Bathroom regrets

[richatnort]

Evening all,

Our bathroom renovations start on Monday and although I think I've thought of everything I was just wondering if anyone had theirs done and then regretted not getting something fitted / done.

Thanks in advanced

[wolfracesonic]

Heated bathroom mirror.

[Andrew_S]

When I refitted my parents bathroom I regretted not fitting a ceiling mounted shower head.

So I rectified that when I did both of mine.

[cossy400]

UFH

really annoyed to be fair.

[PositronicRay]

I completely tiled it, wrong tiles, wish I'd just tiled the shower/splashbacks. Lived with it for 15yrs, irritated me most days.

[Moominho]

cossy400 said:

UFH

really annoyed to be fair.

Yeah, me too. Wish I did.

[p1esk]

cossy400 said:

UFH

really annoyed to be fair.

Yes, I'd like to have put UFH in our bathroom, but the floor is concrete so I can't put in the wet system that I would have wanted, and I won't use an electric system, so I've given up on it and settled for a decent sized radiator.

[fatboy b]

wolfracesonic said:

Heated bathroom mirror.

This.

[silentbrown]

Just two things I can think of:

Don't put fancy modern taps on an upstairs bathroom if you only have gravity feed from the loft. The flow is abysmal.

Don't put a freestanding bath in unless you can actually walk all around it. Otherwise it's just a waste of space and you can never clean behind it!

[kitz]

Dark high gloss floor tiles show every little splash as a stain ...utter pain .
Not having mixer taps another pain .
Glass toothbrush holders someone will drop them .
Plastic shower trays ....someone will take in something that drops and dents them .
I stupidly took a chair into a shower to change a bulb and the chair leg went straight through
the bottom of the shower tray ...

[richatnort]

Thanks so much for the suggestions so far. As much as I like the idea of UFH it's probably not going happy due to cost and the floor isn't going to be tiled it's getting this glue together laminate flooring so shouldn't be too cold under foot.

Definitely looking into a heater mirror though. Does anyone know if they can be run off the lighting circuit or do they need their own / mains circuit.

[essayer]

Not putting the power socket (shaver/toothbrushes) in the cupboard beneath the sink

[MrHappy]

Two things from me.

1. The bath in our ensuite is enclosed in tiles, so any replacement of the taps or maintenance to the hidden pipe work means I'll have to destroy some of the tiles.

2. The extractor fan doesn't have a delayed start so it runs on for 10 mins even if you've only popped in for a minute.

[Pheo]

Just about to do ours so good timing OP!

Agree with the demister mirror - did this in the last place and have replicated it again. Also lit.

I'm fully tiling as with the old place having external walls they went mouldy surprisingly quickly.

[LaurasOtherHalf]

A really tricky one...

The toilet in our en suite is the absolute pits. It will not flush away big roll due to the utterly st design. Ideal Standard hang your head in shame.

A crap needs two flushes, one to actually get rid of the st and the second to try and get rid of the ball of wet tissue that swirls to the front of the pan due to the way the water flows in.

Every so often a third flush is required.

Apart from that, as said-heated mirror, power socket in cupboard and as much storage as you can squeeze in .

I'd also recommend a towel rail with electric back up so it still works in the summer and some sort of ledge in the shower to put shampoo bottles.

[minivanman]

I'll second LOH, make sure you get a decent pan! My parents spent loads on their bathroom but the toilet is awful. I've had to chuck a bucket of water down it in the past to persuade a particularly magnificent turd to leave the premises

[Gtom]

Things I DID do when I did my parents bathroom

Heated/illuminated mirror cabinet with shaver point inside (yes it can be run off the lighting circuit)

Wet underfloor heating (polypipe do an overlay system and its 15mm thick)

Humidistat fan with a continuous run (pretty pricey but you don't switch it on or off so you can forget about it)

Regrets/things I would do different?

I put plywood over the floor then the polypipe overlay on top of this, then screed and tiles It created a bit of a step in to the bathroom (which I can get over when I do the landing) but I wish I had ripped all the floor out and sat the overlay on top of the joists with the plywood between.

I should have gone against my mother and put a extra light feed in for the built in cupboards. She asked for lights in the 6 months later.

The shower pump, I fitted a salamander pump. Noisy, crap thing. Stuart Turner pumps are much better and no extra cost.

[Heres Johnny]

Must have a decent water flow for a shower. If you have good mains pressure go pressurised system over a pump, didn't do that on my first house, did on the second.

Don't by a cheap shower tray, have one in the guest bathroom that flexes as you walk on it, feels rubbish.

[Chris Type R]

Gtom said:

The shower pump, I fitted a salamander pump. Noisy, crap thing. Stuart Turner pumps are much better and no extra cost.

Not sure if a Stuart Turner pump would be quieter, but my salamander pump is very noisy as well.

I'd also say a heated mirror... and in our case we didn't put in enough storage.

Oh, and we have a cheap toilet seat which needs replacing.

Can't say that I'm too happy with our free-standing bath - they're the fashion now, but a lot less practical in a family bathroom.

[Gtom]

Chris Type R said:

Gtom said:

The shower pump, I fitted a salamander pump. Noisy, crap thing. Stuart Turner pumps are much better and no extra cost.

Not sure if a Stuart Turner pump would be quieter, but my salamander pump is very noisy as well.

I have fitted two stuart turner pumps since and the difference is night and day.