planned the waste pipe out through the floor to get the tray on top of the floor. Once the floor was tiled (with under tile sheeting) the tray surface was nearly level with the top of the tray.

Walk-in shower

"looks like floor board" tiles cut on a purfect curve to follow the edge of the tray. 

Very modern style bathroom

floor laid with "looks loke floor board" tiles, alter all plumbing under the floor, tiling, concealed basin waste for wall hung basin

Remove box out for soil stack & replace with an AAV - conceal with ventilated miniture box out 

everything was new except the taps, all new items had to "match the taps" and be "traditional"

Traditional syle bathroom with gold plated brassware

replace plumbing, run new circuits for digital / pumped mixer shower, tilling, vinyl flooring

With the addition of an Aqualisa digital mixer shower area in the corner

You are much better off with a walk in shower and shower seat than any kind of "open door" or "lower down inside" bath system.

Completed disabled "assisted access" shower room.

It took 3 weeks with an industrial dehumidifyer to dry out the floor before works could continue. The bedroom wardrobes had to also be replaced as they were mouldy.

The laek went through the sand/cement screed into the hallway, lounge, and bedroom

The leak was so bad it soaked the floor and walls and the other rooms

This customer had a "open door - walk in - hydraulic lower system" bath - whith terrible plumbing co

Here I installed new plumbing for the shower and towel rail, installed the tray, tiled floor & walls, installed shower screen & mixer & towel rail etc.

Completed walk in shower

The floor was raised in this bathroom to then allow it to look like a sunken bath

Raised floor area bathroom

Most of what you see here is "off the shelf" but I did the electrical circuit supplying the wall light / mirro, tilling, installation.

completed down stairs cloakroom

Although tis bathroom looks like its floorboarded its actually tiled - with "looks like floorboards" tiles

Completed bathroom

With this bathroom the customer wanted real floorboards overlayed the original boards, I have secret nailed them, stained and varnished according to her colour requirements.

With this bathroom the customer had worked out a drawing of where he wanted each colour of tile for each wall - which I had to follow rigorously

Alter electrical circuits, plumbing & waste pipes, re-build wall,tile & install shower items etc

Completed enlarged shower area

photo 2, this area was carpeted & had a bidet - now gone.

Much larger shower area photo 2

shower area ripped out & replaced - from 760 x 760 up to 1700 x 800, digital mixer/pump unit, plumbing, concelaed type control unit & large rain shower head.

Much larger shower area completed 

Completed bathroom, new wall surfaces due to stripping 2 layers of tiles, then re-tiled

Re-build service box outs, build box out to conceal cistern and wall mounting frame for wall hung w.c. pan, with removable panel for future service access

Bathroom to shower room conversion

Tile floor & walls, walls with porcelain hexagonal mosaic tiles, fir wall hung basin & unit & wall unit

Tile even the concealed inaccessible space behind the false wall, install shower and tray and door.

Rip out, insulate external walls, see next photo

bathroom to shower room conversion

Build false wall as side of walk in shower area, see next photo

Alter waste pipe work from above floor to below floor with new connection, see next photo 

Yet more big chunks taken out the top of floor joists by previous installer, it was strengthened up by bolting steel plates across the openings. It's so important to get someone that understands Part A (structure) of the Building Regulations with respect to passage of pipes and cables.

En-suite bathroom  makeover

This existing shower tray had not been bedded down or sealed to the wall when installed, hence it moved a bit when my customer used it and the seal was constantly breaking and leaking.

shower room makeover

The shower tray bedded onto a concrete floor (covered with foam backed vinyl sheet) could have the waste pipe chased into the floor and out through the wall because my survey indicated the waste gully was lower than the floor. A good survey is SO important. Electrical Certificate issued for electric towel rail element & circuit alterations

Here there was a problem with 5 damaged shower trays which meant I had to work out of sequence to make progress for the customer. The shower tray normally goes in before tiling.

Complete Bathroom Makeovers

Again, the previous installer had cut a chunk through the top half of the floor joist, weakening it. I have bolted in a structural graded piece of timber over the hole.

Then I diverted the new waste pipe around the houses through the "safe zone" through the joist & reconnected it.

Electric under tile heat mat laid and infilled ready for tiling. Alteration to power circuit and Electrical Certificate issued.

Re-cast stone top & basin in one, walk in shower area - The customer here wanted a "bespoke" wall tile layout, i worked with them to find a solution that didn't involve unsightly cut tiles

Real marble wall tiles, heat mat under tiled floor, power circuit altered, Electrical Certificate issued. All items installed

I found this chase along a wall, it went right through in places. After making good with expanding cement the wall is now safe. Again its important to understand where you can chase walls & how deep to keep withing Part A (structure) of the Building Regulations)

This partition wall formed the "tap end" of the bath, once removes a large walk in shower space was created 

The shower area after the wall was removed. There were serious electrical faults discovered with the shower room next door, (8.5Kw shower supplied by the ring main??) this was re-wired, with an extra consumer unit and new meter connections , Electrical Certificate issued.

Top quality required by this customer, Villeroy &  Boch basin, vanity, heated mirror with remote switch for pelmet light. Also Kudos shower area in corner. Alter power circuit for electric element in towel rail, issue Electrical Certificate

New floor & wall tilling, heat mat under the floor tiles, vanity units & mirrored wall cabinet.

New bathroom

tilling in shower

new shower room

Electric heat mat under tiled floor, bath, towel rail, wall tiles.

Complete Bathroom Makeover

Electric heat mat under tiled floor, bath, concealed cistern & basin vanity, wall tiles

new bath, wall hung basin, w.c., alter waste pipes internal & external. Ran new circuits for sockets down stairs, airing cupboard and shower mixer/pump. 

Alter waste pipe in floor & external for floor mounted shower tray, etc etc

Alter shower waste in floor for floor mounted shower tray, basin vanity, floor vinyl etc. Alter circuit for electric element in towel rail with programmable timer. Electrical Certificate issued.

stripping out the tiles - the wall surface did not even meet the tray??

En-suite shower room makeover

Removal of shower tray showing water damage to wall surface

Bath & shower rooms

Carried out an alteration to the light circuit for these soffit lights which light up the front driveway and front door & path etc

Soffit lights front of house

New consumer unit & circuit to garage inc garage unit & lights & sockets etc

Carried out an alteration to the light circuit for these soffit lights which light up the side driveway 

soffit lights side of house

Extended a circuit to supply these weatherproof lights in the garden around the pond and to light upo the steps to the bridge over the pond

Garden / pond lights

Lights and switch added into a built in wardrobe

And of course all testing and certification done

All electrical circuits fully tested and compared to BS7671 2015 requirements for acceptable readings

Example of EICR circuit testing

Electrical Survey of a house being sold, the customer wanted no reason for the buyer to negotiate the asking price down. 

Example of EICR Survey Findings

Electric under tile heating on insulated tile backer board. Electric shower, electric towel rail element, new circuits run  & existing ones tested, Electrical Certificate issued

I found this under the floor, the electric shower connected to the ring main like this, I also found the earth in the light circuit disconnected. All safe now.

Watch out, Bodgeit  Scarper were before mel

laying the floor heat mat out - it's important not to have cable under the w.c. (pan fixings may damage the cable). Electrical Certificate issued

Floor heat mat

Laying the heat mat with temperature sensor avoiding direct contact

Floor heat mat and sensor

Laying out the heat mat with floor sensor avoiding heating cables. Existing power circuit altered & tested, Electrical Certificate issued.

Laying out heat mat with gaps near walls and avoiding edge of bath (bath panel fixing may damage cables)

Replace consumer unit, someone had connected up to 4 circuits together with "Chock blocks" and put them onto 1 fuse. 3 circuits replaced entirely. All circuits tested, Electrical Certificate issued.

Dangerous DIY electrical work

New consumer unit. there were a lot of circuits connected together by builders and then fed into single fuse holders, extremely dangerous. New circuit installed, Electrical Certificate issued.

Replacing circuits connected together

The builders before me had re-wired the 1st floor lights on the 1st floor only, (newer white cables) but had left the link from the consumer unit untouched (older grey cable) there's no earth connection! This was rectified, tested, Electrical Certificate Issued.

replacing light circuit - consumer unit link to 1st floor

Electrical Work

Typical under floor shower former before floor boards go down (background) then heat mat and tiling. You can also see some of the electrical circuits I ran fixed to the stud work.

Loft conversion

Bath replaced with level access shower, old style sink replaced with basin & vanity.

Conversion of bathroom to walk in shower room.

Walk in assisted shower room, with fold down seat, 1/2 height screen (& curtain) to allow for care workers to assist, also with remote shower on/off switch.

Bathroom conversion to shower room

This was transformed into an en-suite off the bedroom, This needed clearance by Building Control due to Change of use

loft walk in wardrobe/cupboard to be converted to a shower room

Kudos quadrant shower area, Salamander negative head pump was necessary as this was above the water tank.

wardrobe/cupboard conversion to shower room

heat mat during loft conversion to En-suite shower room

Partition wall between shower & bathrooms removed, complete re-plumb hot & cold & heating, new consumer unit & several new circuits

Knock together separate shower and bathrooms

New wall hung vanity, bath, shower & digital mixer, wall tiles etc The different ceiling and floor heights had to be planned for & overcome with different layers of board.

Conversion of  separate shower and bathrooms to 1 bath/shower room

Cut into the top of this soil stack box out to connerct waste pipe, and find the hot & cold & connect, run through into the room through the wall behind.

Conversion of room with no services into Utulity room

Test all existing circuits, run though the wall behind & extend the circuits to a new consumer unit out of the way of new kitchen wall units this side. Issue Part P compliant notice & Electrical Certificate. Jointed circuits accessible through fire rated access hatch, see video.

Conversion of room with no services into Utility room

New consumer unit to replace this small unit as well, loceted just left, Fire rated removable panel & also access hatch to allow future inspection of jointed circuits.. See video. 

This area became the shower area, hot & cold pipe work run into this partition wall for the shower valve.

Room with no services conversion to shower room

Soil branch run all the way along inside the small loft area (through access door) and connected through eaves to existing soil stack. W.c. fitted to left of this door.

Shower tray & waste pipe (run through loft area) and towel rail (heating system connected to in landing under floor)

Hot & cold for basin taps & w.c. cistern & shower valve connected to under floor from out in landing area

Basin waste (& shower waste pipe) boxed in, splash back and shower area tiled, vinyl laid on floor.

Light circuit altered for extractor fan above shower, and extra light added.

room conversions

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Very efficient, fitted us in on short notice and completed the repair to a high standard.  Highly recommend.

Cut away loose cabling, removed socket, cut into wall and fixed new socket.

As always, IS is professional and very efficient in identifying the issue and getting it fixed.  Job done and happy customer!   Thank you.

Unscrew and remove bath panel, and fix extra
timber to support top of panel, and re-fit the panel.

Make safe of electrical spurs.

Ian made an excellent job of refitting and tiling our cloakroom.  He was friendly and efficient.

Refit downstairs wc

Ian is an excellent electrician who works quickly and safely to get the job done.  He encountered a lot of issues in our existing writing which had to be thought through, but Ian was unflappable and efficient at coming up with the right solution.  He is clearly very experienced and gives sound advice.

New ceiling LEDs and outdoor lights

Silicone

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Bath/Shower Room repair serviceI am transitioning away from full bathroom / Shower room makeovers (apart from the design advisory service explained below) to smaller amounts of work, considering the financial pressure everyone is under. I am offering the following repairs &amp; replacements:-Cut out &amp; replace silicone, anti-mould treat &amp; clean grout joints, shower / bath areaPartial cut out &amp; replace grout that can not be cleanedReplace shower screens, seals, roller fittings, vanity / base units, worktops / basins etc.Replace taps, waste outlets, shower valves, hose/head, bath panels, w.c.&#39;s, basin &amp; pedestal, towel rails etc.Replace splash back tiling, small areas of tiling, floor vinyl, floor tiles etcPossibly replace a bath (its a bigger job than you think)Bathroom Design advisory serviceIf you&#39;re trying to plan your bathroom - where do you start?Well, you actually start with where you can run waste pipes and work backwards to the best possible layout you can have considering the structure of your house.I&#39;ve been doing bathroom makeovers for 19 years. I now offer a fee based &quot;Design Advisory Service&quot;I can visit you to carry out a detailed survey of your plumbing &amp; electrical systems, house/bathroom layout &amp; structure and discuss your requirements. This can cover the following:-Removal / strip out of your existing bathroom and the consequences this has on the walls &amp; floors etcRemoving or moving partition walls for extra spaceAll changes to hot, cold, heating and waste pipes and the consequences on what layout you can - and can&#39;t have.The choices of materials that can, and shouldn&#39;t be used, especially in shower / wet areasAdvice on mould control and ventilationHow walls &amp; floors should be tiled and what good tiling looks likeThe bathroom advisory service can take anything from 2 hours ( I once had a 5 hour design discussion), so any booked appointment needs to reflect this in your busy schedule.Electrical Work For 15 of those years I have also been carrying out general household electrical works that comply to Part P of the Building Regulations. The work I am offering is as follows:-Electric showers, extractor fan installation, summertime heating for dual fuel towel rails.New light fittings, switches, replace socket outlets, extra sockets, partial re-wire, new circuits.New consumer unit, Part P certificate, Electrical Certificate.I&#39;m registered with NAPIT (National Association of Professional Inspectors &amp; Testers) (check out www.napit.org) and I am tested every year on my full compliance. I am also a &quot;Registered Competent Person&quot; see http://www.electricalcompetentperson.co.uk/Search - for electrical work.If you want to see more about my qualifications &amp; background search for me on www.linkedin.com Please feel free to take a look at my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu4l6zQI1xG-EZ0cqST5Exw

Over 15 years I have found that any job is worth doing the right way first time. My customers get a more reliable or safer job over the long run and I get more referrals and better

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