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Needing a new bathroom suite

TheCatWoman

Mum and I have decided to renovate our shower room and toilet, you'd think this would be easy, we've picked the tiles for the shower enclosure, new flooring now for the basin and toilet, what a faff! I'm just about getting my head around everything being in millimetres instead of the centimetres I measured, I can just about convert cm's to mm's, but the thing thats causing the most problems is the toilet, most of them celebrate being low, my knees aren't getting any younger and I don't want to feel that I've accidently wandered into a childrens bathroom and have my knees up round my ears! And the cistern/flush too, they're all tiny, we have one upstairs and it's useless it's supposed to save water but you need to flush it twice to make everything go away.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

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  • I’m in a similar situation at the moment, the house is 170 years old and nothing is straight. My brain only does straight lines and correct angles.

    I put a slimline toilet in my last house and it was useless, I can’t stand a  shower over the bath, the manky shower curtain dangling in the bath is too much. The electrician has put holes in the walls to access the cavity and thread wires, I'm wondering whether to remove the lathe and plaster then soundproof and plasterboard. I’m most probably then going to have the walls skimmed and use a waterproof emulsion, it’s ideal for steam. We will tile the wet areas.
    My wife likes a shower whilst I can’t tolerate them, I prefer a bath. The room as usual isn’t massive, it was originally a box bedroom.

    I have found a good suite in Wickes, the nice part is that you can sit on the toilet and get into the bath for working out comfort.  I had a tape measure in my pocket and measured my wife’s rear for the bath width, I really got a slap for that.
    I would like a column designer radiator but worried about dust traps. My last house had a towel radiator, similar to a ladder, once it had towels on it the room was cold. I eventually put an electric wall fan heater in, it was ideal as it is instant and saved putting the heating on.

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  • I’m in a similar situation at the moment, the house is 170 years old and nothing is straight. My brain only does straight lines and correct angles.

    I put a slimline toilet in my last house and it was useless, I can’t stand a  shower over the bath, the manky shower curtain dangling in the bath is too much. The electrician has put holes in the walls to access the cavity and thread wires, I'm wondering whether to remove the lathe and plaster then soundproof and plasterboard. I’m most probably then going to have the walls skimmed and use a waterproof emulsion, it’s ideal for steam. We will tile the wet areas.
    My wife likes a shower whilst I can’t tolerate them, I prefer a bath. The room as usual isn’t massive, it was originally a box bedroom.

    I have found a good suite in Wickes, the nice part is that you can sit on the toilet and get into the bath for working out comfort.  I had a tape measure in my pocket and measured my wife’s rear for the bath width, I really got a slap for that.
    I would like a column designer radiator but worried about dust traps. My last house had a towel radiator, similar to a ladder, once it had towels on it the room was cold. I eventually put an electric wall fan heater in, it was ideal as it is instant and saved putting the heating on.

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