This is a picture of the lean-to (with plan on the table) taken from the lounge..
Meanwhile:
Having chosen to use the same builders who had worked on our previous four projects - honest, reliable, reasonable (but definitely not cheap) cost, we turned our attentions to details.
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We saw the kitchen we liked in B&Q, spent some time designing the layout then ordered an identical one from Wickes with their promise of delivery any time within six months and pay for it sometime after that. We decided to leave the choice of appliances till nearer the time as, for one thing, we couldn't decide on a gas or ceramic hob. We didn't order the worktops, either, as Wickes don't sell granite and it needed to be measured and fitted after the base units were in place.
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As we had the B&Q brochures, we priced up the bathroom suite, shower, taps and the lovely marble sit-on basin - then were subsequently lured inside our local Bathstore by the swish modern suites in the window - and ended up putting in a whopping great order for the downstairs shower room and the upstairs cloakroom. There was some mention of a provisional delivery date for their records but this could be changed when they call to arrange delivery, as we were not sure when the work could be sheduled in.
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Whilst wandering around a local tile showroom, we ordered the tiles for the downstairs shower room, full height walls plus floor. When the price was divulged, we rather hastily removed a number of decorative border tiles from the order to reduce the cost by about 25%!
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July/August ... we went on holiday, came back and the following day Bathstore turned up with our stuff - we are so not ready!!! The builders arrived the following week and I ordered the first of many skips. Work began at the end of August 2007 ...
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Beware of Bathstore. Nice looking stuff but not so great when a part needs replacing after the warranty - and they are not standard fittings.
The toilet seat cracked and they couldn't supply another as they don't sell it any more; they gave me the name of the UK importer and I contacted them for a price for the seat which was 75% of the cost of the original toilet/ cistern/ seat set!
Through searching the Internet, I finally managed to source it from Italy at one-third of the cost of the London supplier, including shipping. It arrived a week later, and the Italians even sent a follow up email asking if everything was OK (in sort-of English, bless!)
Not long afterwards, the flush mechanism started not flushing, although we managed to repair it.
Conclusion: the better quality bathroom suite from the local builders merchants are far less hassle than buying fashionable imports from Bathstore.
Walk-in bath/shower & wetroom installation
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