Bathroom cost

BABYDOLL

Looking at this but the bathroom will eventually need to be changed, how much would this cost for a basic refit?

https://www.daft.ie/for-sale/terraced-house-9-mount-argus-crescent-harolds-cross-harolds-cross-dublin-6/5187371

con747

You might be best just posting a screenshot of the bathroom, if you do buy it your address is public knowledge with that post. @BABYDOLL

Diarmuid

I got quotes for a very small bathroom refit. 1.5x1.9 Completely gutted, then new shower, vanity, toilet, heater. 10k. Your bathroom will cost a few k more.

Gus75

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121039483#Comment_121039483

I have been quoted 12k for a tiny (0.9x1.5) under-stairs with just basin and toilet, where the pipes are ready... only to put tiles, basin, WC, macerator, a light wall and door.

A local bathroom shop quoted 3.5k for materials and said the rest should be about 4k.

Where do I find a decent contractor to do the job at that price?

Kalimah

Our bathroom is tiny 1.7 x 1.9. My husband did it himself- cost about 6k. We replaced bath, tiles, flooring, radiator, whb, lighted mirror, plasterboard etc etc. Took forever but it was worth it.

Gus75

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121166719#Comment_121166719

Thanks though my "tiny" is less than half your "tiny" 😅

byrnem31

I just done my own bathroom for 3k. Done the tiling myself and got a plumber to do the toilet, vanity unit, radiator and shower/bath. Got most of the materials from tile merchant. Would have cost me about 13k to get it done by a company. A tiler i knew wanted 4k to tile it and that was me supplying the tiles. So he wanted 2k a day. Heart surgeons aren't getting that ffs. Anyway, they will all be crying and begging for work when it dies down.

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DC999

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121186537#Comment_121186537

Class finish. Well done

byrnem31

Tiling is handy enough if you're up for it. You dont need many tools either. I got a 600mm tile cutters off amazon for €30 as it was missing the instructions. Tiling trowel can be got for a tenner, level, tape, pencil etc.

I can't understand where bathroom companies are getting their prices from. As mentioned, I've done a high spec full fit of my bathroom for 3k. It would easily cost 13k to get it done. So they are charging 10k for labour and its max a weeks work. So in that case, if I'm a plumber who can tile, I can potentially earn 10k a week or 520k a year. I was serving my time as a plumber with HA o Neil in the mid 90s but left it. Sick now I did.

James 007

I have a waterproof board to the shower walls and a gypsum plasterboard to the other walls. What is the best way to prepare both walls for tiling. I have already applied a waterproofing 'paint' to the waterproof board. I take it the plasterboard needs to be either skimmed or acrylic primer

Diarmuid

Have you tanked the shower area? You have to. Then tile away.